Sophie Cunningham has spent seven WNBA seasons as a physical, high-energy guard who scores off the bench and rarely backs down from a confrontation — traits that turned a 22-second finger-point at Phoenix's DeWanna Bonner into one of this season's most-replayed memes back in June 2026. In the weeks since, though, the 29-year-old Indiana Fever reserve has become the center of something much larger: a nationwide fight over transgender athletes that has now followed her team to three different arenas, cost a WNBA team co-owner her seat for five games, and pulled in commentary from the White House.
