Fever guard Sophie Cunningham fired back at an X user who called her sister a bitch following remarks made about “poor officiating” and the WNBA protecting its players.
After Sophie suffered a season-ending right knee injury in Sunday’s overtime win over the Sun, her sister, Lindsey Cunningham , wrote on X, “@WNBA maybe you should focus less on fining players for commenting on your poor officiating & more about hiring officials that are able to call a consistent game and protect your athletes. Pathetic. Praying for you @sophaller.”
In a quote-tweet mocking Lindsey, the social media user posted, “‘Protect athletes’ shut up bitch,” alongside a video of Sophie’s flagrant foul on Sun guard Jacy Sheldon in the Fever’s win over Connecticut on June 17. Both Sophie and Sheldon were ejected f