CBS broke the seal on an important cultural story that had been buried by the Elitist Media Evening News: Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham’s public stance against men in women’s sports. The recent suspension of a WNBA owner for berating two young fans compelled coverage, but only CBS stepped forth.
Watch the report in its entirety as aired on the CBS Evening News on Thursday, July 29th, 2026:
WATCH: @CBSEveningNews covers the suspension of the Seattle Storm co-owner for yelling at young Sophie Cunningham fans wearing XY gear. The Media Hall Monitors will seethe.
MATT GUTMAN: Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham is making news off the court tonight for her recent… pic.twitter.com/A14xH8an72— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) July 31, 2026
MATT GUTMAN: Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham is making news off the court tonight for her recent comments about transgender athletes in women's sports. Cunningham's views helped build her fan base, but now a WNBA team co-owner is in trouble for confronting some of those very fans. CBS’s Jan Crawford reports.
ANNOUNCER: Up the floor. Cunningham! Paint it!
CRAWFORD: At Tuesday night's WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and Seattle Storm, the focus was on the sidelines. Two teens holding signs thanking Fever guard Sophie Cunningham for speaking up for girls and wearing t-shirts made by a company that advocates for same-sex sports. They were confronted by a Storm co-owner.
YOUNG FAN: Yeah, and she's like, “I hope Jesus can forgive you for what sin you’ve done” and like, something like that, and then she told us we were acting effing insane.
CRAWFORD: The WNBA fined and suspended the co-owner, Celeste Keaton, five games. The team said it respected the league's decision and the team's majority owner apologized. Cunningham, known for fearlessly defending teammate Caitlin Clark on the court, is the first active professional female athlete to speak out against transgender females in women's sports. In an ESPN profile earlier this month, Cunningham says girls in sports shouldn't have to go against biological men.
SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM: I said what I said. I think it's kind of common sense. And I think I'll always believe in that.
CRAWFORD: When asked if her words could be seen as anti-transgender, she said...
CUNNINGHAM: I have never once said I hated the trans community. Like I said, I think there's space for everyone.
CRAWFORD: Before the game, Storm player Stephanie Dolson made her feelings clear with a t-shirt saying "Trans rights are human rights." Outside the arena, Cunningham supporters like advocate Julie Lane said they hope the moment is a turning point.
JULIE LANE: So we’re not stopping. We really hope that other people will join in and just say what’s out- say out loud what is common sense, just like Sophie did.
CRAWFORD: They plan another rally before the Fever's next game in Portland. Jan Crawford, CBS News, Washington.
The two teen Sophie Cunningham fans that were berated at the game by the Storm co-owner and other rabid leftists were wearing XX-XY apparel. As a quick refresher: XX-XY was founded by former Levi Strauss executive Jennifer Sey. Their mission is quite clear:
We are unapologetic about our goal. We are here to protect women’s sports and spaces.
Women deserve the opportunities that sports and single sex spaces provide. Sex matters. It is the single biggest determinant of athletic performance. It is unfair and dangerous to allow males (XY) to compete in girls and women’s (XX) sports.
For women to compete safely and fairly, women’s sports need to remain female. We’ll be here defending truth. And women and girls. Until that happens.
The report pretty much covered everything, including the co-owner's suspension, Cunningham's advocacy for women's sports and defense of teammate Caitlin Clark. Crawford subsequently mentioned a Storm player wearing a “trans rights are human rights” shirt, perhaps in the interest of balancing out the report.
I’d suggest that the report itself is balance after years of the Elitist Media looking the other way as men pretending to be women invaded women’s athletic spaces (and bathrooms, and locker rooms, and spas, et cetera…). As we reexamine the Covid Era, we can't forget the role of the media in propagating the woke mind virus- including the trans strain.
Did the change in ownership turn CBS News into Newsmax on 57th Street, as the Media Hall Monitors would have you believe? Of course not. But this story would not have seen the light of day otherwise. And for that, credit where credit is due. Here’s hoping that the other networks can find some of that courage as well.
