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The Indiana Fever said neither the team nor Sophie Cunningham were aware of the “Support Sophie Cunningham” rally held outside Climate Pledge Arena ahead of their game Tuesday against the Seattle Storm. The event was held in support of the Fever guard’s recent comments regarding transgender athletes in girls' and women’s sports.
“Neither our organization nor Sophie had any knowledge of this demonstration and no contact with its organizers,” a statement from the Fever reads. “Our only goal as a team, whether at home or away, is to win basketball games and make Fever fans for life, and we are united in that mission."
The event was organized by Women are Real, Brandi Kruse and Known Heretic, and comes after Cunningham said in an ESPN profile that she wanted to protect young girls in locker rooms and in sport who “shouldn’t have to go against biological men.”
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