Video shows WNBA star Brittney Griner on plane before release to US custody: ‘Happy’

A video released by the Russian State Media showed WNBA star Brittney Griner before she was handed over to U.S. authorities. Griner, who was released by Russia on Thursday in exchange for notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, will be taken to Brooke Army Medical Center for a routine evaluation, a spokesperson confirmed to ABC News. She is slated to land at Kelly Field on the Southwest Side.