Sports media hits all-time low in coverage of DiJonai Carrington and Sophie Cunningham

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If you thought DiJonai Carrington clotheslining Sophie Cunningham, then posting "White privilege" from the locker room after her ejection, would cause the sports media to acknowledge the actual racism in the WNBA, you thought wrong.

To neutral observers, the story on Saturday is hardly difficult to analyze. Carrington committed a dirty, flagrant worthy play that could have seriously injured Cunningham, leaving her bloodied in the mouth from the contact. The officials rightfully ejected Carrington. She responded by accusing league officials of racism, an accusation that, while baseless, is nevertheless serious.

And yet, the race ladies of Threads and Bluesky have rushed to Carrington's defense.

It appears the group chat settled on the talking point that Cunningham committed a similar foul last year and became famous for it, thus proving a racial double standard.

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"DiJonai Carrington receiving a Flagrant 2 and an ejection was the right call, but let’s go back to the play that made Sophie Cunningham famous," Jemele Hill posted. "SC gained a million followers overnight. She is affectionately known as an enforcer. Nobody suggested she should be brought up on assault charges despite her play being clear retaliation."

"Meanwhile DiJonai Carrington was actually going for the ball but she’s being called racial slurs, a thug, and some suggested a suspension for multiple games."

Hill's sidekick, the always bitter Cari Champion, posted essentially the same response