And the league is committed to working tirelessly to squander it.One of the other gifts the WNBA was given, again, through no work of its own, was Sophie Cunningham.Cunningham has become one of the faces of the league, to the point where a clip of her pointing her finger with an instantly-recognizable facial expression virtually took over the internet for a week.
She's smart, fun, clearly has a sense of humor and turned herself into a much-improved player with 48% shooting from the field and 44% from 3-point range.WNBA STAR SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM'S PLAYER EXCLUSIVE ADIDAS SHOE SELLS OUT IN LESS THAN AN HOUR ONLINEShe's also stood up for Caitlin Clark when some, uh, jealous opponents have gone after her with overly physical fouls or altercations, which instantly increased her popularity among Clark's massive fan base.Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever broke USA Sports' WNBA viewership record for the second straight week, averaging 1.14 million viewers.(Michael Hickey/Getty Images)Cunningham has chosen to respond to her newfound popularity and fame by demonstrating an impressive amount of courage.
While many well-known female athletes, such as Megan Rapinoe, have used their platform to advocate for male athletes to dominate sports they no longer play, Cunningham told the truth."I think that I am here to extend love, but I also think that with love is truth, being honest, and I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport, who shouldn’t have to go against biological men," Cunningham said in a recent interview with ESPN.WHITE HOUSE DEFENDS WNBA STAR SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM AFTER SHE SPEAKS OUT IN SUPPORT OF PROTECTING WOMEN'S SPORTSAn opinion shared by 80–90% of the American public, and scientifically backed by the entire existence of human biology.Unsurprisingly, this common sense statement of objective reality was extremely unpopular with much of the WNBA, including the Seattle Storm.Indiana Fever superstars Sophie Cunningham and Caitlin Clark ar...