OutKick commentator Dan Dakich criticised Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White over remarks she made before Tuesday’s game against the New York Liberty, calling her response inadequate and using insulting language. The dispute centres on White’s handling of an earlier incident involving Fever player Sophie Cunningham and Chicago Sky player DiJonai Carrington, and has prompted wider reaction from players and media figures.

White’s comments came before Indiana’s 106–92 victory over New York. The article says Dakich viewed her subsequent explanation as backtracking after she had, in his view, failed to defend Cunningham strongly enough following Carrington’s flagrant foul.