{"id":41287,"date":"2025-08-02T07:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T07:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/41287\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T07:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T07:18:12","slug":"sophie-cunningham-blasts-wnba-fans-for-throwing-sex-toys-on-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/41287\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie Cunningham blasts WNBA fans for throwing sex toys on court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sophie Cunningham is furious at the antics of some WNBA fans.<\/p>\n<p>During Friday\u2019s game between the Valkyries and Sky, what appeared to be a lime-green dildo was thrown onto the court during the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStop throwing dildos on the court,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sophaller\/status\/1951457339405639982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cunningham posted on X<\/a>. \u201cYou\u2019re going to hurt one of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A referee kicked away the NSFW object from the court so that the game could continue. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.87419355;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36718031\" width=\"516\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-01-at-11.21.42-PM.png\" alt=\"What appeared to be a sex toy appeared on the court during a WNBA game on Friday night.\" class=\"wp-image-36718031\"  \/>What appeared to be a sex toy appeared on the court during a WNBA game on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Sky star Angel Reese also took to social media to comment on the phenomenon, but took the situation more lightly, poking fun at Fever guard Sydney Colson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey @SydJColson, why do you keep throwing your mean green in different arenas,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Reese10Angel\/status\/1951462550517981358\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Reese joked<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s getting weird.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This comes after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/30\/sports\/sex-toy-thrown-on-court-during-final-moments-of-wnba-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a similar incident occurred just three days prior<\/a> when an object was thrown on the court at the end of the fourth quarter of Tuesday\u2019s game between the Dream and the Valkyries.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36718029\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MT1USATODAY26758956-690234022-3.jpg\" alt=\"Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham (8) points to her teammates during the first half against the Dallas Wings at the American Airlines Center.\" class=\"wp-image-36718029\"  \/>Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham (8) points to her teammates during the first half against the Dallas Wings at the American Airlines Center. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>With less than a minute to play and the game tied 75-75, the sex toy fell from above and bounced on the free throw line before flying across the court.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcast booth was able to contain their emotions for the most part, but let out some laughs in the heat of the moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething flies on the court, I think there was something that flew from a fan on the court,\u201d play-by-play announcer Jacob Tobey said as the Valkyries had the ball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been one of a kind\u2026 can they figure out who did that and get \u2019em out?\u201d Tobey asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven so, when you have a lime green item just kind of fly\u2026 that\u2019s when the whistle should be blown because as a player you want to feel protected, you want to know what\u2019s going on, and then there\u2019s confusion on the at final possession,\u201d fellow announcer Morgan Ragan said.<\/p>\n<p>A police officer then carried the object off the court in a towel as fans were unhappy with the delay in game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sophie Cunningham is furious at the antics of some WNBA fans. 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