WNBA suspends, fines Sun HC Miller for remark about Cambage's weight

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The WNBA has suspended Connecticut Sun head coach Curt Miller for one game and fined him $10,000 for a comment he made about Las Vegas Aces center Liz Cambage during Sunday's game, the league announced Monday.

Following the Aces' 72-65 loss, Cambage posted a series of videos on Instagram in which she said the 2017 Coach of the Year referenced her size while petitioning the referees to make a call in the Sun's favor.

"To the coach of Connecticut - I'm sorry, little sir man, I do not know your name - but the next time you try to call out a referee, trying to get a call being like, 'C'mon, she's 300 pounds,' I'm going to need you to get it right, baby," Cambage said. "Because I'm 6'8" ... I'm weighing ... 235 pounds, and I'm very proud of being a big b----."

The 29-year-old added: "Don't ever try to disrespect me or another woman in the league."

Miller apologized to the three-time All-Star in a statement before the league announced his discipline.

"I made an inappropriate and offensive comment in reference to Liz Cambage's height and weight," Miller wrote, according to The Associated Press. "I regret what I said in the heat of the moment and want to sincerely apologize to Liz and the entire Aces organization.

"I understand the gravity of my words and have learned from this."

Cambage - by her own admission, an on-court trash-talker herself - said in her videos that a coach taunting a player is not the same as players directing verbal digs at each other.

"I think there's a big difference between players and players talking shit on the court, but for a coach for another team to be yelling protected abuse - because we can't do nothing back - is just crazy to me," she said.