Paul Finebaum loathed Chris “Mad Dog” Russo filling in for Stephen A. Smith: “I don’t want that guy on my screen”
"If I saw Chris “Mad Dog” Russo one more time on my screen, I was going to go crazy!"
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Stephen A. Smith passionately defends Charles Barkley’s LIV Golf flirtation: “Do the hell what you want”
"This is America. If they ain’t violating no laws...and that’s what you wanna do, you go ahead and do it!"
Stephen A. Smith’s First Take return came on a boat, and Molly Qerim got seasick
"Hold on, is anybody else getting a little rocky right now?"
ESPN’s Ryan Clark reviled the “Mad” part of Chris “Mad Dog” Russo
"Mad Dog, you’re gonna stop screaming at me, bro. That’s the last time, you’re gonna stop screaming at me. Lower your voice."
Stephen A. Smith breaks extended First Take hiatus to blast the NFL’s handling of Deshaun Watson
"[The NFL] made a huge mistake by trying to resemble law enforcement and it’s going to come back to haunt them in a very big way."
Stephen A. Smith reveals he’s recovering from shoulder surgery, will be back on First Take next month
If you have been wondering why Stephen A. Smith hasn’t been on ESPN’s First Take recently, it’s because...
Skip Bayless admits he nearly reunited with Stephen A. Smith at ESPN
"I was open to returning"
ESPN’s Marc Spears regrets podcast interview after Etan Thomas made Stephen A. Smith-Tucker Carlson analogy
"Stephen A. Smith has the same power over the minds of the masses that Tucker Carlson has over the right"
Cari Champion says she “didn’t matter” to ESPN and First Take: “Don’t talk, be happy you’re here.”
"They let me know I didn’t matter. Intentionally, unintentionally, it was obvious."
Stephen A. Smith warns Draymond Green about the big, bad aggregate media coming to misquote him
"They used my name for clicks!"
Draymond Green claims Stephen A. Smith and Shannon Sharpe both saved Skip Bayless: “F*ckin guy sucks”
"To absolutely destroy Skip Bayless, I never see the rebuttal, but I’m sure he was as sh*tty as he was when Stephen A. just crushed him last week."
Stephen A. Smith rips Kevin Durant for having a podcast and saying “absolutely nothing”
"When you’re talking about new media, you’ve got to address topics that the public wants to know!"
Basketball’s “new media” is already so boring
Who has two thumbs and complains all the time? THESE GUYS!
