Carrington was ejected from the game in the first half after smacking Cunningham across the face during Cunningham's layup attempt.Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington commits a flagrant 2 foul against Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham.(IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)"Clearly, I think it was like unnecessary.
I've never really spoken to her and have no beef with her, but I guess she has some pent up stuff.So get your s--- off.
That's fine.I can take it...
Yeah, it's intentional," Cunningham said, per ESPN's Kareem Copeland on X.DIJONAI CARRINGTON DECLARES 'WHITE PRIVILEGE' AFTER EJECTION FOR SMACKING SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM IN THE FACE"She has no reason to be doing any of that.So good way to get her kicked out.
I don't even know her.She wasn't even on the team last year when all that was going on.
But I do think when people play the Fever, we're nationally televised, there's a lot of eyes on us and people just want attention.And that's her just trying to get attention."After the foul, Cunningham and Carrington were seen getting in each other's faces and yelling, as referees had to separate them."I wasn't even upset.
I mean, I popped up.I'm not going to let anyone just do that to me.
I think everyone knows that.I think that's why she did it because she wants attention," Cunningham said.
"I mean, s---, like, people have started craving attention.Like, go get it somewhere else.
Go do something good in the world, I don't know.Yeah, I popped up and [Makayla Timpson] had my back."Sophie Cunningham confronts DiJonai Carrington after the latter committed a hard foul that led to her being ejected in the first quarter of Saturday's game between the Indiana Fever and the Chicago Sky.
(Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images)After Carrington's ejection, she went on Threads and wrote "White Privilege" and tagged the Indiana Fever.Cunningham rejected Carrington's suggestion that the ejection had anything to do with race."I think the league is taking care of that.
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