Sydney Colson, who spent the 2025 WNBA season playing alongside Cunningham in Indiana, reacted to Carrington's hard foul on her former teammate and eventual ejection from the game by writing "I love a trans foul" on her Instagram Threads account on Saturday evening.Colson's post is a play on words.Not only did Carrington's flagrant foul on Cunningham come on a transition play with the Fever star attempting a layup, but it also comes amid Cunningham making headlines after recently voicing her opinion that transgender athletes do not belong in women's sports.Sophie Cunningham #8 and Sydney Colson #51 of the Indiana Fever warms up before the game against the New York Liberty during a WNBA game on July 16, 2025 at Barclays Center Arena in Brooklyn, New York.
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Nemec/NBAE via Getty Images)SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM SPEAKS OUT AGAINST DIJONAI CARRINGTON AFTER FLAGRANT FOUL AND 'WHITE PRIVILEGE' POSTWith two minutes remaining in the first quarter of the Fever's eventual 90-86 win, Carrington delivered a very hard foul on Cunningham underneath the basket.The foul was upgraded to a Flagrant 2 after a review, resulting in Carrington's ejection from the contest.Colson was not the only person with very close ties to Cunningham who didn't exactly disapprove of the play.Stephanie White, head coach of the Fever, actually defended Carrington during her postgame press conference.
According to White, it was just a hard foul with no intention behind it.Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington commits a flagrant 2 foul against Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham.(Kamil Krzaczynski/Imagn Images)"Yeah, I mean, look, it was a hard foul.
I don't think that DiJonai intentionally came out to get her across the neck like she did.But it did happen, and I thought it was the right call," White said, but she wasn't done backing up Carrington."You know, one of the things about Nay is that she's gonna play her butt off, man.
She's gonna compete.Nobo...