WNBA Coach Bummed After Letting Down ‘The Gays’
A WNBA coach expressed disappointment with her team after failing to win for “the gays” on Pride Night.
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“We should’ve done it for the gays,” Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve joked after the team lost 84-79 to the Washington Mystics on Sunday night. “We didn’t get it done.”
Reeve made the remarks during a post-game press conference after a reporter explained that Minnesota had a near-sold-out crowd of close to 12,000 fans. The Lynx were one of twelve teams to host a “Pride Night” during the 2026 WNBA season, with each franchise scheduled to host one at some point throughout the end of the month.
For many sports fans, Reeve’s comment highlights how deeply identity politics have become embedded in professional sports. In March, the NBA dropped a player after he declared the league’s LGBT celebrations as “unrighteous.”
“The world can proclaim LGBTQ, right?” Jaden Ivey said. “They proclaim ‘Pride Month’ in the NBA. They proclaim it. They show it to the world. They say, ‘Come join us for Pride Month to celebrate unrighteousness.’ They proclaim it. They proclaim it on the billboards. They proclaim it on the streets. Unrighteousness.”
Recently, major and minor league baseball teams hosted “Pride Nights” that were met with controversy.
San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Landen Roupp stood up for his Christian faith by inscribing a Bible verse in silver next to the rainbow logo on his cap, The Daily Wire previously reported.
“The rainbow is a symbol of God’s covenant with us, and we as believers stand firm in that … There’s no hate at all,” Roupp told reporters. “It’s just what I stand for and what I stand in, I believe in God.”
The York Revolution, a minor league team, forfeited its game after players declined to participate in Pride Night.
Minnesota currently sits atop the WNBA standings at 13-4, with the loss to the Mystics being its second since May 17, 2026.
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