Griner smashes records, builds bridges, comes out, signs with Nike
May 31, 2013 3:41 AM   Subscribe

Brittney Griner was the no.1 daft pick for the WNBA this year. In her first pro game, for the Phoenix Mercury, she dunked twice. Before that, she led her team at Baylor University to a 40-0 season, and as a senior ranked second on the women’s career scoring list with 3,203 points, and has blocked 736 shots, an NCAA record for men and women. She’s also an out lesbian who asks bullied kids to tweet her, who wrote in an essay for the NYTimes, "I think that’s what makes life beautiful: everyone is different and we can all learn from one another," who came out as she began her professional career, and who is the first out gay athlete to secure a Nike endorsement deal.
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