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Sophie Cunningham Sounds Off on Caitlin Clark's Treatment in Video, Calls on WNBA to Protect Star
Bleacher Report ^ | June 27, 2026 | Zach Bachar

Posted on 06/27/2026 3:42:32 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham isn't pleased with the way teammate Caitlin Clark has been officiated as of late.

"Unfortunately, this type of ---- happens every single game to her and the league and the refs do absolutely nothing about it," Cunningham said on her Show Me Something podcast (2:41 mark).

"You see the videos of literally kneeing and cheap-shotting C in the throat," she added. "If she did that to any of our teammates we would be pissed. But they're definitely targeting her and the league and the refs do nothing to protect her."

(Excerpt) Read more at bleacherreport.com ...


TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: thugball
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To: BradyLS

Seems a police officer got decades in prison for resting his knee on someone’s shoulder.
Happened in Minnesota

Name escapes me


41 posted on 06/28/2026 3:57:56 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: MinorityRepublican

When Tiger Woods started becoming a golf MVP, how was he treated by others not of his ethnicity?

When Caitlin Clark started becoming a basketball MVP, how was she treated by those not of her ethnicity?

Discuss.


42 posted on 06/28/2026 5:22:41 AM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: coloradan

Gee I don’t know. Was Tiger throat punched by Fuzzy Zoeller?


43 posted on 06/28/2026 5:27:54 AM PDT by Kudsman (Make Mike Lee Majority Leader.)
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To: coloradan
When Tiger Woods started becoming a golf MVP, how was he treated by others not of his ethnicity?

I don't remember that far back, but I think it safe to say a lot of people shut up publicly when he won the 1997 Masters in a rout

44 posted on 06/28/2026 5:33:42 AM PDT by EVO X ( )
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To: moviefan8

Lesbian is OK she is Nordic goddess of the year........AND >>>>>>>>>
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THIS is Cunningham and now a huge meme that some say is racist.........she is pointing at a taller black player who is???

Thought for 10s

The taller Black player Sophie Cunningham is pointing at is DeWanna Bonner (Phoenix Mercury veteran forward). Quick context on the viral meme:This happened during the Indiana Fever vs. Phoenix Mercury game on June 22, 2026.
It started with tension involving Caitlin Clark (a physical exchange/foul with Bonner).

Sophie Cunningham (Fever guard, often wearing #8 in some contexts or associated with the team here) stepped in to back up her teammate. She stood her ground and pointed directly at Bonner for about 22 seconds — stone-faced, no talking, just holding the point while officials and players tried to de-escalate. Bonner got heated, pointed back, and yelled. Both got technical fouls.

Cunningham’s deadpan, relentless pointing became an instant massive meme (used for pettiness, trolling, “standing on business,” etc., with edits like The Simpsons, dogs, Spider-Man point memes, etc.). Some people (including Angel Reese and others) have called the meme/racial framing around it racist, claiming it targets Black players disproportionately or plays into tropes. Most reactions treat it as funny basketball trash-talk/competitiveness, not race-related. Cunningham herself has leaned into the memes and downplayed it while criticizing how Clark gets targeted. It’s classic WNBA drama turned internet gold. The pointing is defiant enforcement/protection of her teammate, not anything more sinister.


45 posted on 06/28/2026 6:05:35 AM PDT by dennisw (Qatarlson the Insufferable blowhard. There is no limit to human stupidity. |||||||||||||||||||||||||)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Why is she talking? Her fame is completely from posing with few clothes.


46 posted on 06/28/2026 9:38:50 AM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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To: dznutz

Except for the fact the majority are still male refs!


47 posted on 06/28/2026 6:55:14 PM PDT by BrandtMichaels ("And We Know - all things work for good to them who love God, called according to his purposes." )
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To: BrandtMichaels

A slim majority, and maybe they are gay too.


48 posted on 06/28/2026 7:28:54 PM PDT by dznutz
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To: frank ballenger
The enforcer Hanson Brothers in Slapshot: “What do you think? Should we do what coach says?” “Yeah, let’s do it. It’s just old time hockey.” 🏒⚡🏒


49 posted on 06/28/2026 7:30:28 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Cronos

At least Sophie is standing up for CC.


50 posted on 06/28/2026 9:22:37 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Carry_Okie

She has actual fighting skills. They won’t try that with her without retaliation.


51 posted on 06/29/2026 11:09:29 AM PDT by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: packrat35
She has actual fighting skills. They won’t try that with her without retaliation.

And she is willing to fight back. Which is what Michael Jordan and Larry Bird did when the "Bad Boys" (Detroit Pistons) were being physical with them.

52 posted on 06/29/2026 11:13:21 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

She should go play for a European team, and this coven of black bitches on the current team will have lost their Golden Goose. Without her, they’re a joke. Don’t they even understand that?


53 posted on 06/29/2026 11:23:24 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: moviefan8

A dishonest headline from a hardly known website looking for clicks. If you read the entire article it alludes to a pending marriage.

“Questions about a potential wedding Sophie Cunningham wife Virginia Murdoch have been circulating among fans and followers of the couple. While the pair has been in a committed relationship, they’ve kept specific details about marriage plans relatively private.”


54 posted on 06/29/2026 11:35:02 AM PDT by CaptainK ("No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up” )
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To: packrat35

Good!

Yet in anticipating that, the thugettes will likely find willing male backup. She may need them.


55 posted on 06/29/2026 1:10:02 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: Carry_Okie

https://karatebuilt.com/sophie-cunningham-from-songahm-taekwondo-to-wnba-enforcer/

They might not like what they run into.


56 posted on 06/29/2026 1:14:34 PM PDT by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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