US women’s sports star Sophie Cunningham speaking up on defending women's sports

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Big development. In the US few big women's sports stars have dared to speak up in the defence of women having sports. Lots of coverage of this going viral. Demands that the WBNA [Women's Basketball league] take action against her.

Sophie Cunningham says it’s ‘common sense’ to keep trans athletes out of women’s sports

In the ESPN article, Cunningham said she wanted to “protect young girls in the locker room” and that “they shouldn’t have to go against biological men.”

“I said what I said. I think it’s kind of common sense,” Cunningham said before Indiana’s 123-88 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday. “And I think I’ll always believe in that. I think it’s really important to protect children, and that’s little girls who are also involved in that category. I stand on what I said.”

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7464960/2026/07/22/sophie-cunningham-trans-comments-womens-sports/

Trump Whitehouse speaking up in Cunningham's support so getting political.
https://www.aol.com/articles/sophie-cunningham-backed-white-house-003500000.html

Despite the recent Supreme Court verdict which said women can have sports a lot of Democratic leading states are continuing to say they should not have their own sports, but only mixed sex competitions.

Likely to be an ongoing political issue and be a topic in the upcoming midterms.

So true😂
Sometimes only a hackneyed cliché will do, in this case it's 'virtue signalling'🙄

Enes Freedom has been removed from a game.

It is shocking to think how this situation has deteriorated. I will look to see what Enes Freedom was removed for. Surely not just a shirt. That would start looking very dicey for the court case that is building.

https://x.com/tpostmillennial/status/2091691300756037960?s=46

more.

https://www.thebiglead.com/enes-kanter-freedom-wnba-ejection-statement/

Before the game, it was clear that Kanter Freedom was at the arena to rile up the fans, wearing a “WOMAN” t-shirt

So that’s “riling up” fans, is it? How pathetic.

I have mixed feelings about this man's support, he seems to think it's women hating on women, which reduces our fight to regain our sport for ourselves to a cat fight.

Sadly, he's not wrong though: it is one group of women in the WNBA attacking Sophie Cunningham and the young girls turning up to support her at games. It's not a cat fight but it is an ideological disagreement between two groups of women.

Will Sophie's contract get renewed
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/sophie-cunninghams-future-wnba-could-130247081.html

What have they got against tw, the bigots, and all the misgendering in the article. They should be ashamed.

https://thehill.com/opinion/education/6045791-rapinoe-dismisses-high-school-athletes/

Excellent article.
Megan Rapinoe is a huge disappointment - it's like she used up all her courage in coming out as lesbian, and then caved when the trans issue came up, whether because she really doesn't understand the underlying facts and principles, or she doesn't want to endanger the status she has achieved in the sports world.

She is hated by homophobes both within and without the sports world, maybe she feels she can't risk losing the approval of the people who are supportive of her, and goes along with the genderwoo to keep in with the in crowd?

Either way, she's been well and truly 'tellt' by these two high school students!

Fantastic piece. Rapinoe is the one spreading panic and misinformation re her fake claims that intrusive inspections will be needed to exclude TIMs from female sports.
Not the females like these two writing the article. It's females being denied opportunities, not TIMs who can compete in male teams any time they want to.
This is why Cunningham's interjection is so critical, it's providing cover for females in less powerful positions to speak out clearly.
Rapinoe is a disgrace.

‘Might Not Even Be in the League Next Year,’ ‘Give Her the Job’ — Basketball World Divided As Sophie Cunningham Makes Her Case To Be WNBA Commissioner

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/might-not-even-league-next-054504200.html

Sophie Cunningham completely rebrands podcast with new partner after ex co-host disagreed with her trans debate

https://www.dailymail.com/sport/wnba/article-16121855/sophie-cunningham-podcast-rebrand-trans-debate.html