{"id":35516,"date":"2026-08-10T01:17:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T20:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=35516"},"modified":"2026-08-10T01:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T20:17:35","slug":"chicago-skys-dijonai-carrington-blames-white-privilege-for-ejection-after-flagrant-2-foul-on-indiana-fevers-sophie-cunningham-sophie-says-incident-had-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=35516","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Sky\u2019s DiJonai Carrington Blames \u2018White Privilege\u2019 For Ejection After Flagrant 2 Foul On Indiana Fever\u2019s Sophie Cunningham; Sophie Says Incident \u2018Had Nothing To Do With Race, It Was \u2018Intentional\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:default1=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chicago Sky star <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodunlocked.com\/tag\/dijonai-carrington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DiJonai Carrington<\/a><\/strong> calls out \u201cwhite privilege\u201d after she was ejected for a flagrant foul on Indiana Fever star <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodunlocked.com\/tag\/sophie-cunningham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sophie Cunningham<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RELATED<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodunlocked.com\/chicago-sky-announces-they-have-cut-kysre-gondrezick-from-their-roster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chicago Sky Announces They Have Cut\u00a0Kysre Gondrezick From Their Roster\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday (August 8), the Chicago Sky guard was fouled during a transition play where the Fever guard attempted a layup.\u00a0With 2 minutes left in the first quarter, Carrington ended up fouling Cunningham as she swung her left arm to block the shot. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Carrington\u2019s inner elbow smacked into Cunningham\u2019s face. Her forearm then hooked onto Cunningham\u2019s chin\/neck and flung her head back. Officials upgraded Carrington\u2019s foul to a Flagrant 2 after review. This resulted in her ejection from the game that ended with the Fever winning 90-86.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RELATED<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodunlocked.com\/chicago-skys-angel-reese-ejected-for-first-time-in-her-wnba-career-bulls-guard-lonzo-ball-offers-to-pay-her-fine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chicago Sky\u2019s Angel Reese Ejected For First Time In Her WNBA Career, Bulls Guard Lonzo Ball Offers To Pay Her Fine<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Fever Head Coach <strong>Stephanie White<\/strong> defended the opposing team member during a postgame press conference. White said Carrington\u2019s actions should have only been considered a hard foul with no intention behind it. She said: <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYeah, I mean, look, it was a hard foul. I don\u2019t think that DiJonai intentionally came out to get her across the neck like she did. But it did happen, and I thought it was the right call. You know, one of the things about Nay is that she\u2019s gonna play her butt off, man. She\u2019s gonna compete. Nobody\u2019s gonna go walking in for a layup. And so, I don\u2019t oppose the hard foul. But I also don\u2019t think that she intentionally went for the neck.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RELATED<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodunlocked.com\/chicago-sky-head-coach-teresa-weatherspoon-caitlin-clark-foul-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chicago Sky Head Coach Teresa Weatherspoon Issues A Statement About Chennedy Carter\u2019s Hard Foul On Caitlin Clark<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the game, Carrington took to Threads. She tagged the Indiana Fever and\u00a0blamed the Flagrant 2 foul call and ejection on \u201cwhite privilege.\u201d According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kareemcopeland\/status\/2086220659319771185\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ESPN\u2019s Kareem Copeland<\/a>, Cunningham told reporters:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think the league is taking care of that. This has nothing to do with race. Last year, I did the same thing and I got kicked out. And I deserved to be kicked out. There\u2019s no reason even to play that card. Clearly, I think it was like unnecessary. I\u2019ve never really spoken to her and have no beef with her, but I guess she has some pent up stuff. So get your sh*t off. That\u2019s fine. I can take it\u2026 Yeah, it\u2019s intentional. She has no reason to be doing any of that. So good way to get her kicked out. I don\u2019t even know her. She wasn\u2019t even on the team last year when all that was going on. But I do think when people play the Fever, we\u2019re nationally televised, there\u2019s a lot of eyes on us and people just want attention. 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