{"id":81050,"date":"2025-08-19T11:20:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T11:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/81050\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T11:20:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T11:20:06","slug":"sophie-cunninghams-sister-blasts-wnba-refs-following-fever-guards-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/81050\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie Cunningham&#8217;s sister blasts WNBA refs following Fever guard&#8217;s injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnba.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WNBA<\/a> can&#8217;t fine this member of the Cunningham family, right?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mutigers.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/lindsey-cunningham\/967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Lindsey Cunningham<\/a> \u2014 a former Missouri player, current assistant director of development for the Tigers women&#8217;s basketball team and the younger sister of <a href=\"https:\/\/fever.wnba.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Indiana Fever<\/a> player <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sophie Cunningham<\/a> \u2014 blasted the WNBA&#8217;s officiating Sunday after her older sister went down with a knee injury against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sun.wnba.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Connecticut Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lindsey Cunningham&#8217;s post: &#8220;.@WNBA maybe you should focus less on fining players for commenting on your poor officiating &amp; more about hiring officials that are able to call a consistent game and protect your athletes. Pathetic. Praying for you .@sophaller\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc\u2764\ufe0f&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\">&#8216;It doesn&#8217;t get any easier.&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/sports\/basketball\/wnba\/fever\/2025\/08\/17\/what-indiana-fever-coach-players-said-about-sophie-cunningham-injury-hardship-waiver-roster-wnba\/85702136007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s like deja vu for Fever as Sophie Cunningham latest to go down with injury<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sophie Cunningham hasn&#8217;t been shy about criticizing WNBA officiating this year, already drawing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/sports\/basketball\/wnba\/fever\/2025\/08\/05\/sophie-cunningham-fined-1500-for-comments-about-wnba-refs-on-podcast-show-me-something-indiana-fever\/85530385007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">fines from the league<\/a> on at least two occasions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/sports\/basketball\/wnba\/fever\/2025\/08\/17\/sophie-cunningham-technical-indiana-fever\/85700563007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">She also picked up a technical foul in the opening minute of Sunday&#8217;s game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WNBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@WNBA<\/a> maybe you should focus less on fining players for commenting on your poor officiating &amp; more about hiring officials that are able to call a consistent game and protect your athletes. Pathetic. Praying for you .<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sophaller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@sophaller<\/a> \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc\u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lindsey Cunningham (@Lbreezzyy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lbreezzyy\/status\/1957136657859399865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get IndyStar&#8217;s Indiana Fever and Caitlin Clark coverage sent directly to your inbox with our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profile.indystar.com\/newsletters\/caitlin-clark-fever\/?ipid=NLsignupFever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Caitlin Clark Fever newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The WNBA can&#8217;t fine this member of the Cunningham family, right? 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