How the Liberty went up 2-0 vs. Aces, and how the Lynx evened their series with the Sun ... Las Vegas Aces1dTyler R. Tynes ... Sun forward Alyssa Thomas says the racial comments on social media from Fever fans is unacceptable.
We've been professional throughout the whole entire thing, but I've never been called the things that I've been called on social media. ... "Basketball is headed in a great direction, but we don't want fans that are going to degrade us and call us racial names.And we come to play basketball for our job and it's fun, but we don't want to go to work every day and have social media blown up over things like that. It's uncalled for. Something needs to be done, whether it's them checking their fans or this league checking, there's no time for it anymore."It isn't clear what the fan said. Sides made her comments unprompted. As for a response to what Thomas said, Sun coach Stephanie White added, "We have to do a better job. "We've seen a lot of racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia throughout the course of our country. Sport is no exception, and it's unacceptable."The WNBA is a competitive league with some of the most elite athletes in the world," it said. "While we welcome a growing fan base, the WNBA will not tolerate racist, derogatory, or threatening comments made about players, teams and anyone affiliated with the league.