Sophie Cunningham seeks focus on basketball amidst debate

The Indiana Fever went into Sunday’s game against the Chicago Sky looking to pick up a win after two losses. They got more than they bargained for.In a close first-quarter game, one moment got the attention of all WNBA fans. It involved the Fever’s controversial guard, Sophie Cunningham, trying to score.After a Sky turnover, Cunningham […] The post Sophie Cunningham Gets Into Heated Scuffle in Fever-Sky Game appeared first on HEAVY.

INDIANAPOLIS — This is a column about basketball. Just the way Sophie Cunningham would have wanted. On Thursday night, the Indiana Fever and Las Vegas Aces played a highly entertaining basketball game. Though other things happened around the basketball part. Recently, Cunningham’s team has found itself squirming beneath an unrelenting spotlight because of something Cunningham said about trans women in sports. In an interview with ESPN, Cunningham offered: “I want to protect young girls in a lock

Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham looks to bring focus back to the tremendous on-court product of the WNBA after multiple weeks of debate. Cunningham’s stance on protecting women’s sports for biological women led to massive debates over including trans athletes in women’s sports over the last few weeks.

Sophie Cunningham says the conversation that followed her comments about transgender athletes in women’s sports has been a “distraction” and that she wants to get back to focusing on basketball. “The WNBA media, all we ever do is cover everything except basketball,” Cunningham said to reporters at Gainbridge Fieldhouse before practice on Wednesday. “It’s like, ‘What are we doing?’ You can talk about other things; those are great stories; it shows fans who people are outside of the court, but I a

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said Wednesday that she wants the focus to return to basketball after her comments on transgender athletes sparked heated national debate, three rallies and social media reaction all the way to the White House.

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham told reporters Wednesday she wants the WNBA media to focus on basketball after several weeks of self-made controversy.