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Indiana Fever fan favorite Sophie Cunningham made a powerful statement about the treatment of Caitlin Clark in the WNBA by opposing players and referees on Saturday. The sports world is in an uproar after Phoenix Mercury star Alyssa Thomas punched Clark in the throat after a game on Wednesday, and the referees did not call a foul.
Cunningham also addressed his recent viral exchange with Mercury star DeWanna Bonner, saying that Bonner was “losing her s–t” because of how angry Cunningham’s now-famous pointing gesture was getting back at Bonner.
Cunningham first insisted that players are “targeting” Clark.
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“You see the videos of literally kneeling and hitting low blows. [Clark] in the throat… they’re definitely targeting her and the league and the refs are doing nothing to protect her,” Cunningham said on his podcast Saturday.
Cunningham also said that she and her Fever teammates didn’t realize what Thomas had done to Clark, in real time.
“During actual time last night, I didn’t see that happen,” Cunningham said. “None of our team saw what happened because I promise you that if we had seen that, we would have supported her.”
“Unfortunately, this kind of [expletive] “This happens to her and the league every game and the refs do absolutely nothing about it,” Cunningham added.
Cunningham has also become a viral figure for a moment separate from the Fever-Mercury chaos, when he pointed out repeatedly during an exchange with officials and Bonner on Wednesday.
The clip quickly became one of the biggest memes of the WNBA week, with Cunningham joking on the podcast that her technical foul was “the weakest thing I’ve ever seen in my life” and explaining that she “didn’t say a word” while “all she did was literally point.”
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Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham points at Phoenix Mercury forward guard DeWanna Bonner after an argument during a game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on June 22, 2026. Indiana Fever defeated the Phoenix Mercury 86-77. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
“I couldn’t help it. I couldn’t. She was losing her mind and all I was doing was literally pointing,” Cunningham said.
Cunningham also criticized the league’s promotion of Clark, criticizing the WNBA for leaving Clark out of a league commemorative graphic and including Cunningham herself.
“It’s a joke. It’s a joke,” Cunningham said. “And that’s why Kathy and the WNBA are lighting up on social media because you’re leaving out a generation.” [player]the best player who has ever played in the WNBA on this squad.”
Cunningham added that the league should do more to promote Clark and other Fever players.
“If they were smart, they would market this [expletive] of some of us. They don’t,” Cunningham said. “That should be Caitlin. That should be Kelsey Mitchell. That should be Aaliyah Boston. Why do we put random players there? I am one of them…
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Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham from Indiana Fever. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
“What we do doesn’t make sense… Even the people they put in commercials, like they could, if they’re really trying to make money, they’re going to feature people that people want to see in the first place, that people are going to pay attention to, and they just don’t do it. They just don’t do it. I don’t know what they think when all that happens.”
