Cavinder twins take issue with recent story, describe 'journalism practice' as 'blatant sexist trope'

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Hanna and Haley Cavinder helped lead the Miami Hurricanes to the Elite Eight in the women’s basketball tournament, which helped increase their already widely known profile on social media.

The twin sisters were the topic of a story in The Free Press with the tile "The NCAA Has a ‘Hot Girl’ Problem." The sub-headline on the piece read, "The Cavinder Twins, the emerging oligarchs of women’s college basketball, aren’t the best players. But they might be the best-looking."

The story touches on the appeal of the Cavinder twins and how they marketed themselves on social media and benefited in the name, image and likeness (NIL) era of college athletics.

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Haley and Hanna Cavinder are seen in attendance during Game Four of the 2023 NBA Finals between the Denver Nuggets and the Miami Heat at Kaseya Center on June 09, 2023 in Miami, Florida. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)

But hours after the story was published, Hanna Cavinder claimed she and her sister were misled.

"The interview for this article was obtained by a false pretense that it would be written about life after NIL, why we didn't take our fifth year, our passions, and business opportunities," the statement read. "We were specifically told via the publication the context would be to ‘see the Cavinders as a very important story not only in the context of women’s college sports but new media culture and business. They’re building a hugely successful brand, and they’re at the forefront of a new space, and we think that’s exciting and newsworthy.’

Haley Cavinder and Hanna Cavinder attend Game Four of the 2023 NBA Finals between the Denver