Sophie Cunningham calls for more honesty in sports media at Fever media day

Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham referred to as for more honesty among the many sports media, whereas chatting with reporters at her group’s media day on Wednesday.

Cunningham was requested a few latest social media change, showing to reference her calling out Yahoo Sports for an X publish that claimed she “was not thrilled” about her latest one-year contract extension with the group. The publish cited a latest quote from Cunningham’s podcast the place she stated the deal was “kind of frustrating.”

“I’m gonna shut this down right now. I’m not mad about the money…. I just wanted more years because I love it here. I wanted to get a house so I could bring my dog ​​and donkey to Indy with me. That’s it. That’s the truth. I think we have something very special here in Indiana!!” Cunningham wrote in response to the publish on X Monday.

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Cunningham then appeared to deal with the difficulty once more at Wednesday’s media day session.

“Average is going to do what media does and I think you guys know that. You guys are part of that. And I think if everyone watches the full clip that I’m very calm, cool, and collected. You know, I think sports and media in general, we need more honesty. We love clickbait. I know that’s what pays the bills and whatnot,” Cunningham stated.

Cunningham added that she hopes to take an sincere strategy as an aspiring sports broadcaster.

“I’ve been on both sides of media, positive and negative. And I want to be someone who brings smiles, who brings positivity. And so, I really hope that I can bring that to the broadcasting space. I think if you have conversations with your friends and do all that, of course, anyone can clip a little something and it can just blow up and be not what you meant at all,” she stated.

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Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham reacts throughout a WNBA sport towards the Phoenix Mercury at PHX Arena in Phoenix, Ariz., on Aug. 7, 2025. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)

“And so, I think as much negativity as I got on that, so many people were like, ‘Hey, we love the authenticity. We love the honesty. We think that more players should speak like that.’ And so, for me, it just opened up a different perspective of, ‘Hey, I want to tell people stories.’ And I wanted to be positive. I wanted to be them. And so when all this stuff happens, now I get to be you guys and I get to share the story.”

After signing a one-year$665,000 contract Sunday, Cunningham posted a video on TikTok Tuesday of her grownup baptism.

“I got baptized when I was little but I was feeling a tug on my heart to do it on my terms as an adult! Such a fun, amazing day. Thank you Jesus,” she wrote.

Cunningham is one among many gamers from final yr’s Fever core who re-signed with the group and can proceed taking part in alongside celebrity Caitlin Clark.

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Indiana Fever guards Lexie Hull, Caitlin Clark, and Sophie Cunningham snigger close to the group bench throughout a sport towards the Washington Mystics at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on June 3, 2025. (IMAGE)

The trio of Clark, Cunningham and Lexie Hullwho additionally just lately signed a contract extension with Indiana, proved to be an environment friendly and gravitating pressure in recognition after they have been all on the courtroom at the identical time final yr. Along the best way, they earned a mysterious nickname on social media, which they later adopted for themselves — “Tres Leches,” which interprets from Spanish to “three milks” and refers to a preferred Latin American sponge cake.

“We saw it on Twitter at some point, and people ran with it,” Hull beforehand informed Fox News Digital of the nickname. “It was funny.”

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