The discussion after Saturday’s game between the Indiana Fever and the Chicago Sky has centered heavily on the first-quarter flagrant foul incident. Now, WNBA legends Sue Bird and Cheryl Miller have weighed in on this issue, too.
Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington found herself at the center of a controversy Saturday after a hard foul on Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham resulted in a Flagrant 2 and an ejection. But the story did not end when Carrington left the court.
DiJonai Carrington explained the play that resulted in her ejection, insisting she never intended to hurt Sophie Cunningham during the Sky-Fever matchup.
Whatever hope there was of culture-war critics taking a week off in their narrative battle against the WNBA was dashed the moment DiJonai Carrington’s elbow made contact with Sophie Cunningham’s head on Saturday. The Indiana Fever-Chicago Sky game ended up providing several moments that critics and narrative drivers latched onto, including Carrington’s flagrant foul, her…
Dave Portnoy blasted DiJonai Carrington for her Flagrant 2 foul on Sophie Cunningham during the Indian Fever’s win over the Chicago Sky. Carrington’s clash with Cunningham became a huge talking point of the game, also due to the Sky player’s post-match social media reaction.
DiJonai Carrington has been labelled as one of the ‘dirtiest players in WNBA’ by Dave Portnoy in the latest row over her hard foul on Sophie Cunningham. Carrington was ejected from the court in the first quarter of Chicago Sky’s 86-90 loss to the Indiana Fever when she performed a hard foul on Cunningham when she went up for an open layup.
Things became heated on the court, but the real fireworks started after the final whistle. Following Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington’s ejection after an in-game incident with Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham, she made a controversial remark on social media that prompted former NFL player Breiden Fehoko to step in, without holding back.
The flagrant foul 2 call against Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington for contact with Indiana Fever’s Sophie Cunningham on Saturday, along with Carrington’s social media post afterward, has fueled further incendiary talk in the WNBA. The incident also prompted some WNBA pioneers to rally around the league, its players, narrative, and culture.
It’s been one headline after another for Sophie Cunningham, one of the fastest-rising stars in the WNBA today. On Saturday, Cunningham went viral yet again after she was clotheslined by DiJonai Carrington during the Fever-Sky game.
The discussions surrounding Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham’s comments about transgender athletes continue with a recent sequence she had with Chicago Sky standout DiJonai Carrington. On Saturday, the two faced off in Chicago, and at the 1:59 mark of the first quarter, Carrington was ejected from the game after clotheslining Cunningham during a layup attempt.
The controversy surrounding DiJonai Carrington and Sophie Cunningham has taken another turn, with a WNBA commentator sending a strong message to the league in response. After hard contact from Carrington sparked her ejection in their altercation, the commentator has now directed her frustration towards the WNBA over how leadership has handled the aftermath of the incident.
The WNBA world has been divided over Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington’s hard foul on Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, which led to Carrington’s ejection after officials upgraded the foul to a flagrant two. Some circles argued that Carrington was going for the ball without malicious intent, given her success at chasing down blocks in transition.
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