Throwing it back

Robin shows Brittney Griner highlights of her playing as a junior in high school.

Griner jokes she “needed a sandwich.”

The WNBA star was taken to a doctor because of her height and wanted to make sure she was alright.

Griner says since high school until today she has been bullied and mistaken for being a male.

“Not a lot of people know what it’s like to walk in my shoes.”

Interview begins

Brittney says now that she’s back in the States she knows what home means.

“Home is love, rest, freedom, connection,” Griner says.

This is the first time Griner is sitting down to tell her story and Griner says she is “so ready.”

Tune in!

Tune into ABC now for Brittney Griner’s 20/20 interview with Robin Roberts.

Griner will talk to Roberts about her “dehumanizing” experience during her 10-month imprisonment in Russia.

Get to know the interviewer: Robin Roberts

Robin Roberts is a news anchor for ABC, where she’s the co-host of Good Morning America and occasionally hosts several other programs for the network.

She was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, but was raised on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

In addition to her journalistic work, Roberts is a New York Times bestselling author and the president and founder of the media company Rock’N Robin Productions.

Her bio for Rock’N Robin reads: “Bolstered by [her family’s] encouragement and her talent, Robin excelled academically and also in athletics as a basketball star at her alma mater, Southeastern Louisiana University.”

“Her knowledge of sports was a given, but it was her preternatural passion for broadcast journalism that provided the building blocks for her future,” the bio continues.

After taking on jobs at smaller local outlets, Roberts scored her dream job hosting SportsCenter at 29. She also contributed for years to ABC News until she was hired to co-host GMA.