Oct 18, 2024; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve talks to the media before game four of the 2024 WNBA Finals against the New York Liberty at Target Center. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-Imagn Images Matt Krohn-Imagn Images

Cheryl Reeve Rips Reporter for 'Fiction' Caitlin Clark Olympics Snub Comments

Originally posted on Women's Fastbreak on SI
By Grant Young | Last updated Jun 20, 2025 4:58 PM ET

During a June 16 appearance onThe Adam Gold Show, USA Today columnist Christine Brennan (who is the author of 'On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women’s Sports', which releases in July) put Minnesota Lynx and Team USA 2024 Paris Olympics coach Cheryl Reeve on blast for her supposed role in Indiana Fever star guard Caitlin Clark not making that Olympics roster.

"Just stunningly bad behavior by Cheryl Reeve, tweeting at and about Caitlin Clark, kind of blaming her for not having Minnesota Lynx games on TV, but only Caitlin games on TV," Brennan said after asserting that Reeve played a major role in Clark not making Team USA's Paris Olympics roster.

"How is [Reeve's behavior] 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? I mean, that alone should have been immediately nipped in the bud, never was, by the leadership of those organizations," Brennan added.

I’m going to say it right now. @cbrennansports book is going to rock the WNBA world. She’s not playing WNBA politics, it’s just no feelings reporting.

Here she talks about Cheryl Reeves behavior leading up to the Olympics.

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— Ken Swift (@kenswift) June 17, 2025

Reeve has since fired back at Brennen during a June 19 appearance on FanDuel's Golic & Golic show.

"What [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," Reeve said, addressing what Brennan said about her blaming Clark for not having Lynx games on TV.

"So that particular situation had nothing to do with Caitlin Clark. It 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," Reeve added.

"If Christine Brennan were being thorough, and a legitimate reporter in this situation, she would have gotten full context. But it didn't fit the narrative. Christine Brennan likes to have a villain in her storytelling. I am Christine Brennan's villain," Reeve continued.

"And it's a fiction, the stuff that she has written about me, and my interest in Caitlin Clark being on or off the [Olympics] team."

“What she wrote is fiction.”

Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve isn’t holding back in response to negative comments made by Christine Brennan. pic.twitter.com/NKVVBGyxb3
— FanDuel Sports Network (@FanDuelSN) June 19, 2025

Referring to an author's work of nonfiction as fiction cuts deep in the literary community, so this sentiment likely won't go over well with Brennan while she's promoting her book.

This article first appeared on Women's Fastbreak on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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