{"id":643770,"date":"2026-05-15T01:41:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/643770\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T01:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:41:07","slug":"napheesa-collier-joins-sophie-cunningham-in-si-swimsuit-2026-feature-mogaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/643770\/","title":{"rendered":"Napheesa Collier joins Sophie Cunningham in SI Swimsuit 2026 feature \u2014 Mogaz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sophie Cunningham<\/a> is making her SI Swimsuit<\/a> debut in the 2026 issue, photographed by Katherine Goguen<\/a> on Captiva Island off the coast of Fort Myers, Fla. Napheesa Collier<\/a> and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden<\/a> were featured alongside her in the shoot, putting three standout athletes in the same frame for a project that leans into the look and language of strength.<\/p>\n

Cunningham, a WNBA player, podcast host and analyst, was selected with the 13th overall pick by the Phoenix Mercury<\/a> in the 2019 WNBA draft before being traded to the Indiana Fever<\/a> in 2025. She arrives in the magazine after a season in which she made 43.2 percent of her treys, a sharp shooting mark that helped define her on-court value.<\/p>\n

The style team behind the shoot said its approach was meant to celebrate the female form, using clean, sculptural silhouettes and sleek, strong lines. That framing gives the feature a more athletic edge than a typical swimsuit spread, and it matches the broader public image Cunningham has built as she moves between basketball, podcasting and analysis.<\/p>\n

The timing also matters because Cunningham will serve as a studio analyst and contributor to USA Network<\/a>\u2019s WNBA broadcasts throughout the season. The magazine feature extends her visibility beyond the court and into a larger media role, while Collier\u2019s presence in the same issue adds another top name from the league to a project built around athletes rather than models.<\/p>\n

For Cunningham, the 2026 feature marks a new lane at a moment when her profile is already widening. The shoot makes the point plainly: she is no longer just a shooter or a trade-deadline name, but a player whose reach now runs from the arena to the studio and, now, to one of the most recognizable sports features of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sophie Cunningham is making her SI Swimsuit debut in the 2026 issue, photographed by Katherine Goguen on Captiva…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":643771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[2839,277942,101507,3250,5551,243082,4805,99,41539,434],"class_list":["post-643770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-indiana-fever","tag-katherine-goguen","tag-melissa-jefferson-wooden","tag-napheesa-collier","tag-phoenix-mercury","tag-si-swimsuit","tag-sophie-cunningham","tag-sports","tag-usa-network","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}