Eagles' AJ Dillon explains why Caitlin Clark's teammate, Sophie Cunningham, is his 'new favorite player'
Like a great number of sports fans these days A J Dillon is locked into the WNBA but not exactly because of Caitlin Clark It is truly one of her teammates -- Sophie Cunningham who has the new Philadelphia Eagles running back glued to the television In a latest interview with Fox News Digital Dillon stated he was like all the fans who became fans a week ago when Cunningham came to the defense of Clark who was fouled earlier in the battle by committing a flagrant foul of her own which resulted in a huge scrum on the court and ejections CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMDillon explained he was discussing the matter on his podcast with his brother-in-law and noted after recording that he would buy Cunningham's jersey Reports surfaced that Cunningham's jersey was out of stock and while those were never verified Dillon posted his purchase on social media Dillon mentioned she earned a newfound respect for Cunningham who he dubbed his new favorite participant for protecting her team's best participant Caitlin Clark s obviously the best competitor on that association arguably the best contestant in the WNBA if not the best You got your star athlete they re drawing a little bit but think about it like the quarterback That s our quarterback we re gonna make sure she s protected If somebody pushes Jalen Hurts everybody s gonna be in there I respected that being there for the unit Dillon informed Fox News Digital CAITLIN CLARK'S SHOOTING WOES CONTINUE AS FEVER RELY ON ALIYAH BOSTON'S CAREER NIGHT FOR WIN OVER STORMDillon added that he plans on debuting the jersey on the th of July on a boat I m a fan I like that approach to the encounter and just being a tough athlete for the crew not letting anybody push your teammates around I like that The whole ordeal occurred when Connecticut Sun guard Jacy Sheldon poked Clark in the eye last week She was also pushed to the floor by Marina Mabrey Cunningham wrapped up Sheldon under the basket on a hard foul in the fourth quarter and the two were ejected During that it was just part of the competition I think the refs had a lot to do with that It was a build-up for a couple years now of them just not protecting the star contestant of the WNBA Cunningham described reporters days after the club lost to the Golden State Valkyries At the end of the day I'm going to protect my teammates That's what I do Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this document Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
