{"id":174803,"date":"2025-09-28T06:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T06:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/174803\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T06:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T06:54:07","slug":"lynx-coach-cheryl-reeve-suspended-by-wnba-after-fiery-comments-towards-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/174803\/","title":{"rendered":"Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve suspended by WNBA after fiery comments towards league"},"content":{"rendered":"

The WNBA did not take kindly to Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve\u2019s comments<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The league suspended Reeve for one game in response to Reeve\u2019s fiery comments regarding the officiating and her behavior during and after Minnesota\u2019s 84-76 Game 3 loss to the Mercury in the WNBA semifinals.<\/p>\n

Reeve is set to serve the suspension in Game 4 for her \u201cconduct and comments\u201d in Phoenix on Sunday, in which the Lynx face elimination.<\/p>\n

Cheryl Reeve yells at officials during the Lynx 84-76 road loss to the Mercury in Game 3 of their WNBA basketball playoff semifinals series game on Sept. 26, 2025. AP<\/p>\n

During Friday\u2019s game, Reeve had to be escorted off the court after lambasting an official following an injury to Napheesa Collier.<\/p>\n

Reeve then berated the officials as a collective during a postgame interview after the loss, saying that she wanted a \u201cchange of leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve is held back after being ejected during Game 3 of Minnesota\u2019s loss to the Mercury. Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

\u201cIf this is what the league wants, OK, but I want to call for a change in leadership at the league level when it comes to officiating,\u201d Reeve told reporters<\/a>. \u201cThe officiating crew that we had tonight, for the leadership to deem these people semifinal-playoff worthy, it\u2019s f\u2013king malpractice.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement made Saturday<\/a>, the WNBA said that Reeve\u2019s suspension stems from \u201cher conduct and comments included aggressively pursuing and verbally abusing a game official on the court, failure to leave the court in a timely manner upon her ejection with 21.8 seconds to play in the fourth quarter, inappropriate comments made to fans when exiting the court, and remarks made in a post-game press conference.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cheryl Reeve reacts during the first half of the Lynx Game 3 road loss to the Mercury. Getty Images<\/p>\n

In addition to Reeve\u2019s punishment, Lynx assistant coach Rebekkah Brunson was fined for writing a post on X which was directed at the referees.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, this happened!\u201d Brunson wrote. \u201cTake out one of the best players in the league because you have no control of the game!\u201d<\/p>\n

Minnesota associate head coach was also dealt a technical during Friday\u2019s game for yelling at the officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The WNBA did not take kindly to Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve\u2019s comments. The league suspended Reeve for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,736,82,89202,630],"class_list":["post-174803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-minnesota-lynx","tag-sports","tag-suspensions","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}