White has stayed similarly quiet when Caitlin Clark has absorbed physical hits and media fire.Heading into Tuesday's game against the New York Liberty, White took the podium and suddenly found plenty to say.DiJonai Carrington of the Chicago Sky was ejected after a brutal foul on Sophie Cunningham of the Indiana Fever.
(Kamil Krzaczynski/Imagn Images)"You know, this isn't necessarily for those people that are in this room.This is more for an online community that's trying to create narratives that simply don't exist.
Trying to create a fabrication or distortion of who I am, of what I'm about.Our players' success, our players' health and wellness, our players' safety is always a top priority for me.
One of the things I pride myself on is my relationships with players."SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM SPEAKS OUT AGAINST DIJONAI CARRINGTON AFTER FLAGRANT FOUL AND 'WHITE PRIVILEGE' POSTWhite brushed off criticism as a fabricated narrative while Cunningham absorbed the heat.Then came her explanation.Sophie Cunningham #8 and head coach Stephanie White are shown during a game against the Toronto Tempo at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on June 16, 2026.(Getty Images)"For those who have anything to say about the play in the last game? I didn't see the play in real time.
I went straight to a press conference.I thought the play got called right.
Thankfully, Sophie's okay.Was it egregious? Absolutely.
When you have a chance to watch that over and over and over on replay, you can see that.I didn't have that in real time."Missing the hit live explains Saturday night.
It doesn't explain the silence that followed.FEVER COACH STEPHANIE WHITE DODGES QUESTION ON GOP LETTER ABOUT CAITLIN CLARKâS TREATMENT IN WNBA"I take personally any suggestions that I don't 100% always have my players' back.I ride with them 10 toes down all the time, all of the time.
They know that.It's a shame that we can't have an opportunity to talk about what great basketball they're playing because they...