Jonathan Alpert: Women were told to speak up. Except about women’s sports

Sophie Cunningham did exactly what women have been told to do for generations: She spoke up when she thought something was unfair. Apparently, that advice comes with an exception. Women have spent decades being told to trust their judgment, use their voices and refuse to stay quiet simply because an opinion makes someone uncomfortable. But when Cunningham said women’s sports should be for women, speaking up suddenly became the problem. That’s what makes her story bigger than basketball. Cunningh