Riley Gaines, Royce White Draw Warm Indiana Support at 111-91 Fever Win
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 29
Riley Gaines, Royce White Draw Warm Indiana Support at 111-91 Fever Win
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 29
Summary
Indianapolis fans greeted Riley Gaines and former NBA player Royce White with hugs, photo requests and thanks at Friday’s Indiana Fever 111-91 win over Connecticut, contrasting with hostile receptions they previously faced elsewhere.
Gaines said the response differed sharply from Minneapolis, where she was booed at a WNBA game earlier this summer, while White’s ally Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected and later banned from Chicago’s Wintrust Arena last week.
White and Freedom have said they identify as trans women and plan to pursue the 2027 WNBA Draft, using the move to challenge what they call the league’s unclear rules on transgender participation.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, who attended with Gaines, said he is scrutinizing whether the WNBA’s bylaws clearly define eligibility and warned more states could intervene if the league does not clarify them.