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  • Published on Jul 14, 2025
  • WE NEED TO TALK…
    We were live for the entirety of the Indiana Fever vs Connecticut Sun game and it was a WILD one. There is so much to unpack from Caitlin Clark getting shoved, to Marina Maybrey NOT getting ejected, to Sophie Cunningham playing ENFORCER… let’s break it down.
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  • @Silverboi2010
    @Silverboi2010 27 days ago +1276

    Sophie is the best, FINALLY someone stood up for CC getting ragdolled on the court.

    • @brianwoods9552
      @brianwoods9552 27 days ago +37

      Too bad the Fever are hitting the road. Sophie would get a standing ovation being introduced in the next home game.

    • @jayc3596
      @jayc3596 27 days ago +12

      finally!!!!

    • @platano4924
      @platano4924 27 days ago +12

      Boston did it and got fined in one of the first two games of the season I believe

    • @a2knyc
      @a2knyc 27 days ago +5

      Can we just say, nearly 1,000 comments on a wnba game. this blows my mind. there are wnba videos from before the pandemic, with zero comments and like 27 views.

    • @Oneanddone14
      @Oneanddone14 27 days ago

      ​@platano4924 Caitlin payed her fine.

  • @davidmoore9809
    @davidmoore9809 27 days ago +779

    Sophie had enough. Sheldon lowered her shoulder to take out Sophie. Sophie used Sheldon’s momentum, judo style, transferring her energy to assist taking her down. Huge respect, ain’t happening in her house.

    • @Bowmanganie
      @Bowmanganie 27 days ago +68

      I am so happy not to be the only one that noticed Sophie's skill. That neck grab and head control was a great move. At that point Sophie was in control of her and could have done anything to her that she wanted to. That Sophie chose to control Sheldon and was telling her to stop says a lot.

    • @JohnTressell
      @JohnTressell 27 days ago +41

      Then she grabbed her by her head and said, "You want some more?"

    • @shf4592
      @shf4592 27 days ago +23

      Sheldon said something to Cunningham after Sophie had been slow to get up and down court after it looked as if she had hurt that one ankle again after a Connecticut player fell on it.

    • @samuelluria4744
      @samuelluria4744 27 days ago +5

      Very true!😂Whenever I hear the word "Judo", I always think of Tom and Jerry...😂😂😂🥋🐱🐭🥋

    • @seb6137
      @seb6137 27 days ago +20

      When Sophie injured her ankle the second time Sheldon was involved.🤷

  • @scotthamp7145
    @scotthamp7145 27 days ago +1493

    Sophie became a hero to fans tonight.

    • @James-p6k1p
      @James-p6k1p 27 days ago +23

      Ownership is responsible for stupid refs

    • @donhaig4410
      @donhaig4410 27 days ago +9

      Hell yeaaaa 🔥🙌

    • @feralthought6282
      @feralthought6282 27 days ago +9

      Coach white is gonna get fined as well

    • @chadcory9690
      @chadcory9690 27 days ago

      Howard amd boston are chumps. Ship them to russia.

    • @CharlesLaBuhn
      @CharlesLaBuhn 27 days ago +6

      Caitlin can bust out some teeth too, she just needs to go to the Kronk Gym like Bill Lambier and Bob Probert among others. Worked for them.

  • @Pademelons_whatdotheywant

    Sheldon caused Sophie to miss 3 games with a chipped tooth and hurt ankle. Sheldon dove at Colson’s legs and hurt her knee. Sheldon was hand checking, pinching, pushing and pulling on CC the whole game. Sheldon poked CC in the eye then chest bumped her. This was building up and the refs didn’t do their job.

  • @jacobuzlyan-bc2nc
    @jacobuzlyan-bc2nc 27 days ago +1007

    Sophie Cunningham is now my 2nd favourite player. Nothing but respect!!! The refs are absolute trash

    • @onipepperonni2088
      @onipepperonni2088 27 days ago +10

      tres leches!

    • @jonathanblubaugh5049
      @jonathanblubaugh5049 27 days ago +12

      OK, Wow, I'm loving ALL the Fever players. Natasha and AB were huge tonight. Sophie is all, NOW YOU KNOW!"

    • @sheilamclaughlin963
      @sheilamclaughlin963 27 days ago

      And fools, stupid refs!!!

    • @Stingray-we7kk
      @Stingray-we7kk 27 days ago +1

      I was just going to say that too LOL. I don't watch the WNBA but the treatment of CC by the league and other players is despicable.

    • @rudytolentino8089
      @rudytolentino8089 27 days ago

      True refs are garbage. So many time Trashy Sheldon committed foul to CC but they are all blind..

  • @jaykay51
    @jaykay51 27 days ago +546

    Kudos to Sophie. She talks the talk and walks the walk.
    WNBA refs really suck. The problem has been around forever under Cathy Engelbert. How are we suppose to take this league seriously?

    • @Kash_Munni
      @Kash_Munni 27 days ago +10

      Cathy is a DEI hire and the league almost shut down 3 years ago under her watch.

    • @jamiekoh6113
      @jamiekoh6113 27 days ago +14

      I don't want to be the one to say it, but I will. During all this craziness, I was thinking, thank god all of this was two vs. two white-on-white violence, so we didn't get race relations think pieces out of this again over basketball plays. Hopefully, this shows all the Trump thumpers that all this physicality happening is a part of the game and a result of the officiating and has nothing to do with skin colour.

    • @countryshaner141
      @countryshaner141 27 days ago

      @@jamiekoh6113mabry is not white. WNBA has a race problem.

    • @desitterspace2127
      @desitterspace2127 27 days ago +9

      @@Kash_MunniIf the league wants to actually survive it should immediately jettison the clueless and inept Englebert and have somebody call in Larry Bird off the golf course! A Commissioner of the year award would go nicely with his, Rookie of the year, 3 time league MVP, 2 time (should of been 3!) finals MVP, Coach of the year, and executive of the year!

    • @AsaEast
      @AsaEast 27 days ago +7

      The NBA should step in and clean house. No reaction from the W’s major funder is tacit approval of the W’s toxic combination of corruption and incompetence.

  • @vorlon1
    @vorlon1 27 days ago +814

    Jacy wasn't just in Caitlin's face, she chest bumped her after poking her eye. That's when Caitlin pushed her away, which was perfectly justified in my opinion.

    • @samuelluria4744
      @samuelluria4744 27 days ago +37

      10,000%!!!

    • @evangellydonut
      @evangellydonut 27 days ago +54

      that poke should've been a flagrant, chest bump resulted in ejection, cc's push back a technical, and the one who pushed down cc get rejected... the officiating was horrific...

    • @geoffreynicholson1984
      @geoffreynicholson1984 27 days ago +41

      Yes. Eye swipe. Whistle. Sheldon then bumps. Then Mabry crashes into CC.
      It was all there. The refs are either stupid or poorly trained.

    • @ReneChang-f9i
      @ReneChang-f9i 27 days ago +7

      Spot on judgement ​@@evangellydonut

    • @ReneChang-f9i
      @ReneChang-f9i 27 days ago +13

      ​​@@geoffreynicholson1984Who knows. More like rigged for views maybe. Because this will get talked about for a week easily and people will want to watch if other teams try this stuff too.
      It's all a dumb circus show imo.

  • @Amelia.Ratliff
    @Amelia.Ratliff 26 days ago +222

    'The fact that Mabry 'WAS NOT ejected is exactly what the Fever coach is talking about when she said the refs lost control of the game. 'Also looking at the play where there were 3 ejected - Sheldon wanted to send a message on that drive to the 'basket. She purposely drove her 'shoulder into Sophie and Sophie had enough ..... .

    • @nicholasfitchett7278
      @nicholasfitchett7278 26 days ago +12

      Mabry should have been tossed for escalating

    • @TheRubberDuck77
      @TheRubberDuck77 26 days ago +4

      I just was saying the same thing, Sophie was like if you are gonna knock me down I'm taking you with me. And Sophie wasn't even in Sheldon's way. Sheldon had to side step to try to knock her down shoulder first.

    • @mikewebber-b9c
      @mikewebber-b9c 24 days ago

      Marry should’ve been tossed…she used her knee into the back of cc knee to knocked out cc leg support. Replay the altercation and look at how mabry came in to the altercation to take cc out!

  • @noelahg79
    @noelahg79 27 days ago +217

    Sophie gained a LOT of fans tonight. Love your content Rachel, keep it up!

  • @TheAdidasKnifer
    @TheAdidasKnifer 27 days ago +337

    as one of the commentators said you can't eject Cunningham when you didn't eject Mabrey

    • @sjh4977
      @sjh4977 27 days ago +55

      Yet they sure did! Cc's technical is ridiculous as well.

    • @paulmd7747
      @paulmd7747 27 days ago +1

      worst officials in professional sports. The WNBA seems determined to waste the popularity of Clark to stay an irrelevant league.

    • @TheAdidasKnifer
      @TheAdidasKnifer 27 days ago

      I agree my friend ​@@sjh4977

    • @Wraithlen
      @Wraithlen 27 days ago +11

      @@sjh4977 No shit. How the HELL did CC get T'd up there? That's just bias pure and simple. Why I don't know.

    • @desitterspace2127
      @desitterspace2127 27 days ago +3

      @@sjh4977She got a technical because she’s just too damn good and that’s simply not fair!

  • @virgilmcclendon5072
    @virgilmcclendon5072 27 days ago +460

    LET'S GET REAL. NOTHING WILL CHANGE UNTIL THEY FIRE THE COMMISSIONER! SHE IS BEHIND ALL OF IT!

    • @russellfisher2853
      @russellfisher2853 27 days ago +25

      Absolutely 💯

    • @ramonpunsalang3397
      @ramonpunsalang3397 27 days ago +28

      The Commissioner answers to the owners who seem content with the status quo. Until they change their attitude, nothing will happen Only hope is Adam Silver's intervention intervention

    • @stevemercer5769
      @stevemercer5769 27 days ago

      @@ramonpunsalang3397and that’s exactly the core of the problem, it’s corrupt and the commissioner is simply ensuring that The Fever cannot dominate the league.

    • @andrewbradley3305
      @andrewbradley3305 27 days ago

      @@ramonpunsalang3397the owners owner wnba teams for politics not profit

    • @MT-nc7bc
      @MT-nc7bc 27 days ago +17

      Agree..it starts at the top. It's not going to stop till someone gets seriously hurt. Cathy needs to be canned she is awful.

  • @StrictlyRL
    @StrictlyRL 26 days ago +4

    "They got these refs from Sephora"...Rachel is killing me 😂😂😂

  • @Deato9000
    @Deato9000 27 days ago +1994

    We gonna start a GoFundMe to pay Sophie's fine 😤

    • @dwightcurrie8316
      @dwightcurrie8316 27 days ago +86

      I'm In!

    • @kontratovarify
      @kontratovarify 27 days ago +114

      If she's going to be fined the same amount as Mustard Carrington, then you need to raise $47.50 😂😂😂

    • @laserhawk221
      @laserhawk221 27 days ago +113

      Caitlin is paying don’t worry

    • @dwightcurrie8316
      @dwightcurrie8316 27 days ago +24

      @@kontratovarify That Much?
      Well, Okay, If You're Sure?

    • @kontratovarify
      @kontratovarify 27 days ago +1

      @@dwightcurrie8316 The WNBA has fined DiJonai Carrington $47.50 for pulling Sarah Ashlee Barker's ponytail during Monday's game... google it,
      it's not hard to find 🙂 I'll send a few euros for fine too 😂

  • @Shelleybean008
    @Shelleybean008 27 days ago +351

    I knew Sophie was going to be the one to finally take a stand for Caitlin. She is such a strong woman, comfortable in her own skin and proud to be playing with Caitlin because she respects Caitlin and her ability. That is why Sophie’s jersey will sell out.

    • @Wraithlen
      @Wraithlen 27 days ago +20

      She's a country girl who got her black belt in tae kwon do at age 6. Pretty sure she can grapple with the best of them. In fact, it looked like she was holding JC's head down while telling her exactly what she thought about her. :)

    • @michaelfeinberg507
      @michaelfeinberg507 27 days ago +6

      Ever wonder how you get a black belt by age 6????

    • @sammychief4836
      @sammychief4836 27 days ago +1

      And Boston’s didn’t do anything standing around with her mouth open totally useless

    • @roberthoneywell
      @roberthoneywell 27 days ago +4

      After the eye poke, Lexie Hull also got in Sheldon's face, so it's not just Sophie.

    • @TheCat92067
      @TheCat92067 27 days ago +3

      @@WraithlenI didn’t realize about the Taekwondo, but I noticed the control Sophie had on the back of JC’s neck and the physical control overall.
      Sophie had … dare I say it …😂
      The Eye of the Tiger
      ⛹🏼‍♀️ 👀 of 🐅

  • @marshalljackson9796
    @marshalljackson9796 27 days ago +274

    I bought a Sophie jersey tonight.

  • @BADTREKKIE
    @BADTREKKIE 21 day ago +4

    Trying to blind someone for life is right down criminal.

  • @SequoiaHartman
    @SequoiaHartman 27 days ago +155

    Sophie is the bomb!! She’s making it clear that ain’t gonna happen!!! Not on my court!!!

  • @ringwraiths7281
    @ringwraiths7281 27 days ago +541

    It's reprehensible that the refs & Cathy Englebert are not protecting Clark who is literally the league's Golden Goose.

    • @davidphilips4736
      @davidphilips4736 27 days ago

      I’m beginning to think we have to conclude that the WNBA has no interest in being profitable or in being watched. Why? What do they want to keep hidden? Does the NBA just want to keep the tax write off? What is up?

    • @dwightcurrie8316
      @dwightcurrie8316 27 days ago +34

      Realistically, Numb Nuts Englebert, should Be Protecting ALL Players From That Kind Of Filth And Abuse.

    • @darinvance9478
      @darinvance9478 27 days ago +11

      All the players. They need to have rules and refereeing that protects all the players. This is madly shameful nonsense. Cathy should get a job with isome mma organization.

    • @robertstanford1778
      @robertstanford1778 27 days ago +13

      They need to protect all the players, but starting with CC makes an awful lot of sense. Phee got hurt tonight not sure how, Aja has been out with concussion symptoms, Paige has been out, CC been out. These are some of your biggest stars probably fair to say they are your biggest stars. It's time to start elections and suspensions. 12 - 0 is not a rivalry, it's called ownership.

    • @jessebolt8109
      @jessebolt8109 27 days ago +6

      Commish must be woke. Only answer for it.

  • @ChrisDavis-dt6xx
    @ChrisDavis-dt6xx 27 days ago +120

    All Fever Fans love Sophie Cunningham

  • @GeorgiaLewis65
    @GeorgiaLewis65 26 days ago +15

    Tina and CC should NOT have received technicals, but Mabrey should have been ejected and Sheldon should have a flagrant.

  • @bricksandkeebs
    @bricksandkeebs 27 days ago +382

    That’s why the Fever v Liberty was such a refreshing game. Two good professional teams playing a great game of professional basketball. So much respect and sportsmanship between the teams.

    • @etherscholar
      @etherscholar 27 days ago +43

      Completely agree, night and day difference between the two games. It felt like going from a white tie event to a back alley brawl.

    • @bricksandkeebs
      @bricksandkeebs 27 days ago +13

      @@etherscholarHey I like that analogy a lot! ❤

    • @WanderingExistence
      @WanderingExistence 27 days ago +16

      Agreed. It made me like the league for a few days... Now this comes out and it just solidifies my previous thoughts on how messed up the League is from the inside out.

    • @1cyru5h
      @1cyru5h 27 days ago +1

      But i love animosity in rivalries, prime barclays basketball

    • @rowanmac
      @rowanmac 27 days ago +6

      Agreed. Such a good game, with great sportsmanship. Made me respect them a whole lot more.

  • @tarajacobs3261
    @tarajacobs3261 27 days ago +273

    MABREY assaulted Caitlin, not fouled. There was no play on a ball. Straight out an assault. She should be suspended.

    • @Syjr
      @Syjr 27 days ago +3

      Nope, mabrey is an enforcer

    • @vaughnweber0929
      @vaughnweber0929 27 days ago +22

      ​@Syjr you spelled dirty talentless player wrong.

    • @dougandrews3934
      @dougandrews3934 27 days ago +18

      😅mabry is just a thug and needs to be fined and suspended.​@@Syjr

    • @tail66
      @tail66 27 days ago +2

      Mabey took 1 1/2 steps and barely nudged her. shit wont change unless the league grows some balls and does something

    • @mytrigger5613
      @mytrigger5613 27 days ago

      ​@vaughnweber0929 lol 😂

  • @RyanStanley-k9o
    @RyanStanley-k9o 27 days ago +262

    Caitlin getting a technical foul for taking an eye swipe and a second chest bump is wild. Then adding a center standing over you wagging her finger and then a clean shot. Insane

    • @BunnySock333
      @BunnySock333 27 days ago +10

      There was a third chest check when the center chest pushed her down. You can see that third player line up her chest push with the center. This is blatantly targeted and you can see the coordination between the other 2 players.

    • @samuelluria4744
      @samuelluria4744 27 days ago +8

      ​​@@BunnySock333 - That initial chest bump by Jacy Sheldon was so ridiculous, because it was like one continuous act of aggression, starting from her blatantly purposeful eye-poke!!! It's like, you got the nerve to poke my eye, and then roll STRAIGHT UP ONTO ME IMMEDIATELY?!?!? Freaking obnoxious. Good for Caitlin for pushing her!!!💪🏼👏🏻👍🏻

    • @BenjWarrant
      @BenjWarrant 27 days ago +13

      It's impossible to understand how the refs thought that Mabrey and Caitlin should come out of that incident with the _same_ punishment.

    • @kh894
      @kh894 27 days ago +3

      This is why the league is trash

    • @mambalevel1017
      @mambalevel1017 27 days ago

      No it was for the pushing. It was the 2nd time that game she was pushing someone

  • @Vids.By.C
    @Vids.By.C 22 days ago +4

    Sophie went from 300k followers on TikTok to just over 1 million after than happend, Indiana fans got power 🤭

  • @madeleinedonaa
    @madeleinedonaa 27 days ago +461

    I got chills when I heard the crowd chant Sophie's name.

    • @henrystewart5804
      @henrystewart5804 27 days ago +1

      BOT

    • @bobsmith6544
      @bobsmith6544 26 days ago

      @@henrystewart5804

    • @TobyLeRone-fu5eg
      @TobyLeRone-fu5eg 26 days ago

      ​@@henrystewart5804
      🙄🤪😜😂🤣

    • @chizzelfingers
      @chizzelfingers 26 days ago

      ​@henrystewart5804 bot? No it's bc everyone sees the same thing. Typical unhinged hypocritical liberal racism. Like everyone sees it. But the democrats did found the kkk,killed Malcolm x and mlk,and voted against all the civil rights bills 😂😂😂poor liberals are literally laughed at and despised by the world. Just look at the morons who tried to match in Egypt 😂😂😂all liberals. And the Egyptian people hate them.

  • @aTofuJunkie
    @aTofuJunkie 27 days ago +173

    Because Sophie's Not a Heroine, She's a Silent Guardian, A Watchful Protector. A Dark Knight. 🤣

    • @Billoybong2
      @Billoybong2 27 days ago +13

      More like a bright, blond, babelicious knight ❤

    • @nightflyer3242
      @nightflyer3242 27 days ago +12

      *Blonde Knight.

    • @davidfreeman3455
      @davidfreeman3455 27 days ago +4

      Sophie is the Damsel of Doom

    • @Darkmoonrose888
      @Darkmoonrose888 27 days ago +2

      Sophie = Black Canary (the old school version not the whiny one who was defined by her relationship status)

    • @nineteen96
      @nineteen96 26 days ago

      Love that 😂😂😂

  • @johndquigley9237
    @johndquigley9237 27 days ago +242

    This is the second time that someone tried to blind Clark, blatantly.

    • @GeorgeMinton-jb8ky
      @GeorgeMinton-jb8ky 27 days ago +15

      They should issue safety glasses in the WNBA as standard.

    • @Jayd-p8d
      @Jayd-p8d 27 days ago

      Na it was the blk bish that should have been ejected

    • @domgia9248
      @domgia9248 27 days ago +26

      Long nails need to be banned. Eye gougers need to be kicked out of the league.

    • @mattmiller786
      @mattmiller786 27 days ago

      Stop it. You have a mental illness if you think this was an attempt for attentional blinding. I love CC but some of you are mental.

    • @mikeottersole
      @mikeottersole 26 days ago +5

      Long fingernails should NOT be allowed. Nothing past the fingertip. That's just common sense...oh, wait, this is the WNBA...never mind.

  • @justincravens8899
    @justincravens8899 27 days ago +1

    I Love how Sheldon Lowers her shoulder with a tight elbow and Sophie said "NOPE"! 😂😂😂

  • @faliciamartinez-h9d
    @faliciamartinez-h9d 27 days ago +100

    I’m buying a Sophie Cunningham jersey because of this, thank youuuu Sophie!!! 💛💛💛💪🏽

  • @basement-dwellingvirgin7099

    I got chills when the crowd chanting Sophie's name 😮

  • @franzjpacis8664
    @franzjpacis8664 27 days ago +75

    Referees bad officiating, terribly bad.... There should be suspensions, aside from ejections... Sophie is the hero for CC, the MVP of the night.

  • @BillyDenton-nx3oy
    @BillyDenton-nx3oy 26 days ago +1

    OMGoodness !!!
    "They picked up these officials straight out of Sephora !"
    😂😂

  • @scotthamp7145
    @scotthamp7145 27 days ago +176

    Coach White lit the officials up in the press conference.

    • @Georgiecooper-xc7hz
      @Georgiecooper-xc7hz 27 days ago +1

      More people need to highlight the bad Reffing, its the only way to change things!! They have been getting away with it for far too long!!

    • @GeorgTirebiter
      @GeorgTirebiter 27 days ago +10

      white actually wasn't strong enough. So wishy washy.

    • @mac9362
      @mac9362 27 days ago +10

      Forget white. She should have gotten so mad when mabrey wasn't ejected and gotten herself thrown out of the game. That was the hill we die on.

    • @geoffreynicholson1984
      @geoffreynicholson1984 27 days ago +8

      Coach shoulda got a tech. She shoulda gone ham on refs when they didn’t eject Mabry. If White stood on business… then it’s the last stop on the “beat on CC” train.

    • @Kash_Munni
      @Kash_Munni 27 days ago +8

      She's a bum! She should've received a tech after all the BS before the eye poke. I was at the game courtside and I'm done her her style of basketball. We are very, very lucky to have won the game.

  • @ruenatal
    @ruenatal 27 days ago +74

    Thank you Sophie C. Great show of "Your not going to do this in our house"😄👍

  • @mags2477
    @mags2477 27 days ago +62

    Thank you Sophie Cunningham! 🔥
    You stood up for the team! They deserve it
    👏👏👏👏
    GO Fever from Austria! 🇦🇹

  • @BobArmstrong123
    @BobArmstrong123 26 days ago +5

    Your very best take ever! Thank you! Rachel!

  • @darriuscooper3830
    @darriuscooper3830 27 days ago +115

    Being there, the whole place booed at the replay and wondered what the hell they were doing. Connecticut got booed the rest of the game after that and even more so after the play with Cunningham. Every time Sheldon and Mabrey came in and brought the ball up, nothing but boos

    • @Kash_Munni
      @Kash_Munni 27 days ago +4

      Loved it, I'm sure someone said a racist comment and we'll have a new investigation in the morning. If the Fever don't stick up for the fans this time, F them!

    • @libertybell8852
      @libertybell8852 14 days ago

      ​@Kash_Munni no reason for anything racist, the ring leaders were all white ladies 😂😂

  • @UTDreego
    @UTDreego 27 days ago +203

    W we love Sophie for standing up for CC ❤❤❤

    • @farmerJ-zp9dj
      @farmerJ-zp9dj 27 days ago +4

      Don't mess with the Black Belt in Taekwondo 🤣

    • @wendyjones6431
      @wendyjones6431 27 days ago +1

      Cc is a grown adult don’t need protection

  • @squarechips
    @squarechips 27 days ago +44

    "straight outta Sephora" love it

  • @defu8592
    @defu8592 26 days ago +1

    I must be hungry, the orange books in the back i thought were little Cesar’s pizzas😂

  • @LydiaGordy
    @LydiaGordy 27 days ago +100

    About time someone is protecting Caitlin!!!!

  • @kimeddins1944
    @kimeddins1944 27 days ago +112

    It looked like Sheldon put her shoulder down trying to take Sophie out, but Sophie put her down.

    • @siliconnoisseur
      @siliconnoisseur 27 days ago +14

      Wow, watched that in slow motion and looks like Jacy might really have intended to shoulder butt Soph, but Soph revised Jacy’s fate. 😝

    • @Wraithlen
      @Wraithlen 27 days ago

      Which is fine. JC knew she was gonna get hosed by Sophie, and she deserved it, for sure. She's become a thug.

    • @stephenostwinkle845
      @stephenostwinkle845 27 days ago

      @@siliconnoisseur Exactly what I saw in slow motion. She lowered that left shoulder, angled her upper body to go right into Sophie.

    • @cyclesmoking
      @cyclesmoking 27 days ago

      Exactly! Sheldon lowered her shoulder and barreled into Cunningham. Sheldon initiated the entire thing. Cunningham just stood her ground and said “get away from me you punk”!

    • @sandyc6816
      @sandyc6816 27 days ago +4

      Sheldon wasn’t even trying to shoot. Just dropped her shoulder and drive into Sophie. Sophie remembers her chipped tooth, her ankle, CCs eye and had had enough.

  • @paulroese1376
    @paulroese1376 27 days ago +80

    good to see CC getting support. there was not much of that last year. props to Sophie and Hull and Dantas too.

  • @tonydaysog9164
    @tonydaysog9164 26 days ago +1

    Hilarious! “Straight out of Sephora.”

  • @MC-sj2ji
    @MC-sj2ji 27 days ago +92

    I told my wife when it happened to CC, that the players would have to police themselves because the refs aren't. I also told her, Soph was gonna handle it. Bottom line, the so-called officials need TRAINING OR THE EXIT.

    • @stevemercer5769
      @stevemercer5769 27 days ago +3

      The officials are delivering exactly what Englebert is wanting them to do🤷‍♂️ She’s in the pocket of the owners and they don’t want to see CC and the Fever becoming a dominant force in the league. It’s corruption pure and simple.

    • @VTrutht
      @VTrutht 27 days ago

      Perhaps even retraining the way they think, which is the bases of their calls.

    • @robertmead1015
      @robertmead1015 26 days ago

      @@stevemercer5769 why would you not want your game to grow cant figure it out

    • @stevemercer5769
      @stevemercer5769 26 days ago +1

      @@robertmead1015it’s beyond me, but clearly the hate and jealousy CC22 attracts from players/fans/officials outweighs the desire and need for the WNBA to become bigger/better/financially solvent. Look at the ridiculous complaints last week from Brittany Griner that the atmosphere at games now being distracting now that fans actually attend games, and that it’s like they unreasonably expect the players to entertain them🤪🤪
      Every struggling sports league should love to have a golden goose like Clark to elevate it, seems like the WNBA just wants to shit on their golden goose🤷‍♂️

  • @mindlessautomaton2.0
    @mindlessautomaton2.0 27 days ago +84

    The eye gouge was intentional and Sophie handled it, about time.

  • @roboticpiggy1
    @roboticpiggy1 27 days ago +88

    I was there and I have never heard a crowd so loud when they ejected Sophie and every time mabrey got the ball we got deafeningly loud crazy game Been to many tonight was the most intense environment I have ever been in

    • @Kash_Munni
      @Kash_Munni 27 days ago

      I guess you forgot Sheldon?

    • @VTrutht
      @VTrutht 27 days ago

      I heard that on replay too.😂

  • @dburris8531
    @dburris8531 23 days ago

    "Straight out of Sephora" took me out 😭😭😂

  • @_Koozebane_
    @_Koozebane_ 27 days ago +137

    Jacy was *not* going for a layup. She tucked the ball and lowered the shoulder. Sophie reacted to that and used Jacy's weight against her to put her down. It was defensive and a thing of beauty.

    • @JJ_5289
      @JJ_5289 27 days ago +13

      And the game was over at that point. Down by 20 with 45 seconds left. Most teams just wait out the clock at that point. Sheldon was asking for trouble

    • @sk8brding
      @sk8brding 27 days ago +4

      EXACTLY. Thank you.

    • @fenderbassfan
      @fenderbassfan 27 days ago +7

      No wonder Sheldon was mad. She was 1/4 FG’s and 0/2 Threes and they’re for sure not gonna make the Playoffs, but it was so obvious she was intentionally trying to stab Caitlin in the eye. They should have 1 on 1 Tournaments between her and Angel ‘Brick’ Reese, and Carrington and well surely turn into fisticuffs!

    • @genemetz1945
      @genemetz1945 27 days ago +1

      Agree!

    • @DFL_iBAIP
      @DFL_iBAIP 27 days ago

      Yea coach white needs to teach her players how to not being so rough.

  • @mindshelfpro
    @mindshelfpro 27 days ago +73

    I was soo disgusted when Mabrey did not get ejected and CC got a tech. Just happy the Fever got the W, and no one was injured

    • @chrisbrooks3406
      @chrisbrooks3406 27 days ago

      Oh the Sun was injured alright especially after that BTA whooping they just took by the Fever.

    • @desitterspace2127
      @desitterspace2127 27 days ago

      The idiot refs just figured that CC deserved a tech because she’s just too good, and that would make it all fair! And the league wonders why it’s hemorrhaging money!

  • @JL..
    @JL.. 27 days ago +60

    I don't care about gender equality or DEI
    Please hire the most QUALIFIED referees regardless of their gender or colour PLEASE

  • @s.g.3737
    @s.g.3737 26 days ago +5

    new subscriber. i love your coverage of the game. will be tuning in on all your live coverage

  • @mmikels
    @mmikels 27 days ago +58

    Yeah that should have been an ejection on Mabrey. The commentator said it best, "What do you have to do to get ejected?" lol 😂😂😂

    • @cutpurseboy
      @cutpurseboy 27 days ago +4

      He also said they can't eject Sophie because they didn't eject Marina and after the foul Jacy was the one who got up looking for a fight. This Sun team are trying to emulate the bad boy Pistons from the 90's 🤡

  • @steppstaphe
    @steppstaphe 27 days ago +88

    Way to go to Lexie and Sophie for having CCs back

  • @ringwraiths7281
    @ringwraiths7281 27 days ago +97

    Cunningham was right to stand up for Clark and her teammates to let player's know that they won't be allowed to bully anyone on the Fever without repercussions.

  • @raysville7256
    @raysville7256 26 days ago +5

    Player suspension is the only deterrent that will send a message.

    • @scarletrose5908
      @scarletrose5908 26 days ago +1

      …and serious fines against the player AND the team owners!

    • @tomschultz8933
      @tomschultz8933 26 days ago +1

      The problem is they will probably suspend Cunningham, and they'll try to find a reason to suspend Clark.

    • @raysville7256
      @raysville7256 26 days ago +1

      @@tomschultz8933 Suspend the Golden Goose?

    • @tomschultz8933
      @tomschultz8933 26 days ago +1

      ​@raysville7256 they will never see her as that, no matter what happens. They want her gone so they can go back to complaining about nobody watching the games and using it as an excuse to why they don't make money.

    • @raysville7256
      @raysville7256 26 days ago

      @@tomschultz8933 That really saddens me.

  • @MonzonMedia
    @MonzonMedia 27 days ago +114

    WNBA Raw! 😂 about time someone stands up for CC! Sophie is what the fever needed! Ain’t happening this time folks! Officiating was embarrassing. The Sun just play dirty, inexcusable

  • @Scottrhawk
    @Scottrhawk 27 days ago +219

    The WNBA says “No space for hate.” Right. But there is plenty of space for on-court violence, cheap shots, eye-poking, grabbing, and no space for player safety.

    • @DavidWKent-t7q
      @DavidWKent-t7q 27 days ago +20

      Actually, no space for hate except against cc22 and the Fever!

    • @Ewil.Bluetooth
      @Ewil.Bluetooth 27 days ago +7

      They hate plenty.

    • @samuelluria4744
      @samuelluria4744 27 days ago +5

      There HAS TO BE a camera angle, with high resolution and slow motion, which will show clearly that that eye-poke was 100% intentional!!!

    • @viktorstagnetti7491
      @viktorstagnetti7491 27 days ago

      So soft. Y'all would never have survived watching 80-90s hoops.

    • @DavidAbbs-b2v
      @DavidAbbs-b2v 27 days ago +4

      There’s a camera angle from behind the fever’s basket that shows Sheldon’s eye poke was definitely intentional. The eye poke was a foot above where the basketball was.

  • @GojuTheway
    @GojuTheway 27 days ago +146

    This is not incompetence, this is corruption.

  • @neilmartin99
    @neilmartin99 26 days ago +1

    I went to a WNBA game and a hockey game broke out.
    😂

  • @robertmarshall8277
    @robertmarshall8277 27 days ago +47

    I watched the game in Australia and was horrified at what the Referees did. Love the Fever, bring it on, they are finally fighting back.

    • @JeremyPiper-u5l
      @JeremyPiper-u5l 27 days ago

      It was rougher than State of Origin....😂😂😂

    • @alexanderlapp5048
      @alexanderlapp5048 27 days ago +2

      If Australians think the game is too rough, that's saying something.

  • @mikejenkins992
    @mikejenkins992 27 days ago +65

    WAY TO GOOOO SOPHIE!! Exactly why I loved that we brought her in! She warned everyone before season even started

    • @VTrutht
      @VTrutht 27 days ago +5

      Was thinking that.
      She said she would be sticking up for CC, and she’s obviously going to do what she says.

  • @justinecooper9575
    @justinecooper9575 27 days ago +125

    Clark needs to start wearing eye protection before she loses an eye.

  • @scottjanes9074
    @scottjanes9074 26 days ago +7

    That referee should've thrown Mabry out before CC hit the floor! She just stood there while Mabry blindsided Caitlin.

  • @jikazon1
    @jikazon1 27 days ago +38

    Finally!! They started it and Sophie will finish it.

  • @Arod40
    @Arod40 27 days ago +134

    Sheldon actually chest bumps C.C. before C.C. shoved. So not only did she poke her in the eye she also chest bumped her.

    • @SequoiaHartman
      @SequoiaHartman 27 days ago +16

      Yep!!

    • @stellalayla6963
      @stellalayla6963 27 days ago +29

      I’m surprised more people haven’t pointed that out. She bumped her first.

    • @longkesh1971
      @longkesh1971 27 days ago +22

      Yeah, when CC stopped dribbling and covered her eye, Sheldon chest bumped her AFTER Caitlin had already stopped play for an injury.

    • @philwebb59
      @philwebb59 27 days ago +12

      Sheldon bumped Clark 4 or 5 times in a row.

    • @Kash_Munni
      @Kash_Munni 27 days ago +3

      No $hit! They took 15 minutes to figure out what to do and Clark received a tech. SW should've raised so much hell she was thrown out, she's a joke.

  • @MaryKateRyan-v1m
    @MaryKateRyan-v1m 27 days ago +35

    The crowd was in it and backs the fever 110%

  • @BlueBearOne
    @BlueBearOne 22 days ago +2

    The whole thing is beyond the realm of belief. But when Caitlin was called for a tech? WTF?!?!? Infuriating! WTH? Is this the "she was asking for it" prosecution? JUST INSANE. She was blinded, bounced around like a pinball, and then linebackered from her "blind" side (blind side is in quotes because she was literally blinded and helpless in the moment). JUST WTF?

  • @piiictures
    @piiictures 27 days ago +66

    What about that “backcourt violation” when AB caught it past half court on the inbound lmao the refs literally don’t know the rules.

  • @carriekay5987
    @carriekay5987 27 days ago +32

    Sophie didn’t deserve it!!! But CC was essentially assaulted!!

  • @templehillsfunk
    @templehillsfunk 27 days ago +23

    "Straight out of Sephora." 😆😆

  • @calebmoran5580
    @calebmoran5580 25 days ago +1

    Finally someone that is calling out these bad referees. Actually someone with their own opinion, not some corporations

  • @samuelluria4744
    @samuelluria4744 27 days ago +46

    Sophie performed the most perfectly executed intentional foul I have ever seen. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

    • @pamelahermano9298
      @pamelahermano9298 27 days ago +1

      Right?! lol

    • @samuelluria4744
      @samuelluria4744 27 days ago

      ​​@@pamelahermano9298 - I would like to see it on a good screen, in slow motion, like a power point presentation. 😂

    • @VTrutht
      @VTrutht 27 days ago +3

      And it was especially perfect, because she did it in such a way that the blonde fouler didn’t get hurt.😂😂

  • @deevy7746
    @deevy7746 27 days ago +35

    What is pathetic is how the Sun players acting like they’re innocent.

  • @THEENERGYINHALER
    @THEENERGYINHALER 27 days ago +51

    CC getting a flagrant foul for being poked in the eye and shoved to the floor is like a girlfriend getting assault charges for hitting her boyfriend's fist.. with her face... lmao.. this league is a piss poor joke of a league

    • @jeanfourcade
      @jeanfourcade 27 days ago

      It's like a woman getting fined for indecent exposure for getting gang-raped on the street.

  • @scottallan6770
    @scottallan6770 26 days ago

    You're cat is in direct competition with your phone for your attention. 🤣🤣❤

  • @timkeck5665
    @timkeck5665 27 days ago +39

    Mabrey did it right in front of the Ref #8 😮😡😡

  • @markcolburn
    @markcolburn 27 days ago +37

    The Liberty game was a good example of how a team can play clean, and still the refs blew a bunch of calls/no calls. The juxtaposition of the two games is jarring. But mad props to Sophie for setting boundaries on the dirty Sun players, since the refs couldn't be bothered to.

    • @muchiachen7358
      @muchiachen7358 27 days ago

      Refs favorite Liberty obviously and missed several calls in this game. Fever just strong enough to make a win.

  • @teja643
    @teja643 27 days ago +132

    SOPHIE ❤

  • @MeganJohnson-k6b
    @MeganJohnson-k6b 26 days ago

    You explained this so well, thank you!

  • @Bowmanganie
    @Bowmanganie 27 days ago +65

    If anyone is wondering, Sophie Cunningham showed tonight that she knows how to fight. As a decades long fan of Mixed Martial Arts I can tell you that move, where she grabs Sheldon by the back of the neck, controls her head and makes her move the way that Sophie wants her to move is 100% a martial arts move. Pick your combat sport, that is something that is done in it. Sophie did a great job of controlling Sheldon and moving her. At that point Sophie could have done anything, ANYTHING, she wanted to do with her, but she chose to control and tell her to stop. Have no doubts.

    • @DavidWKent-t7q
      @DavidWKent-t7q 27 days ago +10

      Sophie controlled her fall to keep her from getting hurt badly. Obvious to any martial artist!

    • @bua2u
      @bua2u 27 days ago

      @@DavidWKent-t7q True!

    • @brianakers9606
      @brianakers9606 27 days ago +9

      I was most impressed by Sophie after the foul, as Sheldon charged her. Sophie wasn't scared, she went right at Sheldon, like: let's go beeeotch.

    • @loveadkins
      @loveadkins 27 days ago +4

      As far as I know, Sophie has black belt in taekwondo

    • @KeirnothVT
      @KeirnothVT 26 days ago

      ​@@loveadkinsThat is badass!

  • @DJDOGG31
    @DJDOGG31 27 days ago +64

    The fact that Mabry WAS NOT ejected is exactly what the Fever coach is talking about when she said the refs lost control of the game. Also looking at the play where there were 3 ejected…Sheldon wanted to send a message on that drive to the basket. She purposely drove her shoulder into Sophie and Sophie had enough.

  • @zealazax6287
    @zealazax6287 27 days ago +36

    Coach White was yelling at the ref asking them to eject Mabery and the refs didn't. Even before that she had multiple conversations with the ref about how Jacy Sheldon was grabbing Caitlin's arm and the refs didn't do anything and they missed other multiple calls.

  • @ivantackes2756
    @ivantackes2756 8 days ago +1

    They need you out there as a referee

  • @jodale1972
    @jodale1972 27 days ago +26

    If you ever watch MMA, you know just how lucky Jacy is that Sophie was only in the mood for a verbal warning tonight cause normally when the hand goes behind the neck, a knee to the face usually follows.

  • @Erica_Morales
    @Erica_Morales 27 days ago +31

    We never get videos this late from Rachel ... Love it !!

  • @eddrane4064
    @eddrane4064 25 days ago +1

    Excellent recap of what happened. And thank you for playing the crowd chanting "Sophie, Sophie." I totally missed that while watching the game live. And an excellent point that the NBA wouldn't have allowed that kind of contact without an ejection. Well done!

  • @frankmorrow3701
    @frankmorrow3701 27 days ago +43

    I would love to hear what Sophie was saying to JC while she was holding her in the scuffle because you can tell she was jawing at her pretty damn good!!!

    • @andrewganner6581
      @andrewganner6581 27 days ago +1

      I know it would of been good to hear kudos to Sophie Cunningham 👏👏👏👏👏

    • @chrisbrooks3406
      @chrisbrooks3406 27 days ago +1

      She probably said "not tonight babygirl, Auntie Sophie is taking out the trash".

  • @shaunameyer1808
    @shaunameyer1808 27 days ago +26

    I love Sophie! She didn’t back down at all. Watch her face. She never changes. Loved it

  • @ScottNelson-d6q
    @ScottNelson-d6q 27 days ago +36

    Sheldon shouldered Sophie before Sophie held her.

    • @dannyaikin1395
      @dannyaikin1395 27 days ago

      Exactly. Got totally ignored, seems like......

  • @SanianAmish
    @SanianAmish 26 days ago

    This was exactly what I needed, thanks!

  • @newlenmedia
    @newlenmedia 27 days ago +27

    The ONLY thing one can surmise from this bad officiating is that this is what the WNBA wants. Despicable!!!

  • @mayrinaidah5463
    @mayrinaidah5463 27 days ago +74

    Watching from Uganda and my God Sophie 4 MVP❤❤

  • @rocckyroad
    @rocckyroad 27 days ago +19

    wnba refs remind me of Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels from dumb and dumber. 😂

  • @headlightvideotraining
    @headlightvideotraining 26 days ago +2

    Love the cat you got. The cat has its paws on the panther cat’s face on your shirt. That’s classic.

  • @dongubrud3518
    @dongubrud3518 27 days ago +7

    I so appreciate your commentary on the games. You put into words everything i was thinking to a point. Great reaction, Rachel. 😊

  • @wilhouts6173
    @wilhouts6173 27 days ago +34

    Exactly. What Coach White said, when the Ref’s fail to take charge of the game….this stuff will happen. NOT ENTERTAINING.?Cathy’s idea of creating rivalries will drive fans away. Remember, the NFL had to wise up and protect their Quarterback: cash cows.

  • @evelynburchfield3688
    @evelynburchfield3688 27 days ago +14

    @Rachel in one angle, you can clearly see Sheldon's chest bump (another foul, after the eye poke) which led to CC just trying to get a little space to recover after being hit in the eye. 😬

  • @eponz4354
    @eponz4354 25 days ago

    That was a clean hit!! That’s not targeting!!! lol 😂

  •  27 days ago +28

    Sophie "The Enforcer" Cunningham