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What’s next for FS1 after Skip Bayless?
ESPN closes door on possible Skip Bayless ‘First Take’ return with Stephen A. Smith
Smith is capable of rejuvenating Bayless, just as Bayless rejuvenated Smith in 2012, but it won't happen at ESPN.
Skip Bayless reached a dead end because he failed to evolve
Look on Skip Bayless’s works, Stephen A. Smith, and despair
It looks like Skip Bayless was right about Kawhi Leonard getting another surgery
Call him Scoop Bayless, and he's back, baby.
Skip Bayless reportedly out at ‘Undisputed’
Paul Pierce credits himself for taking LeBron James to another level: ‘I truly feel responsible.’
"I truly feel for responsible for taking LeBron to that next level."
Skip Bayless blames Jaylen Brown’s Team USA snub on Jayson Tatum: ‘Smells like’ they ‘don’t really get along.’
"Jayson Tatum, it feels like to me, is saying, ‘Hey, I just need a break. I don’t want to have to live with him.'"
Paul Pierce: LeBron, Steph, KD ‘well past their prime’
"It's a popularity contest — we know these players are well past their prime."
Skip Bayless defends Steph Curry’s inability to spin a basketball: ‘He got caught off guard.’
"I would bet a lot of money that he could spin a basketball."
Shannon Sharpe still regrets 2022 blow-up with Skip Bayless, wishes FS1 handled it ‘better’
"I was just disappointed in how it (was) handled. I thought the situation could have been handled better by management."
Rachel Nichols insists JJ Redick is done dropping f-bombs during press conferences
"Saying it is a little bit of an interesting situation because he didn’t realize at the time that he was being simulcast on radio and TV."
Skip Bayless keeps calling Aliyah Boston ‘Alyssa’
"I’m gonna hold women’s basketball to the same standards I would hold men’s basketball."
Skip Bayless claims Angel Reese’s press conferences ‘reek of jealousy and bitterness’
"Her postgames reek a little bit of jealousy and bitterness. That’s how it comes across to me."
Skip Bayless continues to question Woj’s Dan Hurley reporting
"I believe that Dan Hurley approached the Lakers, not vice versa."
Nick Wright: Replacing Shannon Sharpe on ‘Undisputed’ never crossed my mind
"There isn't a show that I would look at as a promotion."
Draymond Green takes aim at Skip Bayless and ‘Undisputed’: ‘I am just better than you’
"We don't respect you, Skip."
Skip Bayless doesn’t buy Adrian Wojnarowski’s Dan Hurley report: ‘This does not pass the smell test.’
"Woj is reporting that the primary focus, the target from day one was Dan Hurley. I just find that a little hard to believe."
Shannon Sharpe was ‘hurt’ by Skip Bayless split: ‘I put so much into that job.’
"Now, I look at it and say, ‘I’m no longer talent.’ You can’t fire me from Shay Shay Media, because I own it."
Paul Pierce reveals cause behind hospitalization and gruesome finger injury
"Finger smashed open, bone came out, I drove myself to the hospital, got the surgery, went home and drunk a cup of coffee."
Paul Pierce admits the needle jumped after n-word gaffe on ‘Undisputed’
"He was still in podcast mode."
Stephen A. Smith addresses ratings battle with Skip Bayless: ‘It’s been very, very lopsided.’
"I take no joy in saying that, because I want Skip to be successful."
Keyshawn Johnson defends Deion Sanders’ social media antics: ‘He handled his business’
"I don't have no problem with Deion checking the dude."