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Lara Trump unleashed a rant about the WNBA on Wednesday, complaining the league wasn't doing enough for its MAGA-friendly star.

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham has become a conservative hero for voicing her opposition to transgender athletes playing in women's sports, The Daily Beast reported.

Eric Trump's wife — daughter-in-law of President Donald Trump — has now entered the public chatter about it. And during an episode of her podcast "The Right View with Lara Trump," she attacked the athletes....

Trump ally and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier was furious after "MAGA darling" Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham was fouled by Chicago Sky’s DiJonai Carrington — and dropped a legal threat he couldn't actually pursue.

Uthmeier was responding to the WNBA game in Chicago where Cunningham went up for a layup when Carrington hit the Fever player with her arm, The Daily Beast reported on Monday. He argued that he would have charged Carrington with "assault and battery."

Carrington ended up getting ejected from the game....

The Trump administration is using WNBA star Sophie Cunningham's statement that transgender athletes should not play in women's sports to boost their own policy agenda, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed to reporters during a press briefing that President Donald Trump was "following" the coverage around the Indiana Fever player's comments from an ESPN interview this week, according to The Post.

Trump has made his stance on the issue clear and "moved swiftly last year to roll back transgender policies implemented by the Biden administration, including issuing an executive order that aimed to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls’ and women’s sports teams," The Post reported....

Los Angeles (AFP) - After a dazzling college career that smashed records on and off the basketball court, Caitlin Clark's legacy as a trailblazing icon for women's sport is already secure. Now, as the 22-year-old prepares to be chosen with the No.1 pick in next week's WNBA draft, experts are predicting Clark may well have the same kind of transformative effect on women's professional basketball. Cathy Engelbert, the WNBA's commissioner, said Monday that Clark and the next generation of women's basketball players will be economic engines that will ensure the league's financial footing for the n......

By Zach Koons Appearing on “Good Morning America” Wednesday, Cherelle Griner reflected on her wife’s detainment in Russia. For the first time since Brittney Griner was detained in Russia on Feb. 17, her wife spoke out publicly about the U.S government’s handling of the situation in an appearance on Good Morning America Wednesday. Cherelle Griner, who graduated from the North Carolina Central University School of Law earlier this month, revealed that she has spoken to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken as well as NBA commissioner Adam Silver and WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert about her w......

By Mike McDaniel The WNBA star continues to be held in detainment in Russia after being arrested in February for allegedly smuggling vape pens containing hashish oil. WNBA star Brittney Griner appeared in Russian court on Friday had 30 days added to her pretrial detainment on Friday. Griner has been detained since February after being arrested at an airport outside Moscow. A United States Department of State spokesperson told The Washington Post that U.S. diplomats were able to talk to Griner during Friday’s hearing and that she is doing “as well as can be expected in these circumstances.” U.S......