WNBA gives Cheryl Reeve another award after playoff collapse and years of outspoken left-wing politics

The WNBA has another award for Cheryl Reeve. This one comes from the people who run the teams, and that makes it worth examining what, exactly, they are celebrating.

The league announced Monday that the Minnesota Lynx head coach and president of basketball operations won Basketball Executive of the Year for the third time, tying the Atlanta Dream's Dan Padover for the most selections in the award's history.

The announcement comes less than two weeks after the top-seeded Lynx were swept...