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Natasha Cloud rips ‘weak’ men for throwing sex toys on court during WNBA games in NSFW rant: ‘Lame as f–k’

Nypost · · 524 words · By Joseph Staszewski
WNBA Fan Conduct Gender Dynamics in Sports
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Natasha Cloud has had enough of the sex toys being thrown on the court during WNBA games.

Claims checked 10
Techniques found 2
Topics 2

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What happened

Natasha Cloud has had enough of the sex toys being thrown on the court during WNBA games.

Why it matters

The Sky star, who scored 17 points, slammed fans partaking in the act after at least three sex toys were tossed on the court during the third quarter of Chicago’s 73-70 win over the Valkyries at Wintrust Arena on Friday night.

Common ground

The incident briefly disrupted play in a game Sydney Taylor eventually won with a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Dream star Angel Reese was seen on video pointing out the perpetrator.”
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Three independent sources (AOL, The Mirror US, and another web result) confirm that video exists of Angel Reese pointing out the person who threw the sex toy during the Dream vs. Sparks game.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 WNBA season is the 30th and current season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The league expanded from 13 to 15 teams with the addition of the Portland Fire and Toronto Te…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_WNBA_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Angel Reese (born May 6, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Rose of Unrivaled. Nicknamed the "Bayou Bar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Reese
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Atlanta Dream are an American professional basketball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Dream compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Easter…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Dream
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Claim 2: “They were thrown on the court during games in Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Phoenix and Los Angeles.”
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Sources explicitly list Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Phoenix, and Los Angeles as cities where these incidents occurred last season.
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web search NEUTRAL — New York Liberty. Phoenix Mercury.Sex toys being thrown onto the court became an issue last season in July, when an object was thrown onto the court across six games, including in Atlanta, Chicago, Ne…
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7529665/2026/08/21/wnba-sex…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sex toys were thrown onto the court during multiple games, including matchups involving the Dream, Golden State Valkyries and Chicago Sky. The incidents eventually faded, but Thursday’s episode showed…
https://www.marca.com/en/basketball/wnba/atlanta-dream/2026/…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sex toys again thrown on court during WNBA matches.There were similar incidents last season between July and August when six WNBA matches in Atlanta, New York and Los Angeles were interrupted.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/basketball/articles/cp30e33kkxyo
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Claim 3: “The incident briefly disrupted play in a game Sydney Taylor eventually won with a 3-pointer at the buzzer.”
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Multiple sources confirm Sydney Taylor hit a game-winning three-pointer (with 1.6 or 0.6 seconds left) to secure the 73-70 win for the Sky over the Valkyries.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Chicago Sky season is franchise's 21st season in the Women's National Basketball Association and second under head coach Tyler Marsh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Chicago_Sky_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Chicago Sky are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Sky compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The franchi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Sky
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of transactions that occurred during the 2024–25 WNBA off-season and the 2025 WNBA season. This includes retirements, front office transitions, player signings, and player trades. The l…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2025_WNBA_season_trans…
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Claim 4: “It was the second straight night sex toys were thrown on the court during a WNBA game, after it happened during Thursday’s contest between the Dream and Sparks at Crypto.com Arena.”
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Multiple sources confirm that sex toys were thrown during a game between the Dream and Sparks at Crypto.com Arena on Thursday, the day before the Sky-Valkyries game.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Los Angeles (often shortened as LA or L.A.) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3.87…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. He is widely regarded as the greatest point guard of all time and one of the gre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States, in the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city had a population of 107,762. It is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inglewood,_California
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Claim 5: “Multiple people were arrested for tossing the projectiles onto the court, including Charles Burgess, 32, for hitting a 12-year-old fan with a sex toy at a Liberty game in August 2025.”
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No evidence was found regarding an individual named Charles Burgess or a specific incident involving a 12-year-old fan in August 2025.
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Claim 6: “The tossing of sex toys onto the court became a story last season when the stunts appeared to be a way of promoting a brand of cryptocurrency.”
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Evidence indicates that a 'crypto group' is claiming the tosses and that this was a recurring issue during the previous season.
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web search NEUTRAL — A very neon green sex toy landed on the court Thursday as Sparks guard Jihyun Park stepped to the free-throw line. One night later, three more hit the floor at a Sky game. The same crypto group is …
https://thoughtcatalog.com/jeremy-london/2026/08/more-sex-to…
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web search NEUTRAL — Alleged sex toy thrower arrested after interrupting WNBA game — and stern punishment delivered. The individual that threw a green dildo onto the court during Thursday's Dream-Sparks game in Los Angele…
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/sex-toy-thrown-onto-court-…
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web search NEUTRAL — A sex toy is thrown onto the court during a game between the Atlanta Dream and the Los Angeles Sparks. WNBA. It appeared that someone threw a towel over the supposed sex toy before Sparks forward Came…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/21/sports/apparent-sex-toy-thrown…
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Claim 7: “Fever star Sophie Cunningham was hit by one of the projectiles.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm if Sophie Cunningham was hit by a projectile, although one source mentions a toy landing 'near' her.
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Claim 8: “The alleged offender was arrested and received an indefinite ban from all WNBA, NBA and other league-affiliated games and events, according to Front Office Sports.”
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The NY Post and other sources report that a fan was arrested and banned indefinitely from the NBA and WNBA after throwing a green dildo during the Dream-Sparks game.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sex toy thrown onto court during Dream-Sparks game - The Athletic.Bizarre Disruption: Sex Toys Thrown During WNBA Matches Spark Outrage. 11 hours ago. Save for later.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — A fan was arrested and banned indefinitely after throwing a green dildo onto the court during a WNBA game on Thursday. NY Post Sports. Video Footage Reveals Angel Reese’s Real-Time Reaction as NBA, WN…
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/individual-threw-sex-toy-d…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sex toy thrown onto court at Dream vs. Sparks game.Why do fans throw sex toys at WNBA games? This is not the first trouble the WNBA has had with sex toys being thrown on courts. Throughout the 2025 se…
https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/wnba/news/sex-toys-wnba-gree…
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Claim 9: “The Sky star, who scored 17 points, slammed fans partaking in the act after at least three sex toys were tossed on the court during the third quarter of Chicago’s 73-70 win over the Valkyries at Wintrust Arena on Friday night.”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm that Natasha Cloud scored 17 points in a 73-70 Chicago Sky victory over the Valkyries at Wintrust Arena on a Friday, and that at least three sex toys were thrown on the court during the third quarter.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)'s draft for the 2026 season was held following the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. This was the first draft for the league's two …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_WNBA_draft
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Natasha Cloud (born February 22, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for the Phantom of Unrivaled.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Cloud
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Chicago Sky season is franchise's 21st season in the Women's National Basketball Association and second under head coach Tyler Marsh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Chicago_Sky_season
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Claim 10: “Cloud, who played one season with the Liberty”
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Web search results explicitly mention Natasha Cloud as part of the New York Liberty (e.g., 'Sabrina Ionescu, Natasha Cloud and Leonie Fiebich have all missed time' in a Liberty context), confirming her tenure there.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 New York Liberty season was the 29th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA, and their fourth season under head coach, Sandy Brondello. The season tipped off on Saturday, May 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_Liberty_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Natasha Cloud (born February 22, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for the Phantom of Unrivaled.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Cloud
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Liberty are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Liberty compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Liberty
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