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Carrington hits two more faces after flagrant foul drama
A basketball player named DiJonai Carrington plays for the Chicago Sky.
During games, her hands and arms have hit other players in the face.
First, she hit Sophie Cunningham hard and got thrown out of the game.
After that, she wrote 'WHITE PRIVILEGE' online, and lots of people talked about it.
She later said people misunderstood her and she never blamed the referee's decision on white privilege.
A few days later, her hand hit Cecilia Zandalasini near the eye.
Then she hit Tiffany Hayes in the mouth when Hayes tried to score.
The referees did not give her a flagrant foul for either of those plays.
Some people think she plays a dangerous, dirty style of basketball, but Carrington says she is not a dirty player.
The league has not said anything about what happened.
Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington made contact with the faces of two Golden State Valkyries players during Wednesday's 91-71 loss.
Days earlier she was ejected for a Flagrant 2 foul on Indiana Fever's Sophie Cunningham that left her bleeding from the mouth.
Carrington posted 'WHITE PRIVILEGE' on Instagram Threads after the ejection, later saying readers assumed she claimed white privilege influenced the call.
Neither of the two new face-contact plays drew a flagrant or technical foul.
In three games over four days she has made contact with the faces of Sophie Cunningham, Cecilia Zandalasini and Tiffany Hayes; the WNBA has issued no statement.
Carrington received a technical foul in the third quarter for arguing with a referee, her second of the season.
- Who
- DiJonai Carrington, guard for the Chicago Sky, and opponents Sophie Cunningham, Cecilia Zandalasini and Tiffany Hayes
- What
- Carrington made contact with the faces of multiple opponents in consecutive games, renewing debate over her physical style of play
- Where
- WNBA games, including the Chicago Sky's 91-71 loss to the Golden State Valkyries
- When
- Over three games spanning four days, most recently Wednesday
- Why
- Her hard Flagrant 2 foul on Sophie Cunningham sparked an ejection and a social-media controversy over her 'WHITE PRIVILEGE' post
Critics
Carrington's defense
Play style
Critics
Critics point to three face hits in four days as evidence that Carrington plays a dirty, dangerous style.
Carrington's defense
Carrington has rejected the dirty-player label for years and defends the contact as part of normal physical play.
WHITE PRIVILEGE post
Critics
Many readers took the post as a claim that race influenced the officials' ejection decision.
Carrington's defense
Carrington said that was readers' assumption and that she never claimed the foul assessment was white privilege.
Key facts
- Player
- DiJonai Carrington
- Team
- Chicago Sky
- Position
- Guard
- Wednesday's result
- Chicago Sky 71, Golden State Valkyries 91
- Flagrant foul
- Flagrant 2 on Sophie Cunningham, resulting in ejection
- Players hit in three games
- Sophie Cunningham, Cecilia Zandalasini, Tiffany Hayes
- Technical fouls this season
- 2
- League response
- No public statement or additional discipline issued
Quotes
DiJonai Carrington
Chicago Sky guard
“"I’ve never once claimed that the assessment of the foul was white privilege (that was your assumption)," she wrote.”
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