Sophie Cunningham injury update: Fever star defends Bria Hartley amid intense backlash
Posted on: Aug 22, 2025 08:01 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
robert indiana pyrexia asterisk Sophie merce cunningham’s hurt during the August 17 game against the Connecticut Sun has led to a season-ending mishap for her. Now ruled out of the postseason sprint, Cunningham spoke about the severe backlash Sun’s Bria Hartley has been receiving as a result of many speculating if she purposely caused the injury.
During an appearance on Tuesday’s (August 19) episode of her Show Me Something podcast, Cunningham said, “I know Bria, and I’m actually really good friends with Bria. And I have been waiting to get on the pod so we can talk about this… But I don’t think that there [was any] ill intent… I think it was a basketball play, I was just in the front spot at the wrong time, she fell…”
“I have nothing but love for Bria… Bria and I are super cool, and she would never try to hurt me. Because there are some girls that I think might, but she wouldn’t do that. I hope people stop giving Bria some heat, because I don’t think she meant to do that at all.”
The Fever player suffered her injury after passing the ball when Hartley fell on her right knee. After being diagnosed on Tuesday with the same, she was ruled out of returning this season. Cunningham will now have surgery on Friday (August 22), and her recovery is scheduled to take four months, as reported by USA Today.
"If you're gonna hurt your knee, that is the best possible case," Cunningham said on her Show Me Something podcast with reality TV star West Wilson. “I'm really in good spirits because I knew that I hurt myself pretty badly, but I will say I'm just thankful. I'm just thankful to be where I'm at and be with the organization and the girls that I'm with because they have brought life and my love of basketball back.”
The injury ended what had been Cunningham's best season in the WNBA. She averaged 8.6 points and set personal bests in field-goal percentage (46.9) and three-point percentage (43.2), writes the Bleacher Report.
The Indiana Fever will now face the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday (August 24).
By Stuti Gupta
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