Sophie Cunningham Shares Fourth of July Post Amid Indiana Fever Hype originally appeared on Athlon Sports. As the Indiana Fever stride into the second half of the 2025 WNBA season off a three-game winning streak, the team’s 9-8 record places them third in the highly competitive Eastern Conference.

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham probably wishes she bit her tongue when discussing the WNBA's picks for its expansion cities.

Those comments, unsurprisingly, got picked apart, with the cities of Cleveland and Detroit responding, WNBA fans quickly reminding Cunningham of the history of the WNBA in those cities, and many pointing out the hypocrisy of complaints about Detroit and Cleveland from a player in Indianapolis.