WNBA Co-Owner’s Tirade At Sophie Cunningham Fans Ends In Fallout
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After cursing out teen girls supporting female-only sports, Seattle Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton has been fined and suspended from attending the WNBA team’s next five home games. The punishment was confirmed by the WNBA on Wednesday evening, according to Fox News. The same day, Storm majority owner Ginny Gilder apologized in a statement for Keaton’s ...
WNBA Co-Owner’s Tirade At Sophie Cunningham Fans Ends In Fallout
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After cursing out teen girls supporting female-only sports, Seattle Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton has been fined and suspended from attending the WNBA team’s next five home games. The punishment was confirmed by the WNBA on Wednesday evening, according to Fox News. The same day, Storm majority owner Ginny Gilder apologized in a statement for Keaton’s ...
Sophie Cunningham did not announce that she was joining the conservative movement. She did something more effective: She said what she believed, declined to apologize, and allowed the culture to decide what that meant.The Indiana Fever guard has emerged over the past several months as one of the WNBA’s most recognizable personalities. She protects Caitlin Clark on the court. She points, taunts, jokes, and produces memes. She embraces glamour without softening the physical edge that earned her a reputation as Clark’s enforcer.Cunningham’s rise does not prove that the culture has changed. It does suggest that refusing progressive scripts no longer guarantees exile from public life.Then she said men do not belong in women’s locker rooms.That statement, and Cunningham’s refusal to retreat from it, transformed a rising basketball personality into a broader cultural figure. Conservative commentators embraced her almost immediately, but her appeal extends beyond people who follow politics — or women’s basketball.Cunningham is connecting because she projects something increasingly rare in public life: confidence without ideological explanation.Athletes and celebrities routinely make bold declarations, encounter resistance, and issue an apology drafted in the language of corporate risk management. Cunningham followed a different script.“I think I said what I said,” she told a reporter who asked how transgender people might receive her comments. Cunningham added that protecting children was important and said she would remain true to her beliefs and morals.The answer was brief, but it established the central feature of her emerging public persona. Cunningham did not turn the interview into a political speech. She also did not allow the interviewer to make her qualification for continued public life contingent upon an apology.That restraint made the statement more powerful.Riley Gaines, the former NCAA swimmer who has become a leading advocate for women’s sports, praised Cunningham’s willingness to speak openly inside a league known for progressive politics.“If you’re Sophie Cunningham playing in the WNBA, which is like the most woke league of all time in the history of ever, it takes immense courage to say exactly what she did,” Gaines said.Clay Travis and Buck Sexton urged listeners to buy Cunningham’s jersey. Megyn Kelly called her “damn fearless” and emphasized that Cunningham had “a lot to lose.”RELATED: WNBA star Sophie Cunningham comes out against men in women’s sports: ‘I want to protect young girls’ Justin Casterline/Getty ImagesThe support was predictable. The scale and speed of it were more revealing.Cunningham had already built an audience through basketball. Her willingness to defend Clark during physical confrontations made her a fan favorite. The pointing meme reinforced her image as a player who enjoys conflict rather than merely endures it. Her locker-room comments gave that persona a cultural dimension.She was no longer simply the Fever player willing to confront an opponent. She had become the athlete willing to confront a prevailing social expectation.Cunningham expanded that profile in July when she appeared at a UFC event as a surprise guest Octagon girl.The appearance was not framed as activism. By Cunningham’s account, it came together almost on a whim. She participated in a popular sporting spectacle, displayed her humor and femininity, and appeared comfortable with the attention.That combination has helped distinguish her from the carefully managed public figures who appear determined to make attractiveness, glamour, or sex appeal politically inoffensive.Cunningham does not seem embarrassed by any of it. She can be physically aggressive on the court, glamorous outside it, and direct when discussing biological sex. For many fans, those qualities complement rather than contradict one another.The closest recent comparison may be Sydney Sweeney.Neither woman appears to have set out to become a conservative symbol. Sweeney became a political flash point largely because activists and journalists insisted on treating conventional beauty, femininity, and mass appeal as ideological provocations.Cunningham is undergoing a similar transformation. She describes herself as not especially political. Her growing conservative audience has not required her to deliver a partisan endorsement or recite a movement platform. Her refusal to adopt progressive language has been enough.RELATED: Sydney Sweeney spurns Cosmo girl’s desperate ‘MAGA Barbie’ bait Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty ImagesJennifer Sey, a former national champion gymnast and founder of the women’s apparel company XX-XY Athletics, told Blaze News that Cunningham’s support is broader than the organized right.“Sophie Cunningham’s surge in support isn’t just from conservatives,” Sey said.
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The co-owner of the Seattle Storm on Tuesday berated and allegedly made the teen girls cry for supporting women in women's sports.
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Indiana Fever guard and rising WNBA star Sophie Cunningham broke her silence Wednesday night after Seattle Storm minority co-owner Celeste Keaton allegedly berated two teenage girls for supporting Cunningham’s courageous defense of women’s sports.
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A new video has emerged showing the tense atmosphere that engulfed the Fever's recent road game in Seattle amid the drama stemming from recent comments made by Indiana star Sophie Cunningham.
The woke backlash against WNBA player Sophie Cunningham defending women in sports has seemingly morphed into fury against two teenage girls who held up a sign at a game Tuesday in Seattle, where the Seattle Storm were taking on Cunningham's Indiana Fever.The sign read, "Thank you Sophie for speaking up for girls!" and the girls wore shirts from the XX-XY athletics brand that promotes opposition to biological males in women's sports.'We weren't trying to be political. We were just trying to support Sophie.'"We were being super respectful. We were just holding our signs and cheering for both teams," one of the teens said to investigative journalist Brandi Kruse.The teens said an older lady confronted them, told them that "Jesus loves everyone," and then called them "f**king insane" while pointing to her head."For you to come here and pull this s**t," she reportedly added.Kruse posted video on social media of her interview with the girls from outside the Seattle Storm arena. Kruse also identified the culprit as Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton."One of them was left in tears," Kruse said of the girls. "I tried to get security involved and was told I should email the front office."One of the teens said she was shocked by the co-owner's behavior."She's also a woman, and she just kinda cussed out two 16-year-olds that were just trying to have fun. We weren't trying to be political. We were just trying to support Sophie," she added.The team responded to reports of the incident with a statement from majority owner Ginny Gilder."We are aware one of our co-owners made comments to two fans in attendance at last night's game," the statement reads. "We apologize that this happened. Everyone who attends a Storm game deserves to feel welcome, and we remain committed to creating an inclusive environment where every fan is treated with respect."RELATED: Caitlin Clark puts black lesbians at risk of death, USA Today writer suggests — and cites Emmett Till lynching Kruse asked one of the teens to sum up her takeaway from the incident."Maybe we're not being very hateful, and maybe they should work on being more kind to people, even though our opinions differ," she said. "Because we were being respectful and kind people, and I don't care if you think something else. It's your opinion, but obviously she was not happy."Kruse said she would continue to investigate the incident."As usual, the people preaching 'love and inclusion' prove to be the most hateful bigots of all. I will have much more ... and none of the culprits will be spared my fury," she added.The Fever beat the Storm, 105-95.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
