Caitlin Clark’s Teammate Sends Official ‘Warning’ To WNBA Referees originally appeared on The Spun.
Caitlin Clark’s teammate sent an official “warning” to the WNBA’s referees.
The No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft has been on the receiving end of some very physical defense since coming into the league. Clark, who stars for the Indiana Fever, was involved in a heated incident against the Connecticut Sun. Clark was hit in the eye by Sun guard Jacy Sheldon and then knocked to the ground by one of Sheldon’s teammates.
Later in the game, Sheldon was knocked to the ground by Sophie Cunningham, who has become Clark’s enforcer.
Cunningham is blaming the WNBA’s referees.
Indiana Fevers’ Natasha Howard, Lexie Hull, Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham watch as Golden State Valkyries celebrate their 88-77 win in WNBA game at Chase Center in San Francisco on Thursday, June 19, 2025. (Photo by Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers/Getty Images
Clark’s teammate is warning the rest of the league – and the league’s referees – that if the WNBA’s officials don’t take control of the situation, she will.
“During that, it was just part of the game,” Cunningham said postgame. “I think the refs had a lot to do with that. It was a build-up for a couple years now of them just not, not protecting the star player of the WNBA. And so at the end of the day, I’m going to protect my teammates. That’s what I do, and I’m a team player.”
WNBA refs have completely lost control in Fever/Sun game pic.twitter.com/suGf5aQxAW
— Heavens! (@HeavensFX) June 18, 2025
On Saturday, ahead of the Indiana Fever vs. Las Vegas Aces game, Cunningham made it clear that if the WNBA’s referees won’t take control of the situation, she will.
“I think the refs had a lot to do with that. It was built up for a couple years now, just not protecting the star player of WNBA,” she said.
Cunningham probably isn’t wrong to at least partially blame the WNBA’s referees for letting things escalate to the level that it did.
However, it’ll be interesting to see just how physical Cunningham gets with Clark’s opponents moving forward in the 2025 WNBA regular season.
Caitlin Clark’s Teammate Sends Official ‘Warning’ To WNBA Referees first appeared on The Spun on Jun 22, 2025
This story was originally reported by The Spun on Jun 22, 2025, where it first appeared
News
After my wife died, I kicked her daughter out of the house because she wasn’t my blood relative — Ten years later, the truth that came out broke my heart/hi
“Get out! You’re not my daughter! Don’t ever come back!” Those words—the ones I screamed that night—still echo in my…
The daughter-in-law cared for her mother-in-law for eight years, while the daughters barely paid her any attention. When the elderly woman passed away, all her assets and land were inherited by her daughters, and the daughter-in-law received nothing. But on the forty-ninth day, while cleaning her mother-in-law’s bed, she discovered something beneath the mattress…/hi
My name is Elena, and I joined the Reyes family in the beautiful colonial city of Oaxaca de Juárez when…
He Slipped Sleeping Pills Into My Tea Every Night — So One Evening I Pretended to Drink It… and What I Saw After Closing My Eyes Revealed a Secret Hidden Inside Our House That Changed Everything Forever/hi
🕯️ THE TEA AT NINE I never used to fear silence.But now, even the sound of boiling water makes my hands…
The Divorced Pregnant Wife Was Admitted to the Same Hospital Where Her Husband Was a Doctor — And What He Did Next…/hi
The tall white building of the city’s most prestigious “Jeevan Rekha Hospital” glowed under the sunlight. Inside its busy corridors,…
Having to be rushed to the emergency room, the elderly mother was stunned to discover that the doctor treating her was…/hi
Having to be rushed to the hospital, the elderly mother was stunned to discover that the doctor treating her was……
Lu Beicheng’s Runaway Fiancée/hi
After marrying the celibate officer, I lived as a widow for three years. So, after being reborn, the first thing…
End of content
No more pages to load
