India, Sept. 27 -- Sophie Cunningham is not retiring from the WNBA, despite a viral social media post claiming Caitlin Clark gave her a "proper farewell" after the Indiana Fever's regular-season finale against the Minnesota Lynx. The claim is false.

Cunningham played in Indiana's loss to Minnesota on September 24, finishing without a point. A post from the X account "Fever Updates" then used muted footage of Clark with a made-up quote suggesting Cunningham was leaving basketball.

There has been no retirement announcement from Cunningham or the Fever. She is on Indiana's roster for its first-round playoff game against the Las Vegas Aces.

The rumor started with an X post claiming Clark had spoken about Cunningham's supposed final WNBA re...