Stephen A. Smith knocks WNBA coach for backing trans athletes: ‘Irresponsible’

Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith on Tuesday heavily criticized a WNBA coach over a shirt she wore courtside that said, “Trans Kids Belong.”

In a game Sunday against the Indiana Fever, Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve wore the shirt following comments made by Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, where the Indiana player said she wants “to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men.”

Smith, in a 14-minute rant on the Tuesday episode of his self-titled SiriusXM show, said it was “an irresponsible thing” for Reeve to wear the shirt and added that the head coach did not consider “how it affects the collective brand of the WNBA and how they may be frowned upon by half of America.”

The topic has gotten national attention for years,........

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