Sophie Cunningham Has One Word After Her Comments Spark Backlash originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The WNBA's recent expansion news was generally met with excitement by the basketball world. Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia have all been given expansion teams, which will join the WNBA within the next five years.

Beat 'em with the facts. The Detroit Shock, one of the league's original expansion teams who won three WNBA titles in 2003, '06 and '08, relocated to Tulsa, Oklahoma before settling in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in 2016. They are now the Dallas Wings.

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham has sparked reactions from Cleveland and Detroit after questioning the WNBA's decision to expand to those cities