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Sophie Cunningham has become an overnight sensation for defending her teammate Caitlin Clark. Earlier this week, Clark found herself getting several heated altercations with Connecticut Sun player Jacy Sheldon.
During the game, Clark got poked in the eye by Sheldron before getting shoved to the ground by another Sun player.
Caitlin Clark harassed all game gets poked in the eye and then knocked to the ground pic.twitter.com/pKlxWcIxC3
— Joe Hoft (@realJoeHoft) June 18, 2025
At the end of the game, Cunningham got revenge on Sheldon for getting physical with Clark.
After Jacy Sheldon whacked Caitlin Clark in the face (and smiled) Fever teammate Sophie Cunningham channeled her inner Draymond Green and went after her 💀 pic.twitter.com/GtGBXwAOkS
— Wunderfan (@wunderfan) June 19, 2025
Since the altercation, Cunningham’s popularity has skyrocketed. On Wednesday, Cunningham’s jerseys were sold out on the WNBA website, and she has now gained over 500k followers on TikTok in just a few days.
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NEW: Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham has gained over 530,000 followers on TikTok since tackling a Sun player who had fouled Caitlin Clark.
WNBA ratings are about to skyrocket.
Cunningham has become an overnight sensation after she yanked Sun player Jacy Sheldon to the… pic.twitter.com/fZyEAddr8W
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 19, 2025
Cunningham would later go on TikTok to joke about her newfound fame with the song “can’t keep my hands to myself.”
@sophiecham it’s a joke… the sound was too fitting! happy game day #fyp