Sophie Cunningham fined $1500 for first episode of podcast

Fever’s Sophie Cunningham has had her fair share of fines levied upon her by the WNBA. Tuesday was no different. 

After her first episode of her new podcast ‘Show Me Something’ aired on July 30, it was announced on Tuesday that the league fined her $ 1,500 for the comments against the referees. 

“They’re just so inconsistent, like that’s one thing. If you’re on the other team, and you’re going to be fouling the f–k out of me, cool. But let me do it to you.” Cunningham said. “I think players across the league, and new fans across the country are like, what is going on with the refs? And I’m like, ‘I don’t know.’ And you fining me $500 is not going to do s–t.”

Cunningham even joked after saying these comments that the league would fine her again. She was proven right.

But this was not the first time she had criticized the refs on social media of late.

Cunningham on TikTok lip-sang to Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” and used references to call some WNBA refs stupid, slow, and useless. 

This forced the league to give her a $500 fine, her first, for criticizing the referees. 

Cunningham bit back at the league on this ruling with a post on social media. 

“This is funny to me…like, ok, you got it, bud! Cause there’s not more important things to be worried about with our league right now.” Cunningham said.

Though these fines have slowed her pay, they have had little effect on the Fever’s overall performance. 

Coming into Tuesday’s matchup with the Sparks, the Fever are on a five-game winning streak, starting just one day after Cunningham’s first fine and with star, Caitlin Clark still out with an injury