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New York Times Campaigns for the Indiana Fever to Part with Sophie Cunningham Because of Conservatives

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New York Times Campaigns for the Indiana Fever to Part with Sophie Cunningham Because of Conservatives

Fair or not, there’s been a longstanding stereotype that liberals and leftists hate sports.

Between the proliferation of pathetic “participation trophy” culture and the way the left had a meltdown over the Washington “Redskins” moniker — which many Native Americans actually preferred to “Commanders” — you can see why all stereotypes begin with a kernel of truth.

But whatever doubts may have lingered that the left hates sports were virtually erased on Tuesday, when a New York Times opinion column for their sports site, The Athletic, published one of the more asinine reasons for wanting a team to cut ties with a player.

From @TheAthletic: If the Indiana Fever ever wants to go back to being a basketball team, Sophie Cunningham has to go, our columnist writes. “Cunningham is too combustible, her takes too turbulent to be paired with Caitlin Clark.” https://t.co/X3eXkxlgDh — The New York Times (@nytimes) October 6, 2026

From @TheAthletic: If the Indiana Fever ever wants to go back to being a basketball team, Sophie Cunningham has to go, our columnist writes. “Cunningham is too combustible, her takes too turbulent to be paired with Caitlin Clark.” https://t.co/X3eXkxlgDh

— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 6,........

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