Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from WNBA game after confrontation
Former NBA player was removed from the arena after an incident with Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud.
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Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom greets a friend before a WNBA basketball game between the Indiana Fever and the Chicago Sky, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Photograph: Associated Press News (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from a WNBA game on Sunday night after a confrontation with Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud.
- Freedom was sitting courtside wearing a black shirt that read “WOMAN noun. adult human female.”
- Security and other players intervened before Freedom was escorted from Wintrust Arena.
- Freedom and former NBA player Royce White have declared themselves eligible for the WNBA draft, stating they identify as women.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 9 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
68/100
Craft
67/100
Hype
15/100
9 sources · methodology
Thin on the right so far
Only 1 of the 9 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from a WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and the Chicago Sky on Sunday night. The incident occurred late in the third quarter after a confrontation with Sky guard Natasha Cloud. Freedom was seated courtside and wearing a black shirt that read “WOMAN noun. adult human female.”
The confrontation began after a timeout with 1:22 remaining in the third quarter. Cloud yelled and pointed in Freedom's direction. Security personnel and several Chicago Sky players intervened to de-escalate the situation. Freedom was then escorted from Wintrust Arena, displaying his shirt as he departed. He also spoke with police officers before leaving the venue.
Freedom, along with former NBA player Royce White, recently declared themselves eligible for the WNBA draft, stating they identify as women.
Coverage comparison
All nine reports agree that Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from the Indiana Fever vs. Chicago Sky WNBA game after a confrontation with Natasha Cloud. They also agree that Freedom was wearing a shirt that read “WOMAN noun. adult human female.” and that security intervened before he was escorted out of the arena. The reports also concur that Freedom and Royce White have declared themselves eligible for the WNBA draft, stating they identify as women.
What the coverage left out
None of the right-rated digests mention that Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White have declared themselves eligible for the WNBA draft, stating they identify as women.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 2 times, most recently on 24 Aug 2026, 02:45, and will add the sides that appear.
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
4 rated outlets
- The left-rated reports from Associated Press, USA Today, The Toronto Star, and NBC LA all led with the ejection of Enes Kanter Freedom following a confrontation with Natasha Cloud. They detailed Freedom's courtside presence, his shirt's message, and the intervention of security and other players. These reports also included the information that Freedom and Royce White have declared themselves eligible for the WNBA draft, identifying as women.
Centre
4 rated outlets
- The centre-rated reports from Click on Detroit, Yankton Press & Dakotan, and Bluefield Daily Telegraph focused on Enes Kanter Freedom's ejection from the WNBA game after his confrontation with Natasha Cloud. They noted Freedom's courtside seating and the slogan on his shirt. These digests also mentioned Freedom and Royce White's declarations of eligibility for the WNBA draft as women.
Right
1 rated outlet
- The right-rated report from Fox News highlighted Enes Kanter Freedom's ejection from the game following a courtside shouting match with Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud. The digest stated that security escorted Freedom from Wintrust Arena.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from WNBA game after confrontation?
- Of the 9 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 44% are rated left, 45% are rated centre, 11% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from WNBA game after confrontation left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 9 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from WNBA game after confrontation biased?
- Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from WNBA game after confrontation is one event reported by 9 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 Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from WNBA game after confrontation?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right 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 Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from WNBA game after confrontation?
- 9 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.
- Why was Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from the WNBA game?
- Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from the Indiana Fever vs. Chicago Sky game after a confrontation with Sky guard Natasha Cloud. Cloud yelled and pointed at Freedom, who was sitting courtside wearing a shirt with a definition of 'woman'.
- What was Enes Kanter Freedom wearing?
- Enes Kanter Freedom was wearing a black shirt that read “WOMAN noun. adult human female.” He displayed this shirt as he was escorted from the arena.
- Who else declared themselves eligible for the WNBA draft?
- Former NBA player Royce White also declared himself eligible for the WNBA draft alongside Enes Kanter Freedom. Both stated they identify as women.
Read it at the source
9 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
4- Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from Fever-Sky game after he was confronted by Sky's Cloud (opens Associated Press News in a new tab)
Associated Press News — is Associated Press News biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Former NBA player was ejected from Fever-Sky game after player yells at Enes Kanter Freedom (opens USA Today in a new tab)
- Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from Fever-Sky game after being confronted by Natasha Cloud (opens NBC LA in a new tab)
- Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from Fever-Sky game after he was confronted by Sky’s Cloud (opens The Toronto Star in a new tab)
The Toronto Star — is The Toronto Star biased? Our profile of this outlet
Centre
4- Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from Fever-Sky game after he was confronted by Sky's Cloud (opens Bluefield Daily Telegraph in a new tab)
Bluefield Daily Telegraph — is Bluefield Daily Telegraph biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from Fever-Sky game after he was confronted by Sky's Cloud (opens Yankton Press & Dakotan in a new tab)
Yankton Press & Dakotan — is Yankton Press & Dakotan biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from Fever-Sky game after he was confronted by Sky's Cloud (opens Click on Detroit in a new tab)
Click on Detroit — is Click on Detroit biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Former NBA player was ejected from Fever-Sky game after player yells at Enes Kanter Freedom (opens Indy Star in a new tab)
Right
1Not rated
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
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