{
  "id": 321195,
  "title": "DiJonai Carrington rocked Sophie Cunningham in the face with Flagrant-2 foul, and got ejected",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/dijonai-carrington-rocked-sophie-cunningham-in-the-face-with-flagrant-321195",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-08T20:06:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SB Nation",
    "slug": "sb-nation",
    "url": "https://www.sbnation.com/wnba/1124285/dijonai-carrington-rocked-sophie-cunningham-in-the-face-with-flagrant-2-foul-and-got-ejected"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a hectic first quarter of Saturday's game between the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever at the United Center, Sky guard DiJonai Carrington was ejected for a Flagrant-2 foul on Indiana's Sophie Cunningham. The altercation occurred during a breakaway layup attempt by Cunningham. Carrington's strike, which was reviewed, earned her an ejection from the game. The incident sparked a response from Cunningham, who later posted a message on social media expressing her stance on trans women in the WNBA. Carrington received support from the home crowd, who cheered as she left the court, and the United Center displayed a message in support of trans rights during the incident.",
  "summary": "CHICAGO — It’s never boring when the Chicago Sky play the Indiana Fever, and that remains the case even after Chicago traded away Angel Reese. As the two teams met on Saturday afternoon at the United Center, Sky guard DiJonai Carrington was ejected late in the first quarter for a Flagrant-2 foul on Indiana’s Sophie […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "SB Nation",
        "title": "Caitlin Clark’s silence on Sophie Cunningham’s comments reveals the impossible position she’s in",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/caitlin-clarks-silence-on-sophie-cunninghams-comments-reveals-the",
        "published": "2026-08-04T16:12:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Sophie Cunningham wants to put focus back on basketball: ‘What are we doing?’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/sophie-cunningham-wants-to-put-focus-back-on-basketball-what-are-we",
        "published": "2026-08-05T21:31:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}