Russian court finally sets Brittney Griner’s appeal for late October

Brittney Griner is escorted to the courtroom in Khimki, outside Moscow, to hear the court's final decision on Aug. 4. (Photo: Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP via Getty Images file)

A Russian court on Monday set Oct. 25 as the date for American basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession.

Griner, an eight-time all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and a two-time…