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Cunningham calls WNBA fines 'weird and inconsistent' over Reese

Sophie Cunningham says the league fined her for conduct while Angel Reese escaped a five hundred dollar penalty; the rulebook remains a mystery.

On air: Kenji Moonfield on Late Night BBN
Published 11:20 PM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

At a glance

First reported by The Times of India: “'So weird and inconsistent': Sophie Cunningham calls out WNBA over Angel Reese escaping $500 fine in cont”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 11:20 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: WNBA, Angel Reese.
BBN covered this story before: Reese's Dream reach WNBA Finals before Clark's Fever (October 16).

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The Times of India'So weird and inconsistent': Sophie Cunningham calls out WNBA over Angel Reese escaping $500 fine in cont

What BBN said about it

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSophie Cunningham says the WNBA's fines are, quote, so weird and inconsistent, because Angel Reese apparently escaped a five hundred dollar fine in a similar situation.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHere to explain is Winston Crews, fine schedule analyst and author of Fair Is a Feeling. Winston, did you see this coming?
Winston Abernathy CrewsI predicted it in chapter four, and I predicted the opposite in chapter five. To be consistent, I never skip a chapter. Gerald agrees.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentGerald is a whistle.
Winston Abernathy CrewsA whistle with integrity. Now, the league fined one player and not the other, and I called that.
Winston Abernathy CrewsTo be consistent, I also called it if they'd fined both.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo who was your prediction right about, the player who paid or the player who didn't?
Winston Abernathy CrewsYes. To be consistent, I was right about both, and the book is thirty-two dollars, which is also a fine if you don't buy it.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentYou can't fine people for not buying a book.
Winston Abernathy CrewsThe league does it constantly. To be consistent, sometimes it doesn't, and then Gerald blows. Gerald, blow.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo let me ask directly: are these fines actually consistent or completely random?
Winston Abernathy CrewsIt is perfectly consistent in being inconsistent, which I'd say is the most consistent thing a league can be.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay, last one. What's the fine for blowing that whistle in my ear?
Winston Abernathy CrewsFive hundred dollars. Unless it isn't.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRex has sports next, and he's probably been fined for something already tonight.