Eric Daugherty of RightLine News, a conservative news outlet, tweeted on Tuesday that there were reports of Sophie Cunningham leaving the Indiana Fever at the end of the 2026 WNBA season. Daugherty then wondered if the potential move had anything to do with Cunningham's comments in an ESPN profile, where she said that she wanted to protect female athletes in sports where they "shouldn't have to go against biological men."
Daugherty did not cite the reports, though he reposted an article with fan speculation about Cunningham's future.
Still, Daugherty's tweet led to some intense reactions from netizens.
"if they release sophie, caitlin will back her and quit if necessary and the league will go back into obscurity," one fan claimed.
It's also worth pointing out that Cunningham is on a one-year deal with the Fever, meaning that she could be entering free agency instead of facing the prospect of getting "released" at the end of the season.

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Rotoworld's Top 200 Rankings—an average of ranks from Denny Carter, Patrick Daugherty, and myself—are live. They're updated with every news item and training camp update we get. Using them as a baseline, I've created tiers for every position. We view players within a tier roughly equally. Knowing when to strike at a position is just as important as knowing who to draft. These tiers should help you structure your draft in a way that maximizes value.
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No surprises here as the TE1 overall in 2025 and 2024 appear in the first tier. The ceiling with these two players is limitless in a way other tight ends can only dream of. McBride posted the third-most points for a tight end in NFL history last year, largely by setting the receptions record at 126. That goes down as 10 more than any other tight end in league history. Bowers holds the record for fantasy points by a rookie tight end. Even in a down 2025 season, his 43.3 PPR points in Week 9—on the back of a 12-127-3 receiving line—are the fourth-most for a tight end since the turn of the century. In both season-long and single-week measures, these two tight ends stand above the rest.
I strongly considered moving Loveland into Tier 1 and Warren into Tier 3. Loveland's final four games (including the postseason) were off the charts. He was targeted 48 times in total and topped 90 yards in three contests. Ben Johnson funneled him a 31 percent target share and a 35 percent air yards share. The Bears asked Loveland to be the centerpiece of their passing attack late in his rookie season and he only got better with more on his plate.
Warren, on the other hand, fizzled out down the stretch, finishing as a weekly TE1 for the final time in Week 12. With Daniel Jones under center, Warren was on pace for a monstrous season. Warren averaged 12.9 PPR points per game in 12 contests with Jones healthy. He was posting 1.9 yards per route run and .21 targets per route. Loveland finished the year at 1.9 and .23. We're likely looking at two very similar seasons if Jones stays healthy. Maybe he doesn't in 2026, but that's not a good reason for Warren to go two rounds after Loveland in fantasy drafts.

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The Nashville Predators have acquired center Jack Drury from the Colorado Avalanche in a trade that includes forwards Zach L'Heureux and Fedor Svechkov.
In the trade, the Predators are getting Drury, a 2029 third-round pick, and forward Chase Bradley. The Avalanche are getting Svechkov and L'Heureux, both former first-round picks by the Predators.
This story will be updated.
Alex Daugherty is the Predators beat writer for The Tennessean. He never uses artificial intelligence when developing or drafting stories. Contact Alex atjdaughertygannett.com. Follow Alex on X, the platform formerly called Twitter, alexdaugherty1. Also check out our Predators exclusive Instagram page tennessean_preds.
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The University of Cincinnati Bearcats men’s basketball team has added Jason Slay as ****** istant coach, first-year head coach Jerrod Calhoun announced on Tuesday, June 16. Slay comes to the Bearcats from Illinois State, where he served on staff for the last three seasons.
“I am really excited that Jason Slay will be joining our Bearcats’ staff,” Calhoun said. “He brings a wealth of knowledge and familiarity to our system. Jason has a tremendous motor and really cares deeply about developing student-athletes on and off the floor.”
In those three years at Illinois State, the last two of which Slay served as ****** ociate head coach, the Redbirds won 60 games and advanced to the semifinals of the NIT this past season. Among players Slay has coached are Chase Walker, a two-time First Team All-Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) selection; and Johnny Kinziger, a Second Team All-MVC honoree in 2024-25. Also from Illinois State, Jack Daugherty was on the MVC All-Freshman team, and Dalton Banks was on the MVC All-Defensive team.
Before his time at Illinois State, Slay was an ****** istant at the University of South Florida for two seasons, and served on Calhoun’s staff at Youngstown State from 2017-21, helping guide the Penguins to the first back-to-back winning seasons in almost a decade while setting Horizon League-era records for total wins. In his first season at Youngstown State, Slay helped YSU to a program-record 266 steals, breaking the 27-year-old record, while the offense scored the fifth-most points in school history.
Prior to his stint at Youngstown State, Slay was an ****** istant coach at Virginia Military Institute (2015-17), East Tennessee State (2014-15), Tennessee State (2013-14) and was the director of basketball operations at Georgia Southern (2012-13). He also spent time as the top ****** istant coach at Hargrave Military Academy after starting his coaching career at his alma mater of West Virginia State, after he graduated with his undergraduate degree in general education in 2008.