Sophie Cunningham talks new podcast before Indiana Fever game
Sophie Cunningham talked about her new podcast, “Show Me Something,” before the Indiana Fever played the Phoenix Mercury on Wednesday, July 30, 2025.
Sophie Cunningham has yet another beef with WNBA officiating in the wake of the Indiana Fever‘s recent loss to the Dallas Wings. And this one isn’t even the same beef Fever coach Stephanie White has from that game.
The Fever, who are in the thick of the playoff race, lost 81-80 at home to the struggling Wings. Dallas rookie Paige Bueckers scored 16 points, including 4-of-4 free throws.
Three of those free throws came in the game’s opening minutes when Cunningham was called for a flagrant foul for stepping into Bueckers’ landing area on a 3-point shot. Bueckers made all of the free throws.
On her “Show Me Something” podcast, Cunningham expressed frustration with how the game officials treated Bueckers throughout.
“I love Paige to death, don’t get me wrong,” Cunningham said. “I think she’s a hell of a player and would love to play with her one day, but those refs were giving her every frickin’ whistle last night. Like you literally couldn’t touch her. That’s just so annoying to me.”
Cunningham has commented plenty on WNBA officiating, and has paid for it. She said she was fined for a TikTok that referred to “some refs” as “stupid,” and she was fined for comments on the officiating from a previous podcast. (This is her third episode.)
Sophie Cunningham and the Phoenix Mercury
Cunningham also addressed the Fever’s recent blowout loss to the Phoenix Mercury, her previous team. She said she got a warm reception pregame but that turned once game started, with some boos and chippy play.
Cunningham criticized DeWanna Bonner on the podcast one week earlier for the way Bonner left the Fever earlier this season.
Cunningham led the Fever with 18 points in a 35-point loss, and Bonner led the Mercury with 23 points off the bench. She and Cunningham traded words heading into a late timeout.
Cunningham said she was fine with it all.
“That’s competitive. That’s fun,” she said. “I guess that gets me riled up.”
Sophie Cunningham and the sex toy incident
The Fever also lost to the Los Angeles Sparks on their recent Western trip in a game that featured a sex toy being thrown onto the court as part of a reported memecoin marketing prank. In this case, the toy hit Cunningham’s foot as she was lined up on the free throw lane.
“I felt something hit my foot and I thought someone kicked me. I looked down and it was (a sex toy)) and it scared me, and I jumped up. Everyone was like, ‘Why are you freaking out?’ My mind just wasn’t expecting that,” she said. “Who gets hits by a (sex toy)? Me.”
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