{
  "id": 31466,
  "title": "Martina Navratilova Calls Out Indiana Fever & Portland Fire Coaches Over Their Takes On Sophie Cunningham’s Trans Athlete Stance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/martina-navratilova-calls-out-indiana-fever-portland-fire-coaches",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-02T05:42:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/martina-navratilova-calls-indiana-fever-054225810.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former tennis star Martina Navratilova has criticized Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White and Portland Fire head coach Alex Sarama for their responses to Sophie Cunningham’s stance on transgender athletes in women’s sports. Cunningham, a player for the Indiana Fever, recently stated that she believes transgender women should not be part of women’s sports, arguing that they should not have to compete against them. In response, Sarama was asked about the issue, stating that he is supportive of people from all communities but declined to give a direct answer on whether biological males should be allowed to compete in the WNBA. Similarly, White responded by saying she was \"not a biologist.\" Navratilova took to social media to criticize both coaches for their lack of a clear stance on the issue.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}