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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."

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1 posted on 06/27/2026 3:42:32 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Protect her from whom? The other players? How would that work?


2 posted on 06/27/2026 3:47:07 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: MinorityRepublican

This is like MLB trying to take out Babe Ruth — that guy was ruining baseball!!!

I don’t know what it is with the Refs (I think they’re taking money) but they are sabotaging the whole “sport” so that the black lesbians can play by their lonesome.


3 posted on 06/27/2026 3:48:29 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Enoch Powell warned us about Rivers of Blood. Well, I sure hope they're coming. It's the only fix.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Sophie Cunningham-ooh! I’d like to have some of that!

The other stuff doesn’t matter. My hope is Clark plays in Europe and the WNBA goes bankrupt.


4 posted on 06/27/2026 3:51:58 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: ClearCase_guy

The Refs are weak and/or afraid of appearing to be racist.


5 posted on 06/27/2026 3:52:26 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Steely Tom

My understanding is the opposing players “allegedly” and commit fouls on Clark and the refs turn a blind eye rather than enforcing the rules. Recently, a player received a one game suspension for an obvious punch to Clark’s throat that the nearby ref somehow missed.

I know it’s usually poor form for athletes to complain about fouls. But if the league issues penalties after blatant acts that are not called then the refs are not doing their job properly.


6 posted on 06/27/2026 3:55:15 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: BradyLS
I know it’s usually poor form for athletes to complain about fouls. But if the league issues penalties after blatant acts that are not called then the refs are not doing their job properly.

Maybe Caitlin Clark could be one of those "rule breakers" the Left loves so much, and file a lawsuit against the WNBA, backed up by numerous video clips showing obvious criminal assaults against her, ignored by the refs.

The Left loves people who rebel against the "old boy network," Speak Truth To Power, all that sort of thing.

7 posted on 06/27/2026 3:59:44 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: MinorityRepublican

Sophie is a pretty blonde girl.
IOW she has made herself a target.


8 posted on 06/27/2026 4:00:01 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Or anti-Lesbian Mafia.


9 posted on 06/27/2026 4:00:28 PM PDT by kiryandil (Resistance to The Odor is defiance to grainpidity)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The refs may be hesitant to call these flagrant fouls because they are probably lesbians too, and they all stick together.


10 posted on 06/27/2026 4:04:08 PM PDT by dznutz
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To: MinorityRepublican
The Refs are weak and/or afraid of appearing to be racist.

You are precisely right. You can assault Catlin with no penalty. That is the okay go ahead signal to hurt her. Odd is it not, Black Lesbians assaulting a white super star straight woman that brings money to the league, because she is a straight white super star. She would be wise to go to Europe before she is injured in a manner that would no longer allow her to play. Every damn one of those refs that do not call egregious fouls should be fired.

11 posted on 06/27/2026 4:04:18 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, MAGA)
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To: Steely Tom

Protect from illegals moves designed to disable and take out of the game. I don’t recall any throat punching in the NBA. Lots of hip checks and bodyweight slams, but no throat punching.

The WNBA could have gone the classy route to ensure fans stuck around after Caitlin left, but they kind of ruined that.


12 posted on 06/27/2026 4:08:12 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Im so glad I bought bitcoin at $120,000. I wouldnt have have known how else to spend $58000)
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To: MinorityRepublican

WNBA is a racist leave. Videos on YouTube clearly show many of those black lesbian players are actually men who couldn’t make it in college and have transitioned to women or are just pretending to be female.

Caitlin may be the only real woman in the wnba.


13 posted on 06/27/2026 4:10:18 PM PDT by CircleCityHamburgerMan (Death to demons)
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To: Steely Tom

Do what the NHL does - have an enforcer or two.

Problem solved.


14 posted on 06/27/2026 4:28:01 PM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: MinorityRepublican
The WNBA would be nuts to instruct their officials to better protect Clark - her getting beat up and the emotions it stirs up in people who otherwise could not care less about women's basketball is getting the WNBA a lot more attention than they normally get.

Shut down the targeting of Clark and the WNBA goes back to being the league playing the sport that gets no headlines and no one cares about.
15 posted on 06/27/2026 4:30:39 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Steely Tom

Call them egregious personal fouls and issue fines.

That’s how it would work.


16 posted on 06/27/2026 4:31:29 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Assaulting white, or even murdering white, people is not a crime in democrat s holes. Get the f away from melanin.


17 posted on 06/27/2026 4:35:26 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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The wnba is making bank off the controversy.

In the manner of the pro wrestling circuit, with or without Caitlin's
knowledge/shared intent.

18 posted on 06/27/2026 4:37:14 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (tek grad, quality learing center)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Sophie is married to Virginia Murdoch.

https://highfymagazine.com/sophie-cunningham-wife-virginia-murdoch/


19 posted on 06/27/2026 4:40:16 PM PDT by moviefan8
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To: Steely Tom
Protect her from whom? The other players? How would that work?

From whom? From opposing players who figure they will be the name of the week to teach CC how she doesn't belong and isn't wanted in the WNBA. I don't know how they figure that, but it's obvious to any casual onlooker. It's like the "inside joke" of the league.

How to protect the league's most valuable asset? Easy. Warnings, fines, and suspensions of players. If they find intentional targeting, start penalizing the franchises up to and including draft picks. Lastly, the ref situation has to be changed, incompetence is not tolerated generally in professional sports. Pretty much everyone has seen more consistent officiating at their local rec department.

It's been a bad look now for the 3rd year running. It is way past time to change the dynamic of the situation.

20 posted on 06/27/2026 4:45:18 PM PDT by Religion and Politics (Can’t we all just get along? :))
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