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WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham Has Strong Feelings About Las Vegas
WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham Has Strong Feelings About Las Vegas originally appeared on The Spun. The city of Las Vegas has been in the news lately over reports of the city's recent economic struggles. As someone who has to travel to Sin City for games and other sporting events, WNBA star Sophie Cunningham had some thoughts on the state of the city. On the latest episode of her "Show Me Something" podcast, Cunningham stated point-blank that she does not like Las Vegas and dreads people asking her to go there with them. "I don't like Vegas," Cunningham said. "When people are like, 'Oh, Vegas!' I'm like, ah s---." After her podcast co-host complained that the city just seemed sad to him, Cunningham remarked that Vegas has a certain "smell" that compels her to wash all of her cloths after leaving. Ultimately, Cunningham simply doesn't like the experience. "Every time that I'm there, there's just that smell Vegas has, and I have to wash everything. It's just like that smell," she said. "Everyone that lives in Vegas, like off the strip and in the suburbs, everyone says it's awesome. But I just never experienced that so I'm just like eh. But everyone loves it." The reports on the situation with Las Vegas don't paint a pretty picture. Despite adding several professional sports franchises to the city over the past 10 years after decades without having any, all indications are that tourism is way down and that people are starting to feel priced out of the city. Some have argued that the hotels and resorts are simply charging too much upfront, whether it's from the resort fees or the higher floor for making basic bets inside the casinos, the general sentiment is that it's more expensive than ever to have even a little fun. Identifying the problem is bound to be easier than the solution though. WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham Has Strong Feelings About Las Vegas first appeared on The Spun on Aug 14, 2025 This story was originally reported by The Spun on Aug 14, 2025, where it first appeared.
Daily Mail
14-07-2025
- Politics
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WNBA star who threatened Trump and ICE agents gets fined for her outfit
A WNBA star is airing her grievances against the league after receiving a threat over something she wore to a recent game that she didn't take part in. Natasha Cloud, a star point guard on the New York Liberty, has been dealing with hip discomfort and didn't play in a contest against the Las Vegas Aces last Wednesday. Cloud sat on the bench instead, dressed in a sweater vest, cargo pants, a black baseball cap, and Doc Martins. While that outfit on the outside seems inoffensive, the WNBA didn't seem to take too kindly to one element in particular: the cap. According to Cloud, the league reached out to her after the game and issued a fine warning that she shouldn't wear a hat again. Cloud let her frustration out online: 'I don't understand why I receive a fine warning for wearing a hat on the bench for a game I was unable to play in? I just feel like I wanna be left alone lolllzzz'. While the NBA has a rule prohibiting players from wearing hats with brims on the sidelines, the WNBA doesn't appear to have a similar rule. However, the NBA owns the women's league. But Cloud doesn't believe that she violated the league's dress code and doesn't think the threat was needed. Cloud was recently criticized for supporting Zohran Mamdani and seemingly threatening violence against ICE agents and Donald Trump by telling them: 'New Yorkers really don't f*** around.' Cloud threw her support behind Mamdani before his victory in New York City 's Democratic primary last month. When asked by a reporter about Mamdani's win over Andrew Cuomo and nine other candidates, and Trump's recent comments about arresting and deporting him, Cloud launched into a rant. She called Trump 'Donny' and suggested there could be severe consequences if ICE agents were to descend on New York. 'Mamdani, my boy!' Cloud said initially. She then continued: 'If Donny wants to come down here, if ICE wants to try and come down here, that's fine. 'But [they're] going to learn the hard way… New Yorkers really don't f*** around. They don't play about one another. The don't play about this city. 'I just think that it's reckless of our president, reckless of this administration but it's also exciting for us, the people, because that's when you know we're getting to them. 'That's when you know we're creating change that they don't want. That's when you know we're dismantling a system. For all of us in New York I'm just gonna ask that we continue to be on the right path to history, that we protect one another, that we protect Mamdani and what he wants to do. 'Because ultimately he wants to protect us down the line. He is a Muslim, he is a socialist, he is a Democrat so he's going to get the worst PR of all PRs. They're going to tell you to be scared of him, all this Islamophobia s***, that a socialist is a scary thing for our country moving forwards. 'Socialism is that everyone has equity, everyone has the same s***, everyone can live the same dignified life of one another and he's going to do it through taxing the rich instead of taxing the poor to give more to the rich.' In a separate interview, Cloud added that Mamdani's victory 'restored my hope in humanity a little bit.'
