Sydney Colson, a former player for the Indiana Fever in the WNBA, used her podcast "Unsupervised with Syd & TP" to criticize fellow players and Fever fans. She told White teammates to "shut the f--- up" if they do not support protecting women’s sports from biological males competing as females. Colson also accused White fans of being racist, sexist, and homophobic while ignoring evidence that contradicts her claims about fan behavior at games.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-09,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
The former WNBA bench player, who charges fans sitting in the baseline seats, sent a direct message to former teammate Sophie Cunningham and White colleagues across the league, telling them to: "Shut the f--- up."
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who → charge → f---
The former Indiana Fever player jumped on her podcast, "Unsupervised with Syd & TP," to unleash a tirade aimed squarely at two targets: Cunningham and White Fever fans.
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player → jump → targets
Targeting Cunningham and other White players who express support for protecting women's sports, Colson unloaded:
"Let me just tell you now, for real, for real: for the White players in the league, when you don’t say s—, and even worse, when you say things that are harmful, talking about the trans s---, nobody respects you.
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nobody → target → you
Nobody wants to hear your opinion."
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Nobody → want → opinion
Colson explicitly targeted Cunningham's stance on biological men competing in women's sports, attacking players who claim to value team solidarity while holding those views:
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who → target → views
"Listen, if you never speak up about a damn thing when you know it’s impacting the people you claim to love and care about, you know, ‘We’re fighting together as a team, sister,’ blah, blah, blah, and you don’t speak up when things affect them, they don’t respect you.
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they → listen → you
They’re just trying to make it."
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They → try → it
She added:
"And you ought to be ashamed.
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you → add → ?
Y’all ought to be ashamed to act like you’re cool with people, to act like you care about sisterhood, all of these things."
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you → act → things
Colson's hostility toward her peers matches the disdain she directs at White Fever fans in Indianapolis.
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she → match → Indianapolis
The 37-year-old took a giant swipe at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse crowd, claiming:
"This environment is not discouraging people from showing up and being hateful, racist, homophobic, sexist, or any of those things."
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environment → take → things
Colson demanded everyone "keep this in reality," accusing fans of ignoring players' complaints.
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everyone → demand → complaints
"People are being told that things are not based in reality, even though players are documented and on record saying what they have experienced," Colson claimed.
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Colson → tell → what
She went so far as to call the arena atmosphere "a slap in the face to Black players who are in the organization right now, who have been in it, or who are going to possibly have to be in it.
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who → go → it
But when arena security reviewed video of a fan pointing at A'ja Wilson, it found no code of conduct violation.
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it → review → violation
The fan pointed and yelled, "It's on you!" after a foul call.
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It → point → call
Colson ignored the official security report anyway, treating White fans in Indianapolis as guilty until proven innocent:
"I know that it is not every Fever fan, but it is enough, and it is enough for me to need to tell you that there is a problem that you need to address."
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you → ignore → that
The sports media machine, from outlets like The Athletic to commentators like Colson, constantly weaponizes race to attack Indiana fans.
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machine → weaponize → fans
Since Caitlin Clark helped drive the WNBA's popularity, left-wing sports writers have bristled at traditional fans filling arenas.
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fans → help → arenas
They look for reasons to villainize sold-out crowds in Indianapolis.
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They → look → Indianapolis
That same animus drives Colson's treatment of Cunningham on social media.
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animus → drive → media
When Chicago's DiJonai Carrington bloodied Cunningham with a flagrant foul, Colson mocked her former teammate on Threads:
"Love a trans foul."
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Colson → bloody → foul
Cheering for harm against a former teammate over a basic political disagreement is total garbage.
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Cheering → cheer → disagreement
Imagine a male commentator charging into the baseline seats, getting physically held back by production staff, then hopping on a podcast to tell his colleagues to "shut the f--- up."
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commentator → imagine → f---
He would be fired before reaching his car.
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He → fire → car
The sports media elite actively protects Colson after every baseline meltdown.
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elite → protect → meltdown
Media figures like Colson alienate the spectators funding their league's growth.
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figures → alienate → growth
Turning paying ticket buyers into political punching bags and telling colleagues to shut up is terrible business and toxic for basketball.
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Turning → turn → basketball
The WNBA has a clear choice.
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WNBA → have → choice
League brass can keep coddling bitter media figures, or stand up for the fans paying for tickets.
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brass → keep → tickets
Drop the double standard and hold Sydney Colson accountable once and for all.
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Colson → drop → all
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