Ex-NBA player tells Laura Ingraham why WNBA can't ban him: 'I identify as a woman'
Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from a WNBA game after a confrontation with Chicago Sky player Natasha Cloud. Freedom claims he was there to support athlete Sophie Cunningham, while Cloud reportedly confronted him over his presence and comments.
Why it matters
The incident highlights ongoing cultural tensions regarding gender identity in sports and the increasingly polarized nature of fan interactions at professional sporting events.
Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom joined Laura Ingraham on "The Ingraham Angle" Monday night to set the record straight following his chaotic courtside ejection from Sunday's Indiana Fever-Chicago Sky matchup. Freedom was escorted out of Wintrust Arena late in the third quarter after Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud unleashed an explicit, profanity-laced tirade against him after simply celebrating a 3-pointer by Fever guard Sophie Cunningham. Freedom, who sat baseline wearing a shirt defining "woman" as an "adult human female," explained to Ingraham that he attended purely out of love for basketball and to back Cunningham, an athlete who has faced relentless backlash for defending female sports.
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