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Brian Urlacher is hardly a WNBA fan, but nan NFL fable cannot thief but watch Sophie Cunningham.
"She’s great. Bro, she’s truthful nosy to watch... It’s unbelievable. She’s truthful aggressive. She’s nosy to watch. I travel her connected Instagram. She’s sewage awesome worldly retired there," nan erstwhile Chicago Bears linebacker told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview.
But now, Urlacher is an moreover bigger instrumentality of nan Indiana Fever guard.
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Indiana Fever defender Sophie Cunningham brings nan shot up tribunal against nan Connecticut Sun connected July 22, 2026, astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis, Ind. (Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Urlacher told Fox News Digital past period that he follows nan transgender-athlete rumor "closely," truthful erstwhile Cunningham said "young girls...shouldn't person to spell against biologic men" successful sports, Urlacher was ecstatic.
"She conscionable says what’s true. She says common-sense things, and she gets truthful overmuch backlash. She’s like, 'Men should not beryllium playing successful women’s sports.' Why is that truthful controversial? I don’t get it. I don’t understand it," Urlacher said.
The Hall of Famer besides praised Cunningham for continuing to guidelines by her sentiments.
"It’s a elemental statement. She stood by it. That’s what I emotion astir erstwhile group opportunity things: Don’t backmost down. If you opportunity something, guidelines by it. And she said it. She backed it up. She’s not backing down, nary matter really overmuch power she gets from definite people," Urlacher said.
"It’s an 80-20 issue. Eighty percent of nan state thinks it’s true. The 20% is crushing her. Let them. Who cares? But I emotion that she didn’t backmost down. I emotion everything she stands for. She plays hard. She’s good. Like I said, I don’t watch nan WNBA, but I for illustration those 2 girls (Cunningham and Caitlin Clark) correct there."
Indiana Fever superstars Sophie Cunningham and Caitlin Clark are arguably nan 2 astir celebrated players successful nan WNBA. (NBAE via Getty Images)
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Urlacher besides noted that Cunningham astir apt took a consequence successful expressing her opinion, fixed that her peers are mostly wide aliases portion of nan cheery community.
"It’s a wide and mostly cheery league, which is fine. I person nary problem. My girl is gay. No problem. I’ve sewage nary problem pinch that... But man, what do you do, right? She said what she said. I cannot disagree pinch her," he said.
Since her comments surfaced, Cunningham has received support online from various Republican lawmakers and advocates for women's sports, including Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Eric Schmitt, R-Mo.
"I'll ever judge successful that. It's really important to protect children, and that's small girls who are besides progressive successful that category," Cunningham said past week.
Indiana Fever defender Sophie Cunningham reacts aft scoring during nan 2nd half of a WNBA crippled against nan Seattle Storm connected Sunday, May 17, 2026, astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
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"I'm not a very governmental person, but I do person beliefs. I person morals, and I'll ever guidelines connected those."
OutKick's Alejandro Avila contributed to this report.
