WNBA's Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham defended her stance on protecting girls from playing in sports with transgender athletes, with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt joining her defense. After 29-year-old Cunningham faced backlash on her remarks on Tuesday, she said on Wednesday that she wasn’t changing her stance on the issue, the New York Post reported. In an interview with ESPN published Tuesday, Cunningham discussed transgender athletes. She denied that she dislikes transgender people but said she wants to protect “young girls.” “I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I’m like, ‘I never once said that,’” Cunningham told ESPN. “I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest. And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men,” she said. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt spoke out in support of Cunningham on Thu...