DiJonai Carrington ejected for flagrant-2 on Sophie Cunningham

sportsAug 8, 2026591,424

In the first quarter at the United Center, Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington struck Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham in the head and jaw with her left arm on a streaking layup, sending Cunningham to the floor and prompting officials to review and upgrade the call to a Flagrant 2 foul and eject Carrington. Cunningham had been in the game for less than five minutes after Monique Billings stole a loose pass and threw ahead to her. After the play Carrington walked through the tunnel grinning and shaking her head while Sky fans applauded; she was not made available for comment. Carrington later posted the phrase "WHITE PRIVILEGE" on her Threads account and tagged the Fever, a post Cunningham called an attention-seeking reaction and said the league would address. Fever coach Stephanie White said she did not believe Carrington intentionally came at Cunningham across the neck. The incident follows ongoing controversy around Cunningham’s public comments this summer and occurred amid demonstrations near the United Center before the game.

CJ Fogler

@cjzero.bsky.social

DiJonai Carrington commits a hard foul on Sophie Cunningham who goes after Carrington and gets held back by Timpson, Carrington assessed a flagrant 2 and ejected - with several replays

4445h ago

Dave191

DiJonai Carrington, WELCOME TO THE RESISTANCE

CJ Fogler142

DiJonai's reaction to the flagrant two

Rav118

DiJonai posted this to threads a short while ago

Midnight Oil98

Oh God I've found the lead of every FoxNews show for the rest of the weekend -_-

J. MiLk56

Also, Sophie took like 10 steps to get to that layup. Clear travel.

Wailele Sallas34

Message sent. Message received. Old school basketball. You love to see it

Quoting this

Lupita Nihongo49

Congress is really gonna pass a bill declaring the Indiana Fever a protected class fam 😩 Well, not the whole Indiana Fever, just the birthright ones

Rude Law Dog25

talk shit get hit, idiot

Big Mommy Drix 🏳️‍⚧️22

Cunningham gets nothing for swinging at Carrington after the play, of course

Vanessa Phelan8

DiJonai, we thank you for your service. Nia got the transphobe with an elbow last week. They’re just playing basketball.

CEO Johnny Cans7

This transphobe is going to get her shit rocked by cis women every game, and it's clear from some of the racist outrage about it almost all of her defenders have never watched basketball before.b

Read More bell hooks7

why is no one talking about the fact that the transphobe travelled?

KMJeezy6

This is a flagrant because she came down on her head but she was going for the ball. Sophie push DiJonai in the neck and I hope Chicago asks for a review.

Randolph Lee Welty6

When I was coming up we had two universal maxims that most everyone seemed to know: 1) Don’t start no shit, won’t be no shit. 2) If you’re going to run your mouth, you better know how to fight. Anyway, just reminiscing on old times for no reason.

fulana de tal5

Watching that Blonde, Bucktoothed ,Long-Backed, Bigoted Barbie Bitch clocked in the face over and over is very satisfying

Rearfactory4

Sophie ran into DiJonai’s elbow trying to escape, what an act of cowardism!

Jennifer Prokop

@jenreadsromance.bsky.social

Chicago Sky has let me down in a lot of ways, but I have nothing but respect for DiJonai Carrington. she posted this on threads after the ejection.

it says WHITE PRIVILEGE in all caps and she tagged the Indiana Fever.

785h ago

🏳️‍🌈Vince (Yo-Vinny)✌🏻🏳️‍⚧️🫘2

Only white people... And, not all of us... (Ok, I'm not OK, THAT white) Believe that white privilege doesn't exist.

OG DruSki1

STANDING TEN TOES DOWN & TWO MIDDLE FINGERS UP!

Nathaniel Calahan1

Whole contract worth it at this point

Quoting this

Slush Puppie Fund Bureau Chief2

She put some giardiniera on her beef. She's one of us. ✊️

Rizzo

@rizzzooo.bsky.social

That’s clearly all ball play from Dijonai Carrington on Sophie Cunningham. Yall see a foul? I don’t

972h ago

Brett’s football club are champions of Europe, sort of*7

Damn, she could have hurt that players arm by ramming her bigoted head into her. 20 game suspension.

ducknrun35.bsky.social7

Sophie gets what she gets, and she should like it. Thats what happens when you tether yourself to a 5th place college swimmer 🤷‍♂️

Roaring Fork Dweller3

She should be suspended for several games

bingbongsad3

If anything Sophie fouled DiJinai by biting her arm during a perfectly routine block.

msbukat.bsky.social2

A stupid foul. Helps lose this game and the next one for her team.

SHU1

Hard to watch this crap.

Andrew Hammond

@ahamm.bsky.social

Final thought on DiJonai Carrington: I truly hope the Sky and league are prepared for what’s coming. Folks are going to go after a queer black woman and it could get very out of hand.

695h ago

Quoting this

Nata Edwards7

I barely trust the men’s league to handle this right, and you want me to think the understaffed side of keystone cops will get this right?

Jon Becker4

You'll forgive me if I have very little confidence in the league leadership to handle this well.

Lapideus✨

@lapideus.northsky.social

you're completely deluded if you thought sophie cunningham wasn't going to get another week of airtime and tedious discourse either way

885h ago

Leonard Pierce

@leonardpierce.bsky.social

The thing about Sophie Cunningham and every other reactionary female athlete who gets heated about the possibility of trans women in sports is that all they’re really going to accomplish is helping misogynist pig men make their sports into a joke

653h ago

Marc Normandin

@marcnormandin.bsky.social

Don't let a little thing like flagrant calls keep you from letting Sophie Cunningham forcefully know how you feel about her

465h ago

becky hammon’s crucifix

@real-point-god.bsky.social

FOR SHE IS THE SERVANT OF THE POINY GOD, AN AVENGER WHO CARRIES OUT THE POINT GOD’S WRATH ON THE WRONGDOER. -An affirmation of faith in Dijonai Carrington, prophet and warrior of The Point God, transcribed in Romans 13:4 #WNBA

345h ago

Ricky O'Donnell

@rickyodonn.bsky.social

Carrington just absolutely rocked Sophie Cunningham on a fastbreak layup, being reviewed for a flagrant foul, you're going to see that one replayed a million times later today

395h ago

Shameka ❤️🏀

@shameka23.bsky.social

All that talking, just to come back and put up 5 points, 4 rebounds and ZERO assists in two games combined 😭 45 minutes. 1 made basket. And a -28 in a 4-point win. Yes, please focus on basketball😭🗑️ #WNBA

Underdog WNBA post highlighting Sophie Cunningham’s last two games. She recorded 2 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists in 28 minutes in one game, then 3 points, 1 rebound and 0 assists in 17 minutes against Chicago, finishing with a -28 rating. Photo shows Cunningham shooting a free throw in a white Fever No. 8 uniform.

372h ago

Kev In Your Area 🖤🩷♦️🧡💜⚔️ 케빈3

“Shut up and not dribble” is the truest statement I have seen said about her situation.

ShaB.Elisabeth🌹1

She threw stones and now trying to hide behind let's just focus on basketball. Since that's what you're getting paid for, good idea Sophie. 🙄

Quoting this

Schwarziest (fuck Trump edition)7

She's bad at ball, worse at life.

sydder5

Listen, she saw the writing on the wall WAY (like wayyyyyy) before everyone else did and if you look at the choices she's been making, everything makes a lot more sense from the grifter POV

Black.Metronome 🇧🇧 🇧🇲4

She'll be outta the W next year. She's barely an average player and she's done irreparable harm to the league and players.

the entity formerly known as landsnark/dsmilti...3

what if.... HEAR ME OUT!!! WHAT IF this IS her concentrating on b'ball? #wnba

Maggie Hendricks

@maggiehendricks.bsky.social

Dijonai Carrington knocked down Sophie Cunningham on a hard foul. It was definitely a foul but Sophie reacted by going after Dijonai. Very emotional. Had to be held back. Got upgraded to a flagrant

385h ago

Jami9

Flagrant, fine. Sophie being super proud of herself afterwards? This is why I will never root for the Fever.

ArchieTex7

Didn’t deserve a 2 on that. The W has a white supremacy blind spot.

Quoting this

Support Mean Lesbians!10

Bullshit that Nai got a flagrant 2 but Sophie didn't even get a tech.

functional moron

@fiveburger.bsky.social

this is far from the worst consequence or whatever but yeah, i do resent sophie cunningham for taking one of the things i enjoy without having to think about The World and making it something where now we have to talk about The World with it

325h ago