Just when Sophie Cunningham was trying to resolve an impending knee issue and a severe hamstring problem while undergoing rehab, she found herself jostling another complication – a serious case of food poisoning during the holiday season. This put the Indiana Fever player in a predicament. Now, she has divulged the fine details of it during her podcast as to what led to the situation.

“We had like a friend’s Christmas, and I got some kind of food poisoning there at some point, cause that’s the only thing I really ate all day that day. I don’t know what it was, but I am not going to add them because they’re really good cooks. So I don’t know. Maybe it was just my stomach.”

“But I think it might have been like the store brought shrimp and I kept eating it, maybe that was the problem. So the next morning I had a flight, and I’m not kidding. We’ve already talked about laxatives on here, but here we go again. I could not s–t out of both ends the night before. But I had to get on the plane, and I was so queasy, and I looked like s–t,” Sophie Cunningham recounted the incident on the Show Me Something podcast.

Cunningham’s offseason has seen her engage mostly in off-court antics and share anecdotes about her personal life through her podcast and new business deals. Rehabilitation has also taken up much of her time there, and she has revealed her road to recovery via Instagram.

“Okay, I got two things, really two things. So, leaving rehab, the hamstring is on fire, like not recovering. Oh my God, it hurts so bad,” Sophie talked about the unbearable pain she was enduring.

This has been the case since last August, as the Fever player suffered the dreaded injury against the Connecticut Suns as they prevailed in OT 99-93. But that’s in the past.

Now, she is busy hosting the fourth annual Sophie Cunningham Classic in her hometown of Columbia, Missouri, starting January 9.

Sophie Cunningham Classic reaches its fourth season

The Sophie Cunningham Classic, which will kick off in a few hours from now as a series of 21 local high school girls’ basketball games, will be held Friday through Sunday at Columbia College.

This is a family-run event as her family, including her sister Lindsay, will serve as the main organizers of the show.

The action will kick off the event in the first game against Blue Valley North at 11 a.m. Friday. Rock Bridge will make two appearances: The Bruins will start at 9:30 p.m. Friday versus Olathe South and then close out the event at 4 p.m. Sunday against Liberty North.

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This basketball tournament should not be considered amateurish by any means, as it provides a platform to top women’s high school teams from the Midwest to showcase their talents. College coaches also attend these events, which puts these young prodigies on the scouts’ radar. Their education finances are also taken care of, courtesy of this noble initiative.

There will be some big names to look forward to – Vanderbilt commit Olivia Jones, Kentucky commits Savvy Swords and Emily McDonald, and Duke commit Sanai Green will all be seen battling it out for Missouri’s supremacy.

For those looking to collect souvenirs, there will be full access to Sophie Cunningham Classic merchandise, ranging from shirts to hats featuring the event’s logo or a caricature of Cunningham. Sophie has also gone the extra mile to add custom Missouri Cunningham jerseys to pay homage to her roots because this is where her initiation into basketball began, making her a standout in Missouri.

Her four years in college saw her amass 17.0 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game, becoming a three-time All-SEC member.

Naturally, Sophie is excited about it and will make Columbia College’s Southwell Complex her home for the next few days, devouring all the excitement.