{"id":861980,"date":"2026-08-18T01:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T01:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/861980\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T01:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T01:56:14","slug":"wnba-releases-statement-addressing-sophie-cunninghams-subreddit-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/861980\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA releases statement addressing Sophie Cunningham&#8217;s subreddit ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>The WNBA have been forced into another statement following a social media incident involving Sophie Cunningham. <\/p>\n<p>Sophie Cunningham has dominated headlines both on and off the court of late.<\/p>\n<p>The Indiana Fever guard went viral for her controversial comments on transgender athletes, arguing it was \u2018common sense\u2019 to protect young girls from competing against \u2018biological men\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>        We&#8217;ve picked our top 10 NBA players of all time. Give us yours below \ud83d\udc47 <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Yaxel Landeborg agrees with our Steph Curry ranking\u2026<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786714451_190_image-1080x1350.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p>Following on from this, DiJonai Carrington was ejected after striking Sophie Cunningham in the head during the Sky vs Fever clash, which sparked her \u2018white privilege\u2019 tweet.<\/p>\n<p>And now there\u2019s even more controversy, as it came out that Sophie Cunningham\u2019s name has been banned from the WNBA subreddit.<\/p>\n<p>WNBA make statement on Sophie Cunningham <\/p>\n<p>A moderator on the r\/WNBA subreddit confirmed that content using Sophie Cunningham\u2019s name is being filtered out because it \u2018tends to bring out trolls and people who aren\u2019t fans of the W.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>But it didn\u2019t stop there, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wnba\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wnba\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WNBA<\/a> have now released a statement themselves.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe WNBA does not moderate or have any affiliation with the r\/WNBA subreddit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A WNBA Spokesperson provided the following statement regarding recent claims involving the r\/WNBA subreddit and Sophie Cunningham: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The WNBA does not moderate or have any affiliation with the r\/WNBA subreddit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Khristina (@Khristina) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Khristina\/status\/2089381599481622724?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">August 17, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wnbas-true-feelings-on-enes-kanter-royce-white-draft-declaration-revealed-by-reporter\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wnbas-true-feelings-on-enes-kanter-royce-white-draft-declaration-revealed-by-reporter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The WNBA is currently caught in a massive media storm<\/a>, making what seems to be statements every week given all that is going on right now. <\/p>\n<p>Royce White and Enes Kanter have done their best to try and disrupt officials, still pushing to enter the WNBA draft, as they try and exploit the current rules around transgender athletes. <\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover The WNBA have been forced into another statement following a social media incident&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,10879,82,630],"class_list":["post-861980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sophie-cunningham","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861980","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=861980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}