Sparks' social media account takes swipe at Fever's Sophie Cunningham over WNBA expansion remarks

The Los Angeles Sparks piled onto the Indiana Fever on Saturday night following their - win The Sparks social media account took a swipe at their opponents and used Sophie Cunningham s comments about WNBA expansion as its premise CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM List of cities Indiana has beef with Detroit Cleveland Los Angeles the post read The WNBA released that Cleveland Detroit and Philadelphia would be receiving franchises over the next sparse years adding to Toronto and Portland Cunningham wondered aloud whether fans would want to flock to the arenas in Cleveland and Detroit I don t know how excited people are to be going to Detroit or Cleveland she mentioned on July Cunningham clarified her comments while speaking to reporters on Thursday and defended blue-collar working people associated with Cleveland and Detroit FEVER'S LOSS TO SPARKS TRIGGERS MORE BACKLASH AGAINST ESPN ANALYST FOR CONTROVERSIAL CAITLIN CLARK TAKE First of all I know the history of the WNBA I know that both of those cities have had teams before and they got us where we re at so I m thankful for that she noted All I was really getting at was Broadway the off-court lifestyle and so I think that is really intriguing I think Miami s intriguing That s all I was getting at I think it would be fun to get specific teams outside of the NBA realm I think people totally misread the situation I would never speak down upon middle-class blue-collar working people That s where I come from I m from Missouri I get I m in Indiana and that s why I m kind of hinting at Broadway sounds fun Miami sounds fun That s all I was getting at Cunningham also addressed the backlash to her comments The people that hype you up are going to be the same people pushing you down And so for me I inevitably just kind of stay right here in the middle I think that was my personal opinion she stated Fox News Jackson Thompson contributed to this account Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter