She wasn’t expected to be the star, yet when the WNBA failed to safeguard its brightest talent, she rose to the occasion—and the landscape shifted instantly. A $400 fine, a flagrant foul, a bench-clearing altercation. After that? Sudden stardom, record-breaking jersey sales, and a surge of millions of new fans. Was this justice or sheer chaos?
The instant Sophie Cunningham wrapped her arms around a rival and dragged her to the floor, the landscape of the WNBA fundamentally shifted. This wasn’t just a hard foul—it was a declaration. Unmistakable. Urgent. And, for the league, costly. The temperature was already boiling over in the Indiana Fever’s clash with the Connecticut Sun on […]