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Caitlin Clark comments on Sophie Cunningham's trans athlete stance after WNBA game

Clark said the issue is for leagues to address, not players, after the Fever lost to the Lynx 108-100

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What this story says

  • Caitlin Clark addressed Sophie Cunningham’s stance on transgender athletes after the Fever’s 108-100 loss to the Minnesota Lynx on 3 August 2026.
  • Clark said the issue is for leagues and governing bodies to handle, not players, and that the team focuses on basketball.
  • Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve criticised the narrative that transgender athletes are the biggest problem in women’s sports.
  • No left- or right-rated outlets reported on Clark’s comments, according to the material available.

Who covered it

Left 29%(6)Centre 23%(5)Right 48%(10)

Percentages are shares of the 21 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 3 of the 24 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

55/100

Hype

55/100

24 sources · methodology

Missing from the left

Only 6 of the 21 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

A reader who follows the left would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark commented on teammate Sophie Cunningham’s stance regarding transgender athletes after the Fever’s 108-100 loss to the Minnesota Lynx on 3 August 2026. Clark said the issue was not a topic of discussion in the team’s locker room and should be addressed by leagues and governing bodies. The exchange followed Cunningham’s earlier remarks, which had drawn public attention.

Clark and Cunningham were prevented from speaking to reporters after the Fever’s win over the Seattle Storm on 29 July 2026, as reported by ESPN. The outlet suggested the media blackout was likely to avoid questions about an anti-trans protest outside the arena in Seattle. Clark’s comments on 3 August were her first public remarks on the subject.

Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve spoke to reporters before the game against the Fever. Reeve said she comes from a space of inclusion and criticised the narrative that transgender athletes are the biggest problem in women’s sports. She called the focus on the issue bothersome and said a faction of people in the U.S. was making it a massive issue.

What the coverage left out

No left- or right-rated outlets ran this story, according to the material available. The only report published was from a centre-rated outlet.

Coverage settled. We checked this 9 times and stopped on 9 Aug 2026, 02:15. The figures above are what it finished at.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

6 rated outlets

  • The six left-rated outlets all reported that Caitlin Clark addressed Sophie Cunningham’s comments on transgender athletes in women’s sports after a WNBA game on 2 August 2026. They agreed Clark did not endorse Cunningham’s stance and avoided taking a clear position herself.
  • People, OK! Magazine, BlackSportsOnline, and Complex led on Clark’s refusal to engage with the question, describing her response as silence, dodging, or shutting down the reporter. BlackSportsOnline and The Blast included that Clark became combative or enraged when pressed. The Blast and Latin Times also reported Megyn Kelly’s criticism of Clark’s response as cowardly.
  • Latin Times alone mentioned wider consequences of Cunningham’s comments, including rallies and a team co-owner’s suspension. None of the digests quoted Cunningham’s original remarks or included a direct statement from her.

Centre

5 rated outlets

  • The only report published, by Clutch Points, led on Clark’s comments and included her full statement. It described the controversy as surrounding Cunningham’s stance on transgender athletes. The report quoted Clark saying the issue was for leagues and governing bodies to resolve, not players, and that the team’s focus was on basketball.
  • Clutch Points also included Reeve’s remarks, framing them as a defence of trans athletes. The report noted that Clark and Cunningham had been kept from the media after the Seattle Storm game, attributing the detail to ESPN. It did not quote Cunningham directly or include her perspective on the issue.

Right

10 rated outlets

  • All six right-rated digests report that Caitlin Clark responded to questions about Sophie Cunningham’s comments on transgender athletes in women’s sports. None of the digests quote Clark endorsing or opposing Cunningham’s stance.
  • Five of the six digests lead on Clark’s refusal to take a position. Breitbart states she did not back Cunningham. The New York Post, TMZ, RedState, and ussanews.com describe her response as evasive or careful. US Daily Report notes the balancing act modern athletes face in public debates.
  • None of the digests include a direct quote from Cunningham. None mention the substance of Cunningham’s original comments or the governing bodies Clark referred the issue to.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Caitlin Clark comments on Sophie Cunningham's trans athlete stance…?
Of the 21 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 29% are rated left, 23% are rated centre, 48% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 24. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Caitlin Clark comments on Sophie Cunningham's trans athlete stance… left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 21 rated outlets on this story, 29% are rated left, 23% are rated centre, 48% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Caitlin Clark comments on Sophie Cunningham's trans athlete stance… biased?
Caitlin Clark comments on Sophie Cunningham's trans athlete stance after WNBA game is one event reported by 24 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Caitlin Clark comments on Sophie Cunningham's trans athlete stance…?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Caitlin Clark comments on Sophie Cunningham's trans athlete stance…?
24 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did Caitlin Clark say about Sophie Cunningham’s stance on transgender athletes?
Clark said the issue was not a discussion in the team’s locker room and should be handled by leagues and governing bodies, not players. She made the comments after the Fever’s 108-100 loss to the Minnesota Lynx on 3 August 2026, as reported by Clutch Points.
Why were Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham prevented from speaking to reporters after the Seattle Storm game?
ESPN reported that both players were kept from the media, likely to avoid questions about an anti-trans protest outside the arena in Seattle. The incident occurred after the Fever’s win over the Storm on 29 July 2026.
What did Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve say about transgender athletes?
Reeve said she comes from a space of inclusion and criticised the narrative that transgender athletes are the biggest problem in women’s sports. She called the focus on the issue bothersome and said a faction of people in the U.S. was making it a massive issue, as quoted by Clutch Points.

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6

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5

Right

10
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