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Recovered from COVID, Sophie Cunningham embarks on second WNBA season

Sophie Cunningham took an unconventional approach before her second season in the WNBA: She didn’t work out for a month.

Doctor's orders.

The former Mizzou star tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this summer.

Cunningham, who turns 24 next month, has recovered after suffering symptoms from the coronavirus. While in quarantine for 28 days in Missouri, she was prohibited from working out for the entire month.

“I was really fatigued, sore throat, headache and just didn’t feel good for three or four days,” Cunningham told the Post-Dispatch in a phone interview Tuesday from her hotel room in Bradenton, Fla.