WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham Challenges Women's Sports Rule by Performing in Men's Locker-R
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The backdrop to this stunt is the controversy over the Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, who told ESPN last month, “I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men,” and has been mocked as “MAGA Barbie” because of her views. The players’ union put out a statement condemning the “hate, abuse, and demonization of any person or group of people, including transgender people.”
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The Daily WireBoth Kasey and Annie said that they had come to the game — and had chosen to wear those particular shirts — to show their support for Fever shooting guard Sophie Cunningham. Cunningham, who has repeatedly declared her position as not political, unapologetically stood up for women and girls in sports, saying that they deserved a space where they could compete without being forced to take on biological men.
BreitbartWATCH: Cunningham has become one of the most recognizable WNBA players in the entire league. Still, her renown has also been dogged by attacks from leftists who are unhappy over her opinion that men who claim to be women do not belong in women’s sports.
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No one—not even White and Freedom—seriously believes that the WNBA will let the two trollish men play as women. But the league apparently hopes to reject them without ever grudgingly coughing out an agreement with Cunningham’s view that biological males don’t belong in women’s sports. Five years ago, the WNBA’s official Twitter account celebrated Andraya Yearwood and Terry Miller, biologically male athletes whose female competitors in Connecticut sued to keep them out of girls’ races in high-school athletics. The ACLU defended the trans girls’ right to compete. Above a picture of Yearwood and Miller, the WNBA expressed its own support: “We support you and all of the other trans athletes just trying to compete in the sports they love.” (Six years on, there has been no ruling in the case.)
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RealClearPoliticsBoys Will Be Boys--But in the WNBA?
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WNBA star Sophie Cunningham climbed onto a bar at a downtown Indianapolis honky-tonk Friday night and belted out Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue” with a roomful of Indiana Fever fans, hours after her team beat the Dallas Wings.
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BreitbartIndiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham wowed fans on Friday when she was seen belting out a patriotic song at a local Indianapolis bar after the team’s 98-87 victory over the Dallas Wings.
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01 The Atlantic Why shouldn’t Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White play women’s basketball? The answer is simple: They’re not female. By all evidence, the two former NBA players have XY chromosomes—White has fathered children—and have been through male puberty. They have significant athletic advantages over female athletes and should not be eligible for the WNBA. To reach this conclusion, I don’t need to peer into the pair’s souls to see whether they’re pink or blue, nor do I need to decide whether they are sincerely applying for the WNBA draft or just trolling.
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02 Breitbart Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark went viral on social media on Sunday night after a video captured her laughing behind a frustrated Angel Reese after the Atlanta Dream star missed a game-winning layup in the final seconds before overtime.
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03 The Daily Wire A mother and daughter attended Sunday’s WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and the Atlanta Dream — but with just two minutes left in overtime, they were told to cover up their “offensive” pro-woman t-shirts or leave the arena.
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