{
  "id": 3925612,
  "title": "Former female soccer star gives sarcastic response to Enes Kanter’s ‘protect women’ comments",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/former-female-soccer-star-gives-sarcastic-response-to-enes-kanters",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-28T08:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/former-female-soccer-star-gives-084500222.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Megan Rapinoe, a former female soccer star, has delivered a sarcastic response to Enes Kanter's recent comments about wanting to \"protect women.\" Kanter made headlines after being ejected from a Chicago Sky meeting with the Indiana Fever following an altercation with Natasha Cloud. In a Fox News interview, Kanter stated that he was there solely to protect women and support Sophie Cunningham. However, Rapinoe took to her podcast, 'Why Are You Like This?', to deliver a sarcastic diatribe in response.\n\nRapinoe playfully pointed out that Kanter's intention to protect women was already understood, as that was the exact concern they had previously expressed. She then questioned Kanter's motives, asking who he was trying to protect women from. Rapinoe humorously suggested that Kanter might be protecting himself from the very people he claimed to be supporting.\n\nThe former soccer player further emphasized her stance, stating that women's sports, including the WNBA, do not require men's involvement to thrive. In a pointed conclusion, Rapinoe asserted that women in sports do not need men to define what a \"woman\" is. She suggested that Kanter should simply accept the definition provided and respect it. Kanter has since commented on his ejection from the game, claiming he did not break any rules, and has expressed his willingness to walk away from the WNBA if it cannot define a woman.",
  "summary": "Megan Rapinoe has mocked Enes Kanter after he recently said that he just wanted to ‘protect women’. Kanter made headlines again recently after he was removed from the Chicago Sky’s meeting with the Indiana Fever after having words with Natasha Cloud.",
  "key_points": [
    "Megan Rapinoe sarcastically responds to Enes Kanter's 'protect women' comments on her podcast.",
    "Rapinoe questions Kanter's motives, asking who he's trying to protect women from.",
    "She asserts women's sports don't need men's involvement to define what a 'woman' is."
  ],
  "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."
}