SOPHIE Cunningham has received unfortunate news on her knee injury, which the Indiana Fever star suffered over the weekend.<br /><br />The 28-year-old's family was left furious following the guard's brutal knee injury during the Fever's 99-93 win over the Connecticut Sun on Sunday.<br /><br />Cunningham collided with the Sun's Bria Hartley while she was defending under the basket.<br /><br />She was in pain and taken to the locker room with a leg issue.<br /><br />Cunningham underwent an MRI scan to determine the extent of the injury.<br /><br />However, the Fever announced that Cunningham will miss the rest of the season due to a right injury.<br /><br />Fortunately, the team did share that Cunningham is expected to make a full recovery.<br /><br />Due to the injury, the Fever has signed guard Shey Peddy to a seven-day hardship contract and released guard Kyra Lambert.<br /><br />Cunningham remained upbeat since her injury.<br /><br />However, her family has reacted furiously and accused the WNBA of not protecting its players.<br /><br />Cunningham's sister, Lindsey, wrote on X: "@WNBA, maybe you should focus less on fining players for commenting on your poor officiating & more on hiring officials that can call a consistent game and protect your athletes.<br /><br />Ophie reposted the message on her X account.<br /><br />The siblings' mother even sent a fierce comment on the situation.<br /><br />In a now-deleted post, Paula Cunningam wrote, "Hartley is a disgruntled player having trouble everywhere she goes; she's plain mean and plays out of control."<br /><br />The Fever will now be without two of their star players as Caitlin Clark has been out since July 15 with a groin injury.<br /><br />The two-time All-Star is expected to return to the court before the season ends.<br /><br />In 30 games and 13 starts, Cunningham averaged 8.6 points and 3.5 rebounds per contest.<br /><br />She has been one of the most popular players in the WNBA after being involved in a heated game with the Sun back in June.<br /><br />Cunningham was ejected from a June 17 game for a confrontation with Jacy Sheldon.<br /><br />She came to the rescue of Clark for an earlier incident with Connecticut in the contest.
