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Indiana Fever Star Sophie Cunningham Debuts New Podcast

Sophie Cunningham, of the Indiana Fever, has teamed up with Colin Cowherd and actuality star West Wilson to affix the web’s airwaves.

She has the meats, and now she has a podcast.

Indiana Fever Star Sophie Cunningham Debuts New Podcast
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Indiana Fever star—and new Arby’s spokeswoman—Sophie Cunningham is the most recent skilled athlete to dip her toe into the podcasting waters, debuting her new program “Present Me One thing” on Wednesday. The present is backed by Colin Cowherd’s The Quantity and is co-hosted by Bravo actuality star and former Advanced producer West Wilson, who grew up with Cunningham in Missouri (which is often known as the “Present Me State”).

“We’re positively going to hit on the WNBA, an enormous subject in sports activities proper now, after which Bravo, clearly, however popular culture, meals, trend, journey, let’s unfold this factor large open as a result of we actually do discuss something,” Cunningham mentioned in an interview with Natasha Dye of Individuals. “It’ll be cool that folks can see our humor, what we’re really like and, it’s coming from us and never from different folks perceiving or portraying what they assume we’re.”

Cunningham, who turns 29 later this month, isn’t any stranger to media, having beforehand served as an analyst for Phoenix Suns video games throughout her time with their sister group, the Phoenix Mercury. She initially entered the WNBA as a second-round choose of the Mercury’s after a sterling profession on the College of Missouri. 

Over six years in Phoenix, Cunningham developed a status for bodily play and her profile has solely elevated since becoming a member of the Fever final offseason. Cunningham has developed a powerful rapport with Fever franchise face Caitlin Clark and has garnered a brand new identification as an enforcer when opponents goal Clark and different teammates with bodily protection.

Cunningham has since performed that function into a number of endorsement offers, together with Adidas, Arby’s, and Ring. She’s averaging 7.7 factors, 3.8 rebounds, and a steal in her debut season in Indianapolis, which has produced a victory within the Commissioner’s Cup in-season competitors.

Clark, the truth is, was the topic of considered one of Cunningham’s first impassioned rants on this system, making her teammate’s case because the face of the WNBA, which has loved an simple surge in recognition since her skilled arrival final season.

“There’s actually good, well-known folks in our league. I’m not discrediting them. We have now quite a lot of badasses in our league. Hell yeah to that,” Cunningham mentioned. “I’m all for that. However when folks attempt to argue that she’s not the face of our league or our league could be the place we’re at with out her, you’re dumb as s***.”

Wilson is finest identified for showing within the final three seasons of the Bravo collection “Summer time Home,” which doc the actions of a gaggle of summer time dwelling dwellers within the Lengthy Island city of Southampton. Wilson has additionally appeared on a number of episodes of “Watch What Occurs Dwell with Andy Cohen” in addition to NFL Community’s “Good Morning Soccer.”

Along with her podcasting debut recorded, Cunningham will return to motion with the Fever on Friday after they go to Arlington to face the Dallas Wings (7:30 p.m. ET, Ion).  

Geoff Magliocchetti is on X @GeoffJMags


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