{"id":125088,"date":"2025-09-06T21:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T21:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/125088\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T21:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T21:11:07","slug":"sophie-cunninghams-3-word-verdict-on-indiana-fever-infirmary-post-says-it-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/125088\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie Cunningham&#8217;s 3-Word Verdict on Indiana Fever Infirmary Post Says It All"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5k\">Despite the Chicago Sky&#8217;s struggles this season (they currently have a 10-31 record this season) and their not having Angel Reese on September 5, the fact that the Indiana Fever were still able to produce a 97-77 victory over Chicago on Friday is impressive, given what the Fever are missing on their roster right now.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5n\">Indiana has lost five players to season-ending injuries to this point in the year, all of which have arrived in the past two months (plus player development coach Keith Porter tore his Achilles). While fans didn&#8217;t realize it until a couple of days ago, the groin injury that star Fever guard Caitlin Clark suffered during the team&#8217;s July 15 game against the Connecticut Sun would end up keeping No. 22 out for the rest of her second WNBA season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5q\">Clark&#8217;s two backup point guards, Aari McDonald and Sydney Colson, each suffered serious injuries during the Fever&#8217;s August 7 game against the Phoenix Mercury. McDonald had to deal with a broken foot while Colson tore her ACL during that contest, both of which required surgery and would keep these two out for the rest of this year. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/01k4gc8by6kj90ynsarq.jpg\" alt=\"Indiana Fever guard Aari McDonald (2) against the Phoenix Mercury on August 7, 2025\" title=\"Indiana Fever guard Aari McDonald (2) against the Phoenix Mercury on August 7, 2025\" width=\"6000\" height=\"3375\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"5z\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Aug 7, 2025; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Indiana Fever guard Aari McDonald (2) against the Phoenix Mercury during an WNBA game at PHX Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"63\">Then, star guard Sophie Cunningham suffered a torn MCL during Indiana&#8217;s August 27 game, which also required surgery and ended her season. And while forward Chloe Bibby&#8217;s knee injury diagnosis still hasn&#8217;t been made public, the Fever announced a few days ago that she also wouldn&#8217;t be returning in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie Cunningham&#8217;s Comment on Injured Fever Player Photo Speaks Volumes<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"69\">The Fever had picture day before Friday&#8217;s home game against the Sky. At one point, all five of the Fever&#8217;s injured players posed for a photo and video. Colson and Cunningham were both seen sporting crutches, while McDonald had been relegated to a scooter. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6c\">The Fever posted a video of these five on X on September 6 with the caption, &#8220;show &#8217;em some love \ud83d\udc4d\u2764\ufe0f&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">show &#8217;em some love \ud83d\udc4d\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i2YWB77SxW\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/i2YWB77SxW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Indiana Fever (@IndianaFever) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndianaFever\/status\/1964420921235587305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6i\">It didn&#8217;t take Cunningham long to comment on this, as she wrote, &#8220;a sick joke.&#8221; three minutes after it was posted. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">a sick joke. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HXjF2YNLom\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/HXjF2YNLom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sophie Cunningham (@sophaller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sophaller\/status\/1964421796536733813?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6o\">The sheer amount of injured players included in this video does feel like a sick joke, which is why Cunningham&#8217;s comment says it all.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6r\">Despite these injuries, the Fever are all but guaranteed to make it to the 2025 WNBA playoffs now, and will have to compete with a depleted roster. The good news is that these injured Fever players have a great support system and will be showing up to support their teammates during this postseason.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended Reading:<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite the Chicago Sky&#8217;s struggles this season (they currently have a 10-31 record this season) and their not&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-125088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}