“She Isn’t Necessarily Taking a Hardline”: Riley Gaines Puts Caitlin Clark on the Spot for Failing to Defend Sophie Cunningham Amid WNBA Controversy
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“She Isn’t Necessarily Taking a Hardline”: Riley Gaines Puts Caitlin Clark on the Spot for Failing to Defend Sophie Cunningham Amid WNBA Controversy
The WNBA’s trans athlete debate continues to rage on over a month after Sophie Cunningham opposed the idea of trans athletes participating in women’s sports in an ESPN profile by Hallie Grossman. “Young girls in a sport shouldn’t have to go against biological men,” Cunningham told Grossman.
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