Indiana Fever reserve Sophie Cunningham unknowingly sparked a nationwide controversy with her comments on transgender athletes competing in women’s sports in a July 21 ESPN profile. “I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I’m like, ‘I never once said that,’” she told ESPN.
Source: [Yahoo Sports](https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/transphobic-nba-star-defends-sophie-191451037.html)