WNBA has no comment, but many players dispute Candice Wiggins

When Candice Wiggins retired from the WNBA in March 2016, she cited physical wear and tear on her body and said she didn't really love the game anymore. She wrote in The Players' Tribune she was happily moving on with her life.

But in a story published Monday in the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Stanford graduate said she had a miserable time in her eight years playing in the WNBA, in part because of what she termed leaguewide "bullying." She said players were particularly hostile toward her because she was heterosexual, and that they were also jealous of her popularity.

When contacted by espnW, she said she did not want to talk about it as she "wished for privacy and peace." She added that she found the attention to her remarks "curious."