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Sophie Cunningham sparked a revolt — and the WNBA bullies are floundering

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26.08.2026

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Sophie Cunningham sparked a revolt — and the WNBA bullies are floundering

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Enes Kanter Freedom sat courtside Sunday as the WNBA’s Chicago Sky hosted the Indiana Fever.

He wore a simple black T-shirt reading “WOMAN — noun. Adult human female.”

He cheered for the Fever’s Sophie Cunningham when she hit a 3-pointer — and that set off Sky player Natasha Cloud, who approached him aggressively, shouting and cursing.

Security hustled on to the court to restrain her, but Freedom was the one escorted from the arena, ejected for the crime of defining a word featured in the league’s own name.

It was the latest incident in a weeks-long drama, as the WNBA and its teams insist on treating biological reality as a violation of house rules.

The conflagration started last month in Seattle, soon after Cunningham said she thinks girls should have their own sports and private spaces.

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