WNBA All-Star Game: Jewell Loyd, Brittney Griner steal show

LAS VEGAS — Brittney Griner made an emphatic and emotional return to the WNBA’s midseason showcase event. She scored her team’s first six points, put down two dunks and finished with 18 points in the league’s All-Star Game on Saturday night. The sellout crowd roared when Griner was introduced, and clearly moved by the ovation, she tapped her heart with her right hand. There was no doubt, a year after forcefully being absent from this event, that Griner was the star of the show. “I didn’t think I’d be here...