Last season, as Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark prepared to make her WNBA debut during a preseason game against the Dallas Wings, the league advertised a free stream of the game on its social channels. The decision didn\u2019t sit well with Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve, who took issue with the fact that the WNBA was advertising the Fever game, but not any of the league\u2019s other preseason action.<\/p>\n
Reeve also happened to coach last year\u2019s USA Women\u2019s Basketball team at the Paris Olympics. Thus, she was in charge of roster decisions for the team. Clark was controversially left off the roster, despite a strong rookie season and stardom that eclipsed every other player in the league.<\/p>\n
Around that time,\u00a0USA Today writer Christine Brennan, author of the forthcoming book \u201cOn Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women\u2019s Sports,\u201d claimed that Reeve played a role in Clark\u2019s Olympic snub, resurfacing the coach\u2019s social media posts singling Clark out.<\/p>\n
\nHere are Cheryl Reeve\u2019s May 3 posts on X referencing and singling out Caitlin Clark. I have been trying since Sunday to ask her why she posted anything about a candidate for the US Olympic team during the selection process. So far, no luck getting any answers. pic.twitter.com\/vRjZqumo5d<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Christine Brennan (@cbrennansports) June 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Earlier this week, Brennan doubled down on that belief. Appearing on\u00a0The Adam Gold Show<\/a> on 99.9 The Fan in Raleigh, North Carolina, Brennan said Reeve displayed, \u201cstunningly bad behavior,\u201d singling out Clark in her posts. \u201cHow on earth is that okay with the Olympic and Paralympic Committee and USA basketball, that its coach is actively tweeting and going on social media about someone who is in the selection pool?\u201d Brennan asked.<\/p>\n
Just days later, Reeve sharply disputed Brennan\u2019s version of events. Appearing on FanDuel Sports Network\u2019s\u00a0Golic & Golic, Reeve said, \u201cWhat [Brennan] wrote is fiction. And if she were paying attention, one of the things I have done for years is hold the league accountable for their missteps, mishaps, their lack of representation of all teams.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWhat she wrote is fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve isn\u2019t holding back in response to negative comments made by Christine Brennan. pic.twitter.com\/NKVVBGyxb3<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 FanDuel Sports Network (@FanDuelSN) June 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\u201cSo that particular situation had nothing to do with Caitlin Clark,\u201d Reeve continued. \u201cIt had everything to do with a WNBA social media post that promoted one preseason game and not all preseason games. And so I simply said that, by the way, the Minnesota Lynx are playing the Chicago Sky.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Christine Brennan were being thorough and a legitimate reporter in this situation, she would have gotten full context. But it didn\u2019t fit the narrative. Christine Brennan likes to have a villain in her storytelling. I am Christine Brennan\u2019s villain, that\u2019s the sword she\u2019s going to die on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brennan has been the center of numerous controversies surrounding Caitlin Clark at this point. Most recently, the writer took heat<\/a> for comments she made about the WNBA\u2019s officiating after a scuffle involving the Fever star. Last season, the WNBPA called for Brennan\u2019s press credentials to be revoked<\/a> after a line of questioning she took following a similar incident involving Clark.<\/p>\n
Reeve seems to be siding with the players and questioning Brennan\u2019s motives as a journalist.<\/p>\n
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