Top WNBA Coach Faces Criticism After Behavior Toward Caitlin Clark Resurfaces

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Paolo Songco | Last updated Jun 18, 2025 10:09 PM ET

Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever have booked their spot in the Commissioner's Cup Final after their impressive 88-71 win over the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday. They are now set to face the defending champions, the Minnesota Lynx, on July 1 in a winner-take-all matchup.

The Fever will face a tough test against the top team in the league today, who currently owns an 11-1 record. For Clark, it will be an opportunity to face off against Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve, who was previously linked to the controversial decision not to include Clark in the Team USA roster for the 2024 Paris Olympics as the squad's head coach.

Reeve's behavior toward Clark during the build-up to the Summer Games has now resurfaced courtesy of renowned sports journalist Christine Brennan. In an appearance on “The Adam Gold Show” on Monday, the award-winning WNBA reporter did not hold back in criticizing Reeve.

“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, via Ryan Giancola of the New York Post.

Brennan was referring to Reeve supposedly taking a shot at Clark last year amid all the hype surrounding the former Iowa star's WNBA debut. In her post, Reeve mentioned that fans would not be able to watch the game between the Lynx and the Chicago Sky because Clark's debut was going to be televised.

Reeve also added a hashtag to her post: "theWismorethanoneplayer"

Here are Cheryl Reeve’s 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
— Christine Brennan (@cbrennansports) June 13, 2024

Brennan wasn't done either. The sportscaster then took aim at Reeve's behavior toward Clark in relation to the decision to leave her out of the national team.

“How on earth is that OK with the US Olympic and Paralympic community and the USA basketball team that its coach is actively tweeting and going on social media about someone who is in the selection pool?” Brennan asked.

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.

Full Video Here: https://t.co/l8BRlhl445 pic.twitter.com/luV7VWCzqz
— Ken Swift (@kenswift) June 17, 2025

Brennan's intense criticism comes ahead of the launch of her upcoming book, "On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports," which is expected to hit shelves on July 8.

Based on her comments about Reeve here, it appears that Brennan has a few more spicy takes in her new book, which could potentially make a lot of waves in and around the WNBA.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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