The Ben Shapiro Show - August 10, 2026


Two Biological Males Just 'Declared' for the WNBA Draft


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00:00:00.000 Alright, time to summarize the WNBA for you so far this season.
00:00:04.000 White lady dominates everybody else on the court.
00:00:06.000 A different white lady says obvious things.
00:00:08.000 A black lady who is not very good on the court proceeds to mug the white ladies.
00:00:12.000 The black lady gets punished.
00:00:13.000 The black lady complains that the entire system is rigged against black people.
00:00:17.000 Meanwhile, the league still can't figure out what the W stands for in WNBA and multiple NBA retirees declare for the next year's draft to prove the point.
00:00:24.000 Ah, it's beautiful.
00:00:25.000 The dumpster fire that is the WNBA has been brought to its knees by one player just saying obvious things.
00:00:31.000 So that is a thing that happened over the weekend.
00:00:35.000 When it turns out that a player named Dejeuner Carrington went directly after Sophie Cunningham.
00:00:42.000 So, Sophie Cunningham, of course, is the player for the Indiana Fever who has said, who's made the horrifyingly true statement that boys are not girls and has stood up for Caitlyn Clark when she was getting, no pun intended, manhandled, or I guess womanhandled.
00:00:58.000 In any case, so Dejeuner Carrington, Cunningham is coming down the lane with the speed of a gazelle.
00:01:06.000 And Dijonet Carrington comes from behind and just clotheslines her.
00:01:10.000 Here's Cunningham up ahead of the field, lays it in.
00:01:14.000 Oh my goodness.
00:01:14.000 And then Cunningham gets into the face of Dijonet Carrington right away in the aftermath.
00:01:21.000 I mean, yeah, that is not that.
00:01:22.000 I mean, she just hammers her.
00:01:23.000 I mean, for no reason, by the way.
00:01:25.000 I mean, just clocks this.
00:01:26.000 Look at this.
00:01:27.000 Oh, that is not.
00:01:28.000 I'm sorry.
00:01:28.000 That's not even.
00:01:32.000 I mean, definitely going to be upgraded to a flagrant.
00:01:34.000 She's not even trying to hold her to stop her from making the layup.
00:01:37.000 She just goes around her head.
00:01:43.000 Well, yeah.
00:01:46.000 She's complaining about that?
00:01:47.000 In what world?
00:01:55.000 Well, yeah.
00:01:55.000 I mean, look at this.
00:01:56.000 She doesn't just, like, grab her on the shoulder.
00:01:58.000 She, like, grabs her around the face.
00:02:01.000 Come on.
00:02:02.000 Okay, so she gets ejected.
00:02:03.000 And it turns out that the real victim here is Dijonet Carrington.
00:02:08.000 She then tweeted out.
00:02:10.000 All caps, white privilege at Indiana Fever.
00:02:15.000 What now?
00:02:17.000 What now?
00:02:18.000 So you clothesline.
00:02:19.000 I mean, again, absolute clotheslining.
00:02:23.000 And then she posted 8 23, which is the date that she plays the Fever next.
00:02:28.000 And now again, we've seen some pretty hard fouls in the sport.
00:02:31.000 This is like 1980s basketball, honestly, like 1980s NBA.
00:02:34.000 This is, as a Celtics fan, this is a play near and dear to my heart.
00:02:37.000 This is the Kevin McHale clothesline of Kurt Rambis in the 1984 finals that may, in fact, have turned around the finals in favor of the Celtics.
00:02:42.000 It looks like this, right?
00:02:50.000 Here's Rambus, and then here comes Mikhail, and Mikhail kind of grabs him.
00:02:50.000 There we go.
00:02:54.000 Okay, it's like the same play, except way, way worse from Dijonet Carrington, who grabbed him around the head.
00:03:00.000 Here he sort of grabs him around the shoulder, a little bit of the neck.
00:03:04.000 Okay, but that was like a super hard foul on Kurt Rambus back in 1984.
00:03:08.000 That was considered like one of the hardest fouls.
00:03:11.000 So, yeah, I mean, that's a play grid.
00:03:14.000 Okay, let's be real about.
00:03:16.000 Okay, white privilege?
00:03:17.000 Why is everything white privilege?
00:03:19.000 That is it.
00:03:19.000 Why?
00:03:20.000 It's not white privilege if the player that you absolutely destroyed coming down the court, like she's Rudy Tomjanovic and you're a Kermit Washington, is somehow an aspect of white privilege when you get ejected.
00:03:31.000 Like, come on.
00:03:33.000 But here was the Indiana Fever coach doing the obligatory thing, defending DeJane Carrington.
00:03:40.000 Look, it was a hard foul.
00:03:41.000 I don't think that DeJane intentionally came out to get her across the neck like she did, but it did happen.
00:03:48.000 And I thought it was the right call.
00:03:50.000 But, you know, one of the things about Ney is that she's going to play her butt off, man.
00:03:54.000 Nobody's going to go walking in for a layup.
00:03:54.000 She's going to compete.
00:03:56.000 And so I'm not, I don't oppose the hard foul.
00:04:00.000 But I also don't think that she intentionally went for the Ney.
00:04:05.000 And Kaylin Clark does not look particularly happy about this particular statement by her coach sitting right next to her.
00:04:10.000 Again, it's ridiculous.
00:04:11.000 Okay, so fine.
00:04:12.000 But she's the one who's claiming white privilege.
00:04:12.000 Say that.
00:04:15.000 She's the one who says it's white privilege to be ejected.
00:04:18.000 Like the WNBA just cannot get out of its own way.
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00:05:21.000 Okay, meanwhile, apparently a lot of people were very upset that Caitlin Clark bumped into a referee and then got a technical.
00:05:26.000 It was later rescinded.
00:05:28.000 Here's what that looked like.
00:05:30.000 The fever has been told this technical foul was for Kayla Clark running into the official.
00:05:36.000 Here's what happened.
00:05:38.000 She lets go of the ball, spins off of her.
00:05:41.000 I don't see in what world that contact rises to the level of a T.
00:05:47.000 Okay, and they called the foul and then they uncalled the foul because, again, that's not even remotely a technical foul.
00:05:53.000 And then people are like, racism!
00:05:54.000 Guys, do you want your league to be successful or not?
00:05:58.000 Honestly, you make it not fun.
00:06:00.000 You make it not fun because you're being like this.
00:06:02.000 Because you're being so stupid and obnoxious.
00:06:04.000 You're making whatever this is.
00:06:06.000 It's barely fun anyway.
00:06:07.000 You're making it super duper not fun.
00:06:10.000 You know, sports should be kind of fun.
00:06:11.000 I'll admit that over the weekend, my kids and I discovered banana ball, which is basically a form of baseball starring the Savannah bananas.
00:06:17.000 And my kids are super into this.
00:06:18.000 Why?
00:06:19.000 Because they care about the fun of it.
00:06:20.000 It's like silly and fun.
00:06:21.000 Sports should be fun.
00:06:23.000 Sports should be interesting.
00:06:24.000 It should not be this.
00:06:25.000 Now, speaking of the WNBA on Friday, Enos Cantor, with whom I'm friendly, Is a former center for a wide variety of teams, including the Boston Celtics.
00:06:25.000 It should not be this.
00:06:34.000 He declared for the WNBA draft.
00:06:38.000 This is hilarious.
00:06:42.000 After careful consideration and reviewing the current eligibility guidelines, I am officially declaring myself a WNBA prospect.
00:06:49.000 If simply declaring who you are is all that's required, then I meet every single requirement necessary to compete in the WNBA.
00:06:57.000 My team and I have carefully examined the WNBA's eligibility criteria and governing framework surrounding self identification and inclusion.
00:07:05.000 Based on the current guidelines, I can and am officially declaring my eligibility for the upcoming WNBA draft in May 2027.
00:07:12.000 I am definitely not here to mock, make fun of, or disrespect any community or personal choices.
00:07:18.000 I am simply asking that the current rules be applied equally to everyone.
00:07:22.000 The rules that represent the very values many WNBA players and coaches have publicly advocated for.
00:07:28.000 My team and I are prepared to ensure these guidelines are applied equally, consistently, and without exception.
00:07:34.000 And I look forward to the WNBA honoring its stated principles.
00:07:38.000 See you at training camp.
00:07:41.000 Okay, so just to state the obvious, Enos Cantor in the WNBA would be the funniest thing in the history of sports.
00:07:48.000 A 2 6 11.
00:07:49.000 And he's a pretty good NBA player.
00:07:52.000 That would be, Wilt's record would be easily within reach.
00:07:57.000 Easily.
00:07:58.000 He was not the only player to come out and do this.
00:08:00.000 Royce White also declared for the 2027 WNBA draft.
00:08:06.000 Oh, earlier this week, I made the announcement.
00:08:08.000 I'm transgender.
00:08:10.000 I identify as sometimes identifying as a woman.
00:08:10.000 I'm a woman.
00:08:14.000 For purposes of basketball, professional basketball.
00:08:17.000 So I'll be declaring for the WNBA draft in 2027 as well.
00:08:22.000 I mean, I think I'd be unstoppable.
00:08:25.000 But I'm a team first guy.
00:08:28.000 I'm a pass first kind of player.
00:08:30.000 I do the little things.
00:08:32.000 I led my team in all five major stat categories at Iowa State University.
00:08:36.000 So I do a little bit of everything.
00:08:38.000 I'll do whatever the coach needs me to do, I'll do whatever the girls need me to do.
00:08:44.000 Yeah.
00:08:45.000 Well, now the WNBA is going to have to do something about this.
00:08:48.000 According to the Associated Press, The WNBA wants to set some standards.
00:08:53.000 Apparently, the WNBA commissioner wrote in a memo I know many of you have received questions in recent weeks regarding transgender athlete participation in women's basketball.
00:09:00.000 I expect this topic will continue to receive significant attention.
00:09:03.000 And they're going to have a task force of team presidents and general managers at a previously scheduled meeting next week.
00:09:10.000 The commissioner said that the league will always approach this topic thoughtfully, respectfully, and in alignment with the longstanding values of our league.
00:09:17.000 Secondly, our player eligibility rules, unlike the eligibility rules of some other leagues and governing bodies, are collectively bargained.
00:09:23.000 Lastly, preserving the integrity of our game and ensuring fair competition will always remain among the league's highest priorities.
00:09:28.000 I don't know.
00:09:29.000 I don't know, man.
00:09:30.000 I think discrimination is coming.
00:09:31.000 You can feel it.
00:09:32.000 You can feel it happening.
00:09:33.000 It's coming.
00:09:34.000 And we'll fight that.
00:09:35.000 We'll stand against the discrimination of the WNBA in only allowing women to play.
00:09:40.000 They can't do it.
00:09:41.000 It's not right.
00:09:42.000 It's not right.
00:09:43.000 Gotta let the boys who say they're girls, or even if they don't say they're girls, just, you know, sport for everyone.
00:09:48.000 Sport for everyone.
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