The Indiana Fever will start its 2025 WNBA playoffs without its five players, including Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham. Both players had impacted the team, with the former Missouri star filling up multiple positions. After her season-ending injury kept her away from action, the forward had been active on her podcast and social media, showing support to her Fever team and also her college team.
Cunningham famously offered a reward to a Missouri football fan for a viral Kansas rivalry moment. The player recently attended the Missouri Tigers vs the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns game, where she was in the commentary box.
Sophie Cunningham Sends Strong Message To Stephanie Cunningham
The 29-year-old forward celebrated a historic career milestone on Friday night as the star was inducted into the Missouri Hall of Fame. She spent four seasons with the Missouri team. On the game day, she was present in the commentary box, where she gave her peculiar responses.
ESPN announcer Jay Alter highlighted that the forward holds a scoring record for Mizzou and inquired if he needed to call up Stephanie White. The
“That’s what I’m saying. Steph, are you listening? No, I’m kidding. It’s fun. I’m a little feisty, I’m a little sassy. Sometimes it gets me in trouble. I’m sure you guys have maybe seen the clip that’s kind of gone viral a little bit. It’s fine. My roots coming out. I’m just proud to be a Mizzou alum, and I’m proud to be home,” Cunningham said.
The player went viral when she took down Jacy Sheldon during a game against the Connecticut Sun for fouling Caitlin Clark. She earned a name as ‘the enforcer’ in the league. Her fiery takes and comments attracted fines from the league.
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On her podcast, Cunningham discussed her childhood and college days. She also discussed how nature shaped her life and supported mental resets beyond basketball.
Sophie Cunningham Happy With Atlanta Dream As First Opponent
The Fever team qualified for the playoffs as the sixth-place team; their opponent was not confirmed till the last day of the regular season. On her podcast, the star talked about her preferred opponent for the first series and provided her reasons for the same.
“I think I’m really leaning towards Atlanta because you’re in the same time zone. The flight is like an hour and fifteen. Or if you get Vegas it’s a different time zone, longer flight. Minnesota it’s only an hour time change, but I just don’t want to play Minnesota,” she said.
The Aces are an in-form team that finished the season with a 16-game winning streak, while the Lynx are the top side in the league, finishing the season with a 34-10 record. The Indiana team had a better record against Atlanta and has a realistic chance to advance to the next round.