Sophie Cunningham is drawing fire from the media for speaking out on women’s sports — with Vanity Fair labeling the Indiana Fever player a “MAGA fixation.”

On Saturday’s “The Count,” NEWSMAX host Bill Spadea is joined by Front Porch Politics co-host Melanie Collette and former professional tennis player and ESPN analyst Patrick McEnroe to examine the backlash surrounding Cunningham and the growing culture war inside the WNBA.

The panel weighs in after a WNBA task force failed to reach an agreement on eligibility rules for transgender athletes, with McEnroe arguing the league needs a clear standard for women’s competition.

They also tackle the controversy surrounding a hard foul against Cunningham, a subsequent “white privilege” claim, and whether politics and racial rhetoric are distracting from the WNBA’s growing success. Plus, the panel looks at Caitlin Clark’s impact on the league and what the WNBA needs to do to keep building its audience.

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