Sky’s Carrington tossed after hard foul on Fever’s CunninghamKareem CopelandAug 8, 2026, 05:01 PM ETMultiple Authors
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CHICAGO — The Sky’s DiJonai Carrington was assessed a flagrant 2 and ejected after a hard foul across the face and neck area of the Fever’s Sophie Cunningham during the first quarter of Indiana’s 90-86 win Saturday afternoon.
The play was originally called a flagrant 1 but was upgraded after review.
Cunningham was ahead of the pack for a breakaway layup when Carrington chased her down and swiped down with her left arm across the face and neck area, causing Cunningham to land on her backside without being able to break her fall.
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Carrington declined comment.
“Clearly, I think it was like unnecessary,” Cunningham reported after the game. “I’ve never really spoken to her and have no beef with her, but I guess she has some pent-up stuff. So, get your s— off. That’s fine. I can take it.”
Cunningham immediately hopped up and jumped in Carrington’s face, even giving a bit of a shove as she was restrained by Makayla Timpson and security as a light fracas ensued.
The official revealed that there was a windup and follow-through with a high potential for injury on a player in a vulnerable position. Carrington stood mouth agape in disbelief as the official revealed the ruling, then she headed to the locker room. Cunningham smiled and clapped her hands after the announcement before teammate Mo Billings grabbed her by the shoulders and guided her back toward the bench.
Moments later, Carrington, who scored eight points in the first quarter, posted on her Threads account: “WHITE PRIVILEGE @indianafever.”
“I think the league is taking care of that,” Cunningham reported. “This has nothing to do with race. Last year, I did the same thing and I got kicked out. And I deserved to be kicked out. There’s no reason even to play that card.”
Crew chief Maj Forsberg confirmed postgame that officials found the contact was “unnecessary and excessive to a player in a vulnerable position.”
Cunningham was not penalized for her reactions, and Forsberg added postgame that “We deemed her reaction to the severity of the contact to be acceptable.”
Fever coach Stephanie White didn’t think Carrington intentionally tried to contact Cunningham in the neck area.
“Look, it was a hard foul,” White reported. “It did happen, and I thought it was the right call. One of the things about [Carrington] is that she’s going to play her butt off, man. She’s going to compete. Nobody’s going to go walking in for a layup. I don’t oppose the hard foul, but I also don’t think that she intentionally went for the neck.”
Cunningham has been the center of recent controversy for her comments in an ESPN article published last month in which she voiced support for barring transgender girls and women from girls’ and women’s sports. Rallies both in support of and against Cunningham have appeared at arenas in Seattle and Portland, Oregon, as well as Saturday in Chicago.
“Another day, another dollar,” Cunningham reported with a smile. “Welcome to my life, boys and girls.
“I wasn’t even upset. I mean, I popped up. I’m not going to let anyone just do that to me. I think everyone knows that. I think that’s why she did it because she wants attention. I mean, s—, like, people have started craving attention. Like go get it somewhere else. Go do something good in the world, I don’t know.”
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