Stephen A. Smith says Donald Trump called him in 2014 and revealed plans to screw the NFL
"He said, ‘if they screw me over, I’m gonna show them, I’m gonna get them all back, I’m gonna run for president of the United States"
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Before First Take, Chris Russo gave voice to sports radio- & motivation to a heroin-smoking Harvey Keitel in Bad Lieutenant
Chris "Mad Dog" Russo's voice was even the first heard in the 1992 film Bad Lieutenant.
Stephen A. Smith, Molly Qerim offer proactive apologies over shooting-related terms used during First Take
"We never, ever want to be insensitive to the tragedies that have happened."
Stephen A. Smith & Chris Russo opened First Take by furiously imploring politicians to address gun control
"America, SHAPE UP, WAKE UP AND DO SOMETHING"
Stephen A. Smith reminds everyone he’s the real MVP of ESPN
"I’m averaging much more than that……..for ESPN and Walt Disney"
Bob Cousy defends the NBA “firemen and plumbers” he played with from JJ Redick’s slander
"We must have had the best firemen and plumbers on the planet."
Stephen A. Smith was too soft on Mad Dog’s Miami Heat misinformation
Smith called Dog out on the inaccuracies, but he did so more gently than he might have with JJ Redick
JJ Redick tells anonymous Twitter critic First Take made him answer “a ridiculous question”
It’s kind of bizarre to see Redick soften his stance so quickly after getting called "clown" by one nameless, faceless troll with 48 followers.
Patrick Beverley mocked Stephen A. Smith with his own “stay off the weed” catchphrase
"Do they drug test on this show?"
ESPN gave the Timberwolves’ Patrick Beverley a giant Get Up and First Take platform to air his decades-old grievances against Chris Paul
"CP can't guard nobody man. Everybody in the NBA know that. ...He's a cone."
Skip Bayless credits his “psycho competitiveness” for making him the Godfather of Debate
"A lot of the journalists I came up with, most of them white...thought it was beneath the dignity of a journalist to raise his voice on television"
Skip Bayless details infamous Richard Sherman interview: “He personally attacked me”
"I immediately felt ambushed, bushwhacked, set up, blindsided"
Stephen A. Smith doesn’t give a damn about Tom Brady joining Fox Sports
"I don’t give a damn until he’s actually doing it."
