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The WNBA suspended Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve for one game for her behavior and comments during and following the Lynx’s 84-76 loss to the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night. “Her 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 …

The WNBA has suspended Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve for Game 4 of her team’s semifinal series against the Phoenix Mercury after she was ejected during the final minute of an 84-76 defeat to the Mercury in Game 3 Friday night and then unloaded on the officials postgame. “Her conduct and comments included aggressively pursuing and verbally abusing a …

Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve was ejected and escorted off the court in her team’s Game 3 loss to the Mercury before going on a rant about the league’s officiating in her postgame news conference. Her anger was largely prompted by an injury to Napheesa Collier in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter. Collier hobbled to the bench after her …

PHOENIX (AP) — A furious Cheryl Reeve lost her cool and maybe her best player in the span of a few seconds during the Minnesota Lynx’s 84-76 loss to the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night in Game 3 of the WNBA playoff semifinals. The top-seeded Lynx are in a 2-1 hole in the best-of-five series with Game 4 looming Sunday …

Liberty general manager Jonathan Kolb said the Liberty decided to fire coach Sandy Brondello this week after a “thorough examination” that went beyond this season. Speaking to reporters Thursday morning for the first time since the firing, Kolb said the decision to dump Brondello was not “punitive nor reactive.”  “Evolution is what is needed at this time,” Kolb said.  The …

The New York Liberty announced on Tuesday that the team would not be renewing head coach Sandy Brondello’s contract, days after the defending champions lost a competitive first-round playoff series to the Phoenix Mercury. Brondello is the winningest coach in Liberty history, having recorded an impressive 107-53 record in her four seasons and winning the 2024 WNBA championship. She also …

Coaching is a tough business. Noelle Quinn is out as head coach in Seattle, Sandy Brondello is out as head coach in New York — and the Storm and Liberty have become two of four WNBA teams in search of a new head coach ahead of next season (the league’s two expansion teams, the Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo, are …

Just one season after winning a WNBA championship, the New York Liberty are letting go of head coach Sandy Brondello. The franchise announced on Tuesday that it will not renew Brondello’s contract. Brondello learned that she would not be the Liberty’s coach on Tuesday morning, league sources not authorized to discuss the decision publicly told The Athletic, on the same …

The New York Liberty will not renew coach Sandy Brondello’s contract for next season, the organization announced Tuesday. Brondello led the Liberty to its first WNBA championship in 2024, but the team struggled with injuries to star players Breanna Stewart, Jonquel Jones and Sabrina Ionescu this year. New York earned the No. 5 seed in the playoffs and lost in …

Just one year after leading the Liberty to a breakthrough WNBA championship, Sandy Brondello is out as head coach. The Liberty fire Brondello, the winningest coach in the franchise’s history, on Tuesday, making the veteran coach the scapegoat for a title defense that fell well short of expectations. New York decided not to renew Brondello’s contract, which expired after this …