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Fever's Sophie Cunningham responds to backlash over comments about Cleveland, Detroit as WNBA expansion sites
Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham faced criticism for comments about the WNBA choosing Cleveland and Detroit as two of its next markets for expansion. The league announced that those two cities and Philadelphia will be getting WNBA teams by the end of 2030 in an announcement earlier this week, prompting Cunningham to question whether players wanted those cities to be chosen for expansion. "I don't know how excited people are to be going to Detroit or [Cleveland]," Cunningham told reporters on July 1. Cunningham clarified her comments while speaking to reporters on Thursday, and defended "blue-collar working people" associated with Cleveland and Detroit. "First of all, I know the history of the WNBA. I know that both of those cities have had teams before, and they got us where we're at, so I'm thankful for that," she said. "All I was really getting at was Broadway, the off-court lifestyle and so I think that is really intriguing. I think Miami's intriguing. That's all I was getting at." "I think it would be fun to get some teams outside of the NBA market . . . . I think people totally misread the situation. I would never speak down upon middle-class, blue-collar working people. That's where I come from. I'm from Missouri. I get I'm in Indiana, and that's why I'm kind of hinting at Broadway sounds fun, Miami sounds fun. That's all I was getting at." Cunningham also addressed the backlash to her comments. "The people that hype you up are going to be the same people pushing you down. And so for me, I always just kind of stay right here in the middle. I think that was my personal opinion," she said. Cunningham comes from a family of southern farmers. A five-part feature series by Cunningham's alma mater, the University of Missouri, recounted her family's southern farm roots. Cunningham learned to ride horses and drove four-wheelers to the family's grain silos. "So much of our success goes back to what we learned here," Cunningham said of working on the farm. "We loved coming out to the farm to help. We found out how to work hard and work together. It made us farm strong." Cunningham even had a special name for her farmer grandparents: "Maw Maw and Paw Paw." However, Cunningham suggested glitzier markets for WNBA expansion in her initial criticisms, pointing to Miami and Kansas City. "Like, where do they want to play? Where are they going to get excited to play and draw fans? I think Miami would have been a great one. Everyone loves Florida. Nashville is an amazing city. Kansas City — amazing opportunity. There's a huge arena downtown that no one's using," Cunningham said. "I'm not so sure what the thought process is there. "At the end of the day, you don't want to expand our league too fast. We don't want teams to totally dominate and some that aren't. It's a hard situation, but, man, I don't know how excited people are to be going to Detroit or [Cleveland]." Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
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31 minutes ago
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Mets first-round pick could be in danger of losing roster spot this summer
The New York Mets are one of the best teams in Major League Baseball but have fallen on hard times lately, going 5-14 over their last 19 games. The good news is the Mets still sit with one of the best records in the MLB at 50-38. Advertisement New York is going to have to make a handful of moves by the end-of-the-month trade deadline if the team wants to compete in the World Series. One decision the Mets will have to make is what to do at third base, and Noah Wright from Fansided thinks Brett Baty could be in danger of losing his roster spot soon. "But like with most of the Mets' roster, Baty didn't have a good month of June and is off to a poor start in July. His last 92 trips to the dish have yielded a .188/.253/.294 triple-slash. He has only hit a pair of home runs, as his ISO has fallen to just .106. The only positives for Baty are his walk rate and K%. He's improved both to 8.4% and 23.2%, respectively," Wright wrote. "Baty's defense has at least been solid. He still has +3 defensive runs saved and +3 outs above average in just 322 innings at the hot corner. For reference, Baty had -9 DRS and -3 OAA in nearly 1300 innings at third base during his first three years in the Major Leagues. Despite playing second base for the first time in the Major Leagues this season, Baty has zero DRS and OAA at the keystone across 170 innings." Baty was selected by the Mets 12th overall in 2019 and hasn't lived up to the hype just yet. Advertisement Follow The Sporting News On WhatsApp The 25-year-old slugger might have to head back down to the minors this summer and work on his game a little more before he's ready to make a run with the Mets for the playoffs. More MLB: Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani gets major awards prediction from Bleacher Report
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Brand leads Germany to opening 2-0 win over Poland at Euro 2025
ST. GALLEN, Switzerland — Jule Brand scored one goal and set up the other to lead Germany to a 2-0 win over debutant Poland in their Women's European Championship opening game on Friday. Germany, the eight-time champion, needed patience against the hard-tackling and committed Poland players, but Brand made the most of a lapse in concentration when she cut inside two defenders to break the deadlock in the 52nd minute. The winger then sent in a cross for Lea Schüller to seal the result with a header in the 66th. Germany lost captain Giulia Gwinn to injury late in the first half after she made a desperate challenge to stop Ewa Pajor from scoring. Pajor, the Poland captain, was her team's biggest threat and might have leveled the score in the 64th after she sent a German defender flying, only for Germany goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger to stand firm against her centrally placed shot. Berger later produced a brilliant reflex save to stop Pajor's header. Like Poland, Berger was making her competition debut. The 34-year-old Germany goalkeeper missed the previous tournament and later said she was diagnosed with cancer for the second time. On Friday she became Germany's oldest player at a European Championship. Berger was the busier of the two goalkeepers as Poland's central defensive partnership of Paulina Dudek and Emilia Szymczak kept the pacey German forwards in check. Dudek did not reemerge for the second half, however, presumably because of an injury, and Brand took it as an invitation to steer her team to a winning start. Germany is looking for its first major title since winning its eighth European Championship in 2013. It went close at the last edition, losing to host England 2-1 after extra time in the 2022 final. Sweden defeated Denmark 1-0 in the other Group C match earlier. ___ AP soccer:
