Brittney Griner, the player from Baylor who was the first pick in the WNBA draft by the Phoenix Mercury, has an endorsement deal with Nike
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and will be modeling clothing that’s branded for men. She is the first openly gay athlete to have a deal with Nike.
“It clicked for me,” Griner told ESPN the Magazine. “I used to do the whole baggy, hard-core, I’m-a-boy look. Then I went through a preppy phase. Now I have the athletic, bow-tie look. I found my style.”
Griner wears an exclusive version of a Kobe Bryant model for shoes.