The former WNBA bench player, who charges fans sitting in the baseline seats, sent a direct message to former teammate Sophie Cunningham and White colleagues across the league, telling them to: "Shut the f--- up."The former Indiana Fever player jumped on her podcast, "Unsupervised with Syd & TP," to unleash a tirade aimed squarely at two targets: Cunningham and White Fever fans.Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham takes a selfie with fans before a game against the Washington Mystics on Sept.20, 2026, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind.
(Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Targeting Cunningham and other White players who express support for protecting women's sports, Colson unloaded:TRANSGENDER ATHLETES HAVE TAKEN 2,293 CHAMPIONSHIP SPOTS FROM BIOLOGICAL WOMEN, NEW RESEARCH FINDS"Let me just tell you now, for real, for real: for the White players in the league, when you don’t say s—, and even worse, when you say things that are harmful, talking about the trans s---, nobody respects you.Shut the f--- up.
Shut the f--- up.Nobody wants to hear your opinion."Colson explicitly targeted Cunningham's stance on biological men competing in women's sports, attacking players who claim to value team solidarity while holding those views:"Listen, if you never speak up about a damn thing when you know it’s impacting the people you claim to love and care about, you know, ‘We’re fighting together as a team, sister,’ blah, blah, blah, and you don’t speak up when things affect them, they don’t respect you.
They’re just trying to make it."Sydney Colson #51 of the Indiana Fever dribbles during a WNBA preseason game against the Atlanta Dream on May 10, 2025, at Gateway Center Arena at College Park in Atlanta, Ga.(NBAE via Getty Images)She added:"And you ought to be ashamed.
Y’all ought to be ashamed to act like you’re cool with people, to act like you care about sisterhood, all of these things."Colson's hostility toward her peers matches the disdain ...