Posted on 07/31/2026 11:11:26 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Fire fans didn’t offer a warm welcome to Sophie Cunningham.
The Indiana star was booed by fans during the Fever’s 112-98 win over the Fire at the Moda Center on Friday night in Portland as fallout over her comments regarding trans athletes continues.
Cunningham scored 13 points off the bench while Caitlin Clark scored a team-high 26 points.
Earlier this month, Cunningham made waves for saying she wants to “protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men” in an ESPN profile.
The discourse around the quote was amped up when a pair of young fans, wearing apparel from XX-XY Athletics and holding signs supporting the 29-year-old guard sitting courtside for a game in Seattle were allegedly called “****ing insane” by Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton.
One of the fans was reportedly left in tears following the encounter.
Keaton was suspended for five home games and fined an undisclosed amount by the WNBA.
“I think at the end of the day, I come in and I do my job,” Cunningham said before the Fever’s win. “I think everyone who knows me personally, they know that I’m full of love. I’m bubbly. I love the people around me. I love basketball. I love inspiring the next generation and doing that in a positive light. And so that doesn’t even cross my mind. Doesn’t cross my teammates’ minds.
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This is just one reason I hate the left and what they are doing to our constitutional republic.
“the issue is never the issue, the issue is the revolution”
never give the freakshow any attention.
disregard everything they say.
Demons. They adore Portland.
“Demons. They adore Portland”
Seems I read some boos in Seattle the prior game as well.
The Cascadia earthquack fault off the coast of Oregon / Washington can’t crack soon enough. Let the tsunami commence for a do over of the PNW.
Time to bomb Portland!💣💣💣💣
It’s INFESTED with Islamocommies and the home of Trantifa, Antifa, BLM, CCP operatives, fraudulent elections and pro-islamist GARBAGE
Damn city must be erased.
True and how about the irony of booing a woman against trans in women’s sports esp the wnba. Imagine if you will the natural conclusion of this.
An owner decides to hire all trans players such as Michell Jordan, Cristina Barkley kobiana Bryant (I know dating myself) and this team wins every game and sweeps the playoffs. Will these people and women cheer this as a wonderful thing? Sadly yes because they are so wed to their narrative and the fact that biological women and the lesbians within are destroyed by men, and they will cheer their demise😂😂😂😂
Those who accuse others as fascists ought to look in the mirror.
Portland = Crazytown
Getting Boo’s from the Woke Losers of Portland is a Badge of Honor! Good job Sophie!
Portland is for losers.
The supposed guy in a frog suit says everything about the left.
Meanwhile - Sophie Cunningham’s Addidas sold out faster than any other WNBA Player EVER!
Sold out completely!
Sophie Cunningham got hammered with boos in Portland and answered immediately
After her public stand that biological men do not belong in women’s sports, the crowd lit her up.
She drained a three and called them losers on the way back down the floor.
The hostility has followed her on the road. She is not backing down.
https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2083416181369946277
the reaction on this young fan’s face when Sophie Cunningham gifted her a game-worn shoe after tonight’s win in Portland
https://x.com/IndianaFever/status/2083415687674941950
A lot of mothers & daughters outside the Fever vs Fire game in Portland are showing appreciation for Sophie Cunningham
https://x.com/JonnyRoot_/status/2083350854896361844/photo/1
The WNBA doesn’t allow trans players.
We all have to pretend and deny science, just to satisfy the desires of few mentally ill persons.
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