Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever have been the talk of the WNBA over the last month for unwanted reasons. Clark was on the receiving end of a flagrant foul by Alyssa Thomas in a Fever-Mercury game on June 24, and that story proceeded to get blown out of proportion in the following weeks. More recently, Fever guard Sophie Cunningham chimed in with her opinion on whether transgender athletes should compete in women’s sports.
“I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn't have to go against biological men,” Cunningham told ESPN.
