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Sophie Cunningham may want to get back to basketball, but it’s too late for that. The WNBA was thrust into the epicenter of a swirling culture war after the Fever guard spoke about her opposition to transgender participation in women’s sports in a recent ESPN profile. “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 said.
