{"id":846049,"date":"2026-09-13T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/846049\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T06:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T06:00:16","slug":"sophie-cunningham-dating-rumors-go-viral-with-alleged-boyfriend-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/846049\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie Cunningham dating rumors go viral with alleged &#8216;boyfriend&#8217; photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether it is on or off the court, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/sophie-cunningham-dating-boyfriend-relationship-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Indiana Fever fan favorite Sophie Cunningham<\/a> knows how to make a headline and get the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/category\/wnba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WNBA<\/a> fans buzzing. That was once again the case on Friday afternoon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout the day, photos began to surface online of the Sixth Player of the Year candidate enjoying a boat day as part of her delayed 30th birthday celebration during the league\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/2026-fiba-womens-world-cup-teams-every-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">FIBA Women\u2019s World Cup<\/a> break. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From there, dating rumors began circulating with photos of Cunningham and Grand Canyon University head athletic trainer Frank Adams cozying up together went viral. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s important to note that Cunningham nor Adams have not confirmed that she is in a relationship, but that hasn\u2019t stopped social media from running with the story. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/sophie-cunningham-colin-cowherd-wnba-sex-symbol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Colin Cowherd crowns Sophie Cunningham as WNBA\u2019s \u2018sex symbol\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sophie Cunningham Has Not Confirmed Boyfriend Speculation<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cunningham and Adams were spotted together during the birthday celebration, which ignited the viral rumors, and it\u2019s not the first time that the two have been linked. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They were previously seen together enjoying Grand Canyon basketball games and at a GCU bowling event, though neither have commented on the speculation. The photos, however, were cherry-picked from a group gathering and boat day, which included family and friends. <\/p>\n<p><img data-od-added-loading=\"\" data-od-removed-fetchpriority=\"high\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='elementor elementor-68004 elementor-location-single post-235129 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-wnba tag-indiana-fever tag-sophie-cunningham tag-viral tag-wnba mv-content-wrapper']\/*[3][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[10][self::FIGURE]\/*[1][self::PICTURE]\/*[2][self::IMG]\" loading=\"lazy\" data-wp-picture-wrapped=\"\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BASKETBALL-WNBA-CHI-IND-5-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"WNBA: Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky\" class=\"wp-image-234873\" \/>Aug 23, 2026; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham (8) enters prior to a game against the Chicago Sky at Wintrust Arena. Mandatory Credit: Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images Credit: IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect (Reuters)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cunningham has emerged as one of the WNBA\u2019s most popular players since joining forces with Caitlin Clark in Indiana. She has been outspoken about a number of topics, including her stance on transgender athletes in sports, which sparked plenty of discourse, but when it comes to her personal dating life, Cunningham has remained private. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This season, Cunningham is averaging just 8.3 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 1.3 assists for the 26-14 Fever, who return to the court in one week on Friday, September 18, following the league\u2019s FIBA Women\u2019s World Cup break.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/subscribe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy free coverage of the top news &amp; trending stories with The Big Lead Newsletter<\/a> \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Whether it is on or off the court, Indiana Fever fan favorite Sophie Cunningham knows how to make&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":846050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[2839,4805,99,1154,434],"class_list":["post-846049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-indiana-fever","tag-sophie-cunningham","tag-sports","tag-viral","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846049","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=846049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}