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Cunningham Calls for Basketball Focus Amid Trans Rights Backlash

8/6/2026

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Sophie Cunningham said she wants focus back on basketball after her July 21 ESPN comments on women’s sports sparked debate.
Indiana, leading the league with 96.5 points per game, has won five of six games.
Fans booed Cunningham after Stefanie Dolson’s “trans rights are human rights” T-shirt, while twenty-seven states bar transgender girls from sports under a 2026 agreement that limits play to women.

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Sophie Cunningham said she wants focus back on basketball after her July 21 ESPN comments on women’s sports sparked debate.
Indiana, leading the league with 96.5 points per game, has won five of six games.
Fans booed Cunningham after Stefanie Dolson’s “trans rights are human rights” T-shirt, while twenty-seven states bar transgender girls from sports under a 2026 agreement that limits play to women.