Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham sparked a controversy with her comments surrounding the narrative of transgender athletes in women's sports when she said she wanted to “protect young girls in the locker room” and that “they shouldn’t have to go against biological men” in regards to transgender athletes participating. In the wake of her comments, former Seattle Times sports columnist Matt Calkins revealed he suddenly resigned from his position after the paper refused to publish his piece highlighting the concerns of transgender women taking part in women's sports. "I sent a draft after talking to my editor the morning of Friday, July 31, telling him there was no rush to run it.
He told me later that day that he and others were looking at it, but that it wouldn’t be ready for Sunday’s paper," he revealed in a post on his Substack. More WNBA: Fever President Sends Clear Message on Coach Stephanie White Amid Fan Tension More WNBA: Shaquille O’Neal Delivers Blunt Message to Caitlin Clark: ‘Toughen Up’ "Monday night, I got an email saying that his boss was hoping to talk to the top two newsroom editors about it on Wednesday. No feedback had been given to me.
Thursday afternoon, my editor informed me that it wasn’t going to run because I didn’t tell him I was doing this in advance," he added. In the end, Calkins decided to resign after the post wasn't published, but later pointed to a number of other articles that discussed "hot button" topics that were allegedly shut down by publication. More WNBA: WNBA Star Shares ‘Concerning’ Reaction to Sophie Cunningham Controversy
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