Indiana Fever retain head coach Stephanie White after controversy

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When Stephanie White signed up to be head coach of the Indiana Fever in November 2024, she likely didn’t think she’d be forced to defend herself while at the center of controversy. Yet, after Sophie Cunningham suffered a hard Flagrant 2 foul from DiJonai Carrington in the Fever’s last game, resulting in the latter’s ejection, some have accused White of not defending her team enough.

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Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White has faced heavy criticism since she said that she didn’t believe there was any malicious intent behind Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington’s hard foul on Sophie Cunningham from Saturday. “Look, it was a hard foul,” the coach said after the game. “It did happen, and I thought it was…

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The Indiana Fever have been at the center of what has seemed like one controversy after another throughout the 2026 season. Most recently, teh discourse surrounding the team has been dominated by a hard foul that Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington had on Sophie Cunningham. In the aftermath of the foul, which led to all…