Fever star Sophie Cunningham is out for the season after a collision with Connecticut Sun player Bria Hartley. She doesn't believe Hartley was smiling afterward, despite what some fans think.

Following season-ending injuries to guards Sydney Colson and Aari McDonald, Sophie Cunningham on Tuesday was ruled out for the remainder of the 2025 season with an MCL tear in her right knee. In addition, Caitlin Clark has missed more than a month with a right groin strain, and her status for the rest of the season remains in jeopardy.

Sophie Cunningham and the Indiana Fever have entered the final stretch of the 2025 WNBA regular season, sitting at 19-16 as of Tuesday, good for sixth place in the league standings. But Cunningham suffered a knee injury in the second quarter of the overtime win against the Connecticut Sun on Sunday,