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Sophie Cunningham Posts Knee-Brace Dance Video as She Rehabs After MCL Surgery

Indiana faces a thinned guard rotation with Cunningham out for the rest of 2025.

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Aug 17, 2025; Uncasville, Connecticut, USA; Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham (8) warms up before the start of the game against the Connecticut Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-Imagn Images.

Overview

  • A Sept. 2 social video shows the Fever guard dancing in a bikini while wearing a knee brace and lip‑syncing to a Renee Rapp track.
  • Cunningham wrote on Instagram that she is “starting to feel like me again,” adding a playful warning to the league as her rehab progresses.
  • The 29-year-old tore the MCL in her right knee on Aug. 17 against the Sun, underwent surgery days later, and has been ruled out for the season.
  • Indiana has absorbed multiple backcourt losses, with Sydney Colson (ACL) and Aari McDonald (broken foot) out for the year and Caitlin Clark missing games with a groin injury, as the team sits 21–20.
  • In her first season with Indiana after six years in Phoenix, Cunningham averaged 8.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists, and she has publicly said Bria Hartley’s collision that preceded the injury had no ill intent.