{
  "id": 1656836,
  "title": "WNBA issue statement after Sophie Cunningham’s name gets banned on r/wnba",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/wnba-issue-statement-after-sophie-cunninghams-name-gets-banned-on-r",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-18T06:28:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/wnba-issue-statement-sophie-cunningham-062837505.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The WNBA has had to clarify its stance on Sophie Cunningham after the Indiana Fever guard’s name was banned from the r/WNBA subreddit. WNBA fans who went over to discuss the league on Reddit discovered that the leading r/WNBA subreddit had banned mentions of the 30-year-old Fever guard.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Sophie Cunningham’s birthday outfit turns heads before clutch Fever win",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/sophie-cunninghams-birthday-outfit-turns-heads-before-clutch-fever-win",
        "published": "2026-08-17T02:22:15.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}