{"id":891574,"date":"2026-09-11T09:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T09:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/891574\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T09:12:11","slug":"sophie-cunningham-makes-obvious-caitlin-clark-admission-on-credit-for-wnbas-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/891574\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie Cunningham makes &#8216;obvious&#8217; Caitlin Clark admission on credit for WNBA&#8217;s success"},"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>Sophie Cunningham drops an obvious take on Caitlin Clark\u2019s role in the WNBA\u2019s recent success.<\/p>\n<p>For years, the WNBA struggled to find a loyal fanbase despite being home to the best basketball talent in its own right.<\/p>\n<p>However, this changed with the arrival of Caitlin Clark as the No. 1 overall pick during the 2024 WNBA Draft. The W saw unprecedented success with arenas selling out and fans lining up to catch a glimpse of the Indiana Fever superstar.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that, in the past two years or so, there have been some in the WNBA who refuse to accept Clark\u2019s impact on the league. Fortunately, Sophie Cunningham doesn\u2019t fall into that category.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2290385792-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Caitlin Clark #22 of Indiana talks to teammate Sophie Cunningham #8 during the WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and the Atlanta Dream\" class=\"wp-image-2606961\" \/>Photo by Rich von Biberstein\/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesSophie Cunningham explains why she shouldn\u2019t be in trouble for her Caitlin Clark take<\/p>\n<p>The Fever star just debuted her highly anticipated \u2018No Hesitation\u2019 podcast, and the show featured some genuine, unfiltered takes on the league.<\/p>\n<p>Among them was Cunningham explaining why she or anyone else shouldn\u2019t get in trouble for simply admitting Clark\u2019s impact on the W\u2019s popularity and success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like, \u2018Oh, okay. Yeah, you can maybe give credit to the WNBA office.\u2019 But at the end of the day, it was pretty much Caitlin and the players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI should not get in trouble for knowing the obvious. I think that you use that for your benefit,\u201d Cunningham said.<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cLike it is so obvious, and that doesn\u2019t mean there wasn\u2019t greatness before her. It\u2019s just like that\u2019s when our game really started to go global.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MORE SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM STORIES<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, praising Clark doesn\u2019t mean taking a shot at the talented stars before her. But not acknowledging her, or at times, making her life difficult on the court has only made fans not like the WNBA in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=hitc.com\" 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=\"\"\/> Add to Preferred Sources <\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Sophie Cunningham drops an obvious take on Caitlin Clark\u2019s role in the WNBA\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":891575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,735,48,2803,10879,82,630],"class_list":["post-891574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-caitlin-clark","tag-canada","tag-indiana-fever","tag-sophie-cunningham","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891574","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=891574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}