Joy Reid accuses Stephen A. Smith of denigrating Black women for white people’s pleasure
"They’re paying you because you are willing to say the nasty things about Black people that they want to say."
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Stephen A. Smith slams ‘selfish asses’ Notre Dame for CFP snub reaction
"The one thing you can't control, you want to whine and moan about it because your team lost head up to Miami to open the season."
Bill Simmons: ESPN ‘completely misunderstood’ what made Max Kellerman good
"Which is par for the course for ESPN, by the way."
Stephen A. Smith fires back at Max Kellerman, calls out Bill Simmons
"I had my researchers check and make sure that wasn't AI... I had to double-check that sh*t... I couldn't believe it."
Stephen A. Smith wonders why white people don’t get nicknames like ‘Screamin A.’
"You got a lot of loud ass white people, they ain’t called screaming whatever"
Stephen A. Smith: ‘I’d probably be a better candidate than most Democrats’
"I think that I’d probably be a better candidate than most Democrats"
Stephen A. Smith officially severs ties with sketchy solitaire app
Smith confirmed the split to Front Office Sports, saying that he and Papaya "mutually agreed to end our partnership."
Michelle Beadle praises Max Kellerman for finally hitting back at Stephen A. Smith
"We’ve been waiting on this day for a while"
Max Kellerman explains the real reason why Stephen A. Smith has no hot takes
When you think of hot takes in the sports world, the first name that likely comes to mind...
Dan Dakich: Stephen A. Smith has ‘become a useful idiot for the Republican Party’
"Media finds people they can use to put on shows. Someone who will give their side or know where they stand on an issue. He’s been brilliant."
Max Kellerman on Stephen A. Smith ‘First Take’ partnership: ‘Didn’t feel like a relationship was really forming’
"I never had to worry about when the little red light came on that it wouldn't be a show, but it would be like, you don't want to be undermined."
Jeff Pearlman takes ‘moron’ Stephen A. Smith to task over ‘uninformed, uneducated’ political offerings
"It is all just attention for you and money for you, which is really bullsh*t in these dangerous times."
Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless reunite over pastrami on rye
Smith has recently defended Bayless for his role in developing First Take into a successful show.
Jemele Hill: ‘Unbecoming’ for Stephen A. Smith to take credit for ESPN talent’s careers
"...he's just taken this weird ownership of my career that just makes me cringe a little bit."
Cam Newton compares Lane Kiffin’s decision to LeBron James, implores him to stay at Ole Miss
"If you stay right where you are, you will be the greatest coach that has ever done it."
ESPN content head ‘not that concerned’ about Stephen A. Smith overexposure
"As long as the quality and level of his work on First Take is to the degree it’s always been, which it is as we sit here today, I’m not that concerned about overexposure."
Stephen A. Smith calls out Paul Finebaum’s hypocrisy of Lane Kiffin admonishment
"What I’m saying to you is, hey, last time I checked, two things can be true."
Stephen A. Smith rejects Dan Le Batard labeling him a ‘tool’ for the right: ‘I don’t share your politics’
"I’m very aware of what’s going on, I just don’t care as much as you do."
Alex Rodriguez calls out ‘hypocrisy’ in Bud Selig being a Hall of Famer
"Bud Selig is in the Hall of Fame, that to me feels like there’s a little bit, some hypocrisy around that"
Pablo Torre explains why Stephen A. Smith has unmatched power in sports television
Drake Maye takes high road after Stephen A. Smith calls him a ‘liar’
"Just gotta be careful about what I say, and didn't try to mean it disrespectfully."
Dave Portnoy accepts Stephen A. Smith’s apology: He ‘bent the knee’
"I respect Stephen A. And I’m glad he adhered and bent the knee and gave the apology. So, I am thankful that war is over"
Mike Vrabel finds it ‘hard to believe’ Stephen A. Smith’s ‘First Take’ is number one
"It’s not the SportsCenter that I grew up with"
Stephen A. Smith destroys ‘damn walrus’ Jason Whitlock again
"Satan is his father."
Stephen A. Smith: Dave Portnoy ‘ain’t demanding sh*t from me’
"No demand from Portnoe [sic] is gonna affect me."
