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This weekend, the WNBA will be celebrating with the All-Star Game, with the best players on the planet gathered in one place. The event has prompted some basketball players, like S
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The Mirror US on MSNSophie Cunningham booed as she marks WNBA milestone without Caitlin ClarkSophie Cunningham made her 200th WNBA appearance as the Indiana Fever took on the New York Liberty on Thursday night, but the 28-year-old was booed as she took to the court at Barclays Center
Sophie Cunningham called out the WNBA for "not protecting" star Caitlin Clark and gained over 800,000 followers after standing up as Clark's enforcer.
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Sophie Cunningham became a trending topic this week after the WNBA announced its newest expansion franchises in Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia. The Indiana Fever guard was asked her thoughts on the latest expansion cities and questioned whether players would want to be going to Cleveland and Detroit over other cities that bid on teams like Miami,
The Indiana Fever guard said she wished the WNBA "listened to players" on where the league should expand to, and offered her own suggestions.
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Sophie Cunningham criticized the WNBA's decision to add two teams in the midwest by 2030, saying players won't be excited to play in Detroit or Cleveland.
Sophie Cunningham claimed she wasn't trying to bad-mouth Detroit and Cleveland when discussing the WNBA's planned expansion.
Following news of the league's expansion plans, Cunningham threw shade at Cleveland and Detroit in particular, calling them cities that fans may not be that excited about when it comes to growing women's basketball. Cunningham instead named Miami, Nashville and Kansas City as her preferred pick of cities with "amazing opportunity."
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