Former Purdue women's basketball star Stephanie White has led the Connecticut Sun to the semifinal round of the WNBA playoffs after sweeping the Indiana Fever.

"I think that in my 11-year career I never experienced the racial comments like from the Indiana Fever fan base," Thomas said.

WNBA players and their union spoke out against Commissioner Cathy Engelbert a few weeks ago when she failed to condemn racist and bitter criticism from fans toward the Caitlin Clark-Angel Reese rivalry during a TV interview. She later clarified that she’s vehemently opposed to “hate or racism.”