The Indiana Fever guard has emerged over the past several months as one of the WNBA’s most recognizable personalities. That statement, and Cunningham’s refusal to retreat from it, transformed a rising basketball personality into a broader cultural figure. Conservative commentators embraced her almost immediately, but her appeal extends beyond people who follow politics — or women’s basketball. RELATED: WNBA star Sophie Cunningham comes out against men in women’s sports: ‘I want to protect young girls’Justin Casterline/Getty ImagesThe support was predictable. Cunningham does not seem embarrassed by any of it.