
For weeks, Sophie Cunningham has been the Indiana Fever’s conscience, using podcasts and interviews to wage a verbal campaign against what she calls the “dangerous” physicality and poor officiating that has plagued her team. Last night, in a crucial road game against the LA Sparks, the campaign turned from words into pure, unadulterated fire. In a stunning eruption of frustration, Cunningham was ejected after launching a sustained “verbal assault” on the game’s officials, a dramatic climax to her one-woman crusade