'Nightcaps' is a daily column that catches you up on the biggest sports, news and culture stories you may have missed while pretending to do work at your desk.
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It runs Monday-Friday on OutKick.com.
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I don't know what's worse ...
My Red Sox getting absolutely embarrassed in Game 1 against the Yankees, or the fact that we still have WNBA drama to parse through on the final day of September.
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At least we can work her into today's class after last night's debacle in Indy.
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She's a content machine, and, frankly, makes a good point about the WNBA and the rules.
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You'll see.
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But first ... welcome to a Hump Day Nightcaps — the one where Sophie sends the league a message via her TikTok account.
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Nobody is doing it quite like Sophie right now.
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I'd like to see a few more baskets on the court, but that's just being nitpicky.
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What else should we hit on today?
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My Red Sox looked like trash last night, and I'm not sure it's getting any better tonight.
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The days of 2004 (and '07, '13 and '18) are long gone.
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I've also got a USC announcer offering up a sizzling take on the dirtiest hit in college football from last weekend, Mario Lopez using just the wildest AI image of Mr. Belding I've ever seen after news of his death broke yesterday and I need to ask you guys about these NBC/Peacock MLB broadcasts.
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Is it just me, or do these guys not shut up?
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I couldn't take it last night.
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I felt like I was listening to a three-hour podcast during Sox-Yanks, and the game was nothing more than background noise.
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OK, grab you one final September drink before the greatest month of the year begins tomorrow, and settle in for a Hump Day 'Cap!
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Sophie Cunningham has a point
Look, I don't want to do much WNBA today.
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I don't have it in me.
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Hockey started yesterday.
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I spent all summer doing this, and I was hoping to move on ...
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But the girls just refuse to give up the news cycle!
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You're the one who writes about it!
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Stop covering it, and they'll stop being relevant!
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Yes, I know.
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I've heard it before.
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My job is to follow the content.
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And last night, the content was in Indiana, where A’ja Wilson threw a tantrum because a fan ...
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Well, the fan did nothing wrong.
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He simply pointed at her after she got tangled up with Sophie Cunningham, resulting in a foul.
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Wilson took it so personally, that she actually went into the stands to confront this VERY MEAN FAN.
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She didn't quite make it to him, but she still entered the stands.
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It comes with an automatic ejection, and triggers an investigation from the league.
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None of that happened.
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So, being the only sane player in the league, Cunningham took it upon herself to raise that exact point in a social media post Wednesday afternoon.
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"Not trying to be dramatic at all, but I'm just here trying to have my morning coffee and, what a damn comeback year for the point," Cunningham said in the post, which was simply captioned "According to the rulebook....."
Anyone else annoyed by last night's broadcast?
Amazing.
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She never misses ... like I said, off the court.
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Cunningham, of course, went viral over the summer when she antagonized an opposing player by simply pointing at her.
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The clip exploded, T-shirts were made and Sophie's stardom took off like a rocket ship.
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Cunningham wasn't ejected or fined or anything like that, but that's because she didn't do anything wrong.
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…and 31 more, not listed.
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