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Storm co-owner suspended after incident with Sophie Cunningham fans as star breaks silence on controversy
FoxNews ^ | 07/30/2026

Posted on 07/30/2026 5:48:47 AM PDT by devane617

Seattle Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton has been fined and suspended from attending the team's next five home games, the WNBA confirmed to Fox News Digital.

The suspension and fine come after Keaton allegedly called a pair of teenage Sophie Cunningham fans "f---ing insane" during a game on Tuesday, independent Seattle-based journalist Brandi Kruse told Fox News Digital. Kruse was in the arena and accompanied the girls, who were there to watch Cunningham and the Indiana Fever take on the Storm.

Cunningham addressed the incident involving Keaton in an X repost of Fox News Digital's report late Wednesday night.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Indiana; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: basketball; brandikruse; celestekeaton; indiana; indianafever; seattlestorm; sophiecunningham; trans; washington; wnba

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1 posted on 07/30/2026 5:48:47 AM PDT by devane617
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Fans are your customers, idiot!......................


2 posted on 07/30/2026 5:52:28 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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Sophie is a peach. Note to trans, Stay in Your Lane. We’ll get along fine .


3 posted on 07/30/2026 5:52:47 AM PDT by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness)
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It’s Seattle, so they agree with the co-owner there.


4 posted on 07/30/2026 5:54:19 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Fox News on X.

“F***ing insane!”

That's what Seattle Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton allegedly called two teenage Sophie Cunningham fans over their sign thanking the star player for protecting girls’ and women's sports.

Now the WNBA is suspending Keaton from the Storm's next five home games and fining her for her actions.

Cunningham spoke out about the incident and called Keaton's behavior “truly embarrassing” and applauded the teens for “standing up for what they believe.”

Keaton wasn't the only one who took issue with the supporters, Storm fans were caught on video harassing the two girls for their beliefs.

https://x.com/i/status/2082786372939657270

5 posted on 07/30/2026 5:57:01 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: devane617

6 posted on 07/30/2026 5:58:56 AM PDT by boycott
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To: SmokingJoe

Stephen Miller is right - leftists are deformed.


7 posted on 07/30/2026 6:00:03 AM PDT by Venkman
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To: Red Badger

The small number of fans don’t provide WNBA much revenue at all.


8 posted on 07/30/2026 6:01:21 AM PDT by cmj328 (We live here.)
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To: devane617

Teapottius tempesteous


9 posted on 07/30/2026 6:03:27 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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Which makes them all the more valuable..................


10 posted on 07/30/2026 6:04:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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Nothing—not even God—is above their twisted ideology.


11 posted on 07/30/2026 6:04:59 AM PDT by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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Celeste needs to change her last name to Cretin.


12 posted on 07/30/2026 6:09:21 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: SmokingJoe

Fat dumb and ugly is no way to go through life.


13 posted on 07/30/2026 6:10:13 AM PDT by yldstrk
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To: devane617
Ugly bull dyke lesbian has the hates for pretty, feminine heterosexual girl.


14 posted on 07/30/2026 6:11:42 AM PDT by KevinB (Nepotism = affirmative action for white people. )
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In that foto, it looks like she’s holding hands with another hefty dyke. Yeah, it’s just the rantings of a bitter lesbian. Sophie Cunningham is an attractive and successful white gal, probably hetero, and young girls look up to her. Drives the ugly perverts to distraction.


15 posted on 07/30/2026 6:15:06 AM PDT by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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Never in my life have I seen an entertainment venue that is more hostile to its paying customers. You have a 77-year-old, wealthy team owner screaming at teenage girls to the point where they were on the verge of tears. And don’t forget the previous game where the team had a fan thrown out for making fun of Kahleah Copper when her weave came off in the middle of the game. And then we had Angel Reese and her teammates claiming that fans were shouting racist names at her at a game when the audio detected no such thing.


16 posted on 07/30/2026 6:17:03 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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Gay co-owner suspended for berating conservative fans who support women’s sports without men playing.

I BET ESPN AND THE OTHER WOKE MAINSTREAM MEDIA WILL NOT BE DISCUSSING THIS OFFENSE IN ANY DETAIL.


17 posted on 07/30/2026 6:17:18 AM PDT by Texan4Life
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To: devane617

Apparently Sophie follows FOX. Heh!

:-)


18 posted on 07/30/2026 6:20:45 AM PDT by Paul R. (Old Viking saying: "Never be more than 3 steps away from your weapon ... or a Uriah Heep song!" ;-))
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Never in my life have I seen an entertainment venue that is more hostile to its paying customers


Most of the paying customers are lesbians.


19 posted on 07/30/2026 6:20:54 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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The WNBA is a train wreck. They need to scrap it and start over.


20 posted on 07/30/2026 6:23:21 AM PDT by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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