Blog #293 Sophie, the American Dream, and Extremism Face-off

Woke nonsense is still surviving outside academic circles. It is hard to believe that we still debate whether biological men who are transsexuals should compete against biological women. It defies common sense. For young girls, especially, to have to risk the danger to their well-being and safety and then shower with them in the locker room is simply outrageous.

This article is not about detailing all the reasons why men are different and have inherent advantages. Those differences are obvious to the eye and to science. It is common sense and represents truth — not twisted truth to support radical ideology or political persuasion. We must stop the nonsense. Stop the ridiculous and false beliefs by those who have warped views of reality, let alone science.

COMMON-SENSE PROVOCATEUR

By Andrew Stiles, July 24, 2026, of the Washington Free Beacon

Sophie Cunningham is a powerful testament to the American Dream. Determined to find success in the WNBA, a league that has historically excluded attractive white women such as herself, Cunningham worked hard and beat the odds. This week Cunningham used her platform as one of the WNBA’s most only recognizable stars to speak out against transgender participation in women’s sports.

“I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I’m like, ‘I never once said that,’” Cunningham told ESPN. “I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest. And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men.”

Doing what comes naturally, the journalists pounced, but Cunningham held her ground. “I said what I said,” she told the aggrieved. “I think it’s kind of common sense, and I think I’ll always believe in that.” The Athletic wrote that the WNBA star had “doubled down” on an “increasingly politicized issue,” which is an odd way to describe stating an opinion shared by nearly 80 percent of Americans—and an increasing number of national and international sports organizations.

For what it’s worth, Cunningham tripled down on Instagram. She said what she said.

New York magazine, among others, spoke up for the radical fringe, accusing Cunningham of being a MAGA stooge for daring to express a mainstream opinion—one that even two-thirds of Democrats agree with.

“Cunningham’s concern about ‘biological men’ sounds a lot like the popular conservative talking point that baselessly frames trans women as a threat to cisgender female athletes,” wrote Kathleen Walsh, a Brooklyn-based “night blogger” whose other bylines include “Lenny Kravitz Has a Great Excuse to Wear Leather to the Gym” and “Donna Kelce Says Tayvis’s Wedding Was ‘Magical.’”

We’ll see how it plays in the WNBA, one of the only non-academic institutions that still haven’t moved past the woke insanity of 2020-21. Cunningham was not invited to participate in the upcoming 3-Point Contest despite having one of the league’s best three-point shooting percentages. Neither was Sabrina Ionescu, the winner of last year’s contest. Both are attractive white women with multiple endorsement deals. Inviting them would only make sense if the WNBA cared more about drawing viewers and (someday) turning a profit.

The same is true of “sports” journalism. ESPN’s profile of Cunningham included several quotes from the director of the Center for Race & Ethnicity in Sport at the University of Michigan. On Thursday, USA Today “sports” columnist Nancy Armour (sort of) apologized after invoking the lynching of Emmett Till in an article bashing Cunningham’s All-Star teammate, Caitlin Clark. Armour accused Clark of putting black players in “danger” by complaining to the referees. The columnist opined at the start of the World Cup that the United States had “already lost” by being a “hateful and greedy nation.”

Blah, blah, blah. How insightful. How sports.

America is just fine, thanks. If Sophie Cunningham can make it in the WNBA despite her good looks, minority background, and common-sense opinions, there’s hope for all of us.

READ MORE: Meet Sophie Cunningham, the WNBA Superstar and Scrappy Feminist Standing Up for Women’s Sports