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Stephen A. Smith doubles down on Caitlin Clark, blames Team USA for low attendance

"How does it feel, Team USA?"

"If we had to do it all over again, the way that she's playing, she would be in really high consideration of making the team."

"How do I not fight pay disparities when I do the same job, and get paid less, but win more?"

Steve Gleason will receive the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at this year's ESPYs on July 11.

"And all of these opinions are great but let it come from watching the entire league."

The "Full Court Press" docuseries premiere, on Caitlin Clark, Kamilla Cardoso, and Kiki Rice, drew big names.

"I’d rather spend my time with the people that really know our team, that’s going to report back to our fan base and give them the real.”

"You demeaned her and made it about Caitlin Clark. That's trash."

"I want women's basketball to grow, and I'm not too shy about saying why it grows."

"This is one of the most historical things ever."

"She carried a heavy load for our sport."

"If you consider yourself a woman and you want to play sports or vice versa, you should be able to play. That's my opinion."

"Aliyah Boston has a future in sports broadcasting if she wants it."

"I told our coaches, someone taught me, you lie to get laid, right?"

"That's one of the highlights of my career."

"It's Tuesday night, just got hit with a baseball, and gonna be a pro about it and keep going."

"I'm ready for Angel Reese, Caitlin Clark and the giant Brazilian woman from South Carolina that knocks people over."

"If a man had said that, we would hold him accountable."

"I think Oprah was passing out turnovers on our team … 'You get a turnover, you get a turnover, you get a turnover.'"

"You're not going to throw hundreds of millions of dollars into our sport if nobody's competing for us in that space."

No basketball game on the network has drawn more viewers since Duke-North Carolina in 2008.

"We're not bar fighters. We're not thugs. We're not monkeys. We're not street fighters."

“I think really the bottom line is it’s a television package and it’s a unit structure. When that happens, then we’ll know it’s serious.”

The month of March featured loads of good writing, on March Madness, Major League Baseball, the NBA and more.