When Brittney Griner’s name gets
brought up by the media it is usually to talk about her amazing talent and
accolades on the basketball court. Media coverage of her as an athlete is
usually positive, as she is a dominant women’s basketball player in the WNBA.
As far as coverage of her off the court goes, people seem to be supportive of
Griner all around. Griner is not the kind of athlete to draw any sort of
negative attention of any sort but as an openly gay women’s basketball player,
you never know hoe people will react.
Griner has recently gotten
engaged to a fellow WNBA player, Glory Johnson. She explains to media that this
is the final step to her complete life and that she is overjoyed with
everything that is going on in her life at this point in time. As far as media
coverage of the engagement goes, there has been nothing but support for
Brittney. People, including the media,
love Brittney not only as an athlete but as a person, and that resonates in the
articles about Brittney. Some reporters have even said things about Brittney
Griner being their favorite of all openly gay athletes which just shows that
the media not only respects and supports Brittney, but also supports
homosexuality as a whole which is nothing but a positive thing.
Although the media supports her
and her actions off the basketball court it is still apparent that they also
care a whole lot about what she does on it as well. Brittney Griner and her
teammates were recently attacked by a man in China following on of there
practices. In an article covering the close call with her assailant, Griner
discusses her minor injury from the attack and what it was like in the moment
of danger. Even though the attack had nothing to do with Griner on the
basketball court, the media made sure they mentioned Griner’s height and talked
extensively about her career as a WNBA star.
Overall the media coverage of
Brittney Griner off the basketball is very poritive and supported by man aroung
the United States. That being said the media goes out of their way on multiple
occasions to talk about her as an athlete even when the topic of discussion is
unrelated to that.
Sources:
1.
Fagan, Kate.
“Brittney Griner cut in knife attack.” November 5, 2014. http://espn.go.com/wnba/story/_/id/11821972/brittney-griner-cut-ok-knife-attack-china-agent-says
2.
Gleeson,
Scott. “Newly engaged Brittney Griner takes control of her life.” August 25,
2014. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/wnba/playoffs/2014/08/25/brittney-griner-glory-johnson-proposal-engaged-phoenix-mercury-dunk/14577727/
3.
McDonald
Nadia, Soraya. “A real story of love and basketball: WNBA stars Brittney Griner
and Glory Johnson are engaged.” August 18, 2014. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/08/18/a-real-story-of-love-and-basketball-wnba-stars-brittney-griner-and-glory-johnson-are-engaged/
4.
Thompson,
Avery. “Brittney Griner: WNBA Star Engaged to Fellow Player Glory Johnson.”
August 16, 2014. http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/08/16/brittney-griner-glory-johnson-engaged-wnba/
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