Stephen A. Smith implores The Pivot Podcast to interview Jack Del Rio about Jan. 6 “dust-up”
"I thought it was ignorant, I thought it was ill-informed, I thought it was foolish for him to think that."
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Kevin Durant relished watching JJ Redick & CJ McCollum break Stephen A. Smith: “I’m locked in now”
"Steve can’t beat up on Max Kellerman the boxing guy and the new baseball guy “mad dog” or whatever his name is?"
ABC botched the bleep button during Stephen A. Smith’s fiery rant before Game 2 of the NBA Finals
"God damn right I'm gonna say the New York Knicks."
Stephen A. Smith torched Kevin Durant’s media criticism: “I get paid to talk about you”
"You don’t get to get rid of us. We’re here and we’re gonna be here."
Kevin Durant slams Stephen A. Smith & Skip Bayless, calls them bad for sports
"We’re not going away. We multiply. Sorry!"
Chris Russo bemoaned Derek Jeter’s Twitter arrival to Stephen A. Smith: “He’s gonna bore you to death”
"Derek never said anything for 25 years that we would consider interesting"
JJ Redick much more concerned about being misquoted on First Take than Stephen A. Smith
"People lack critical listening skills."
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"
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"
Stick to sports? Stephen A. Smith failed his own math quiz on SportsCenter
Live TV is hard, math is hard, don’t combine the two.
Miami Heat homer Dan Le Batard rips ESPN for focusing on Boston Celtics
"The Celtics are what people are rooting for. They do not want the Miami Heat in the Finals."
Stephen A. Smith reminds everyone he’s the real MVP of ESPN
"I’m averaging much more than that……..for ESPN and Walt Disney"
Stephen A. Smith tells Dan Le Batard he understands ESPN’s “stick to sports” mandate
"I’m looking at the big picture...Let’s not blow it because we want to express ourselves."
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?"
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."
Stephen A. Smith calls Ben Simmons “the most pathetic excuse for a professional athlete we have ever seen”
"Nobody is worse than Ben Simmons. Ben Simmons might also be the weakest, most pathetic excuse for a professional athlete we have ever seen in not just American history, but the history of sports."
Rich Eisen is confused by his competitors hot takes: “How the hell does their brain work that way?”
"I’m still to this day, uncomfortable having takes"
This week in Stephen A. Smith vs Chris Russo: A humble debate over who’s more famous
"You wanna compare salaries?"
Stephen A. Smith repeated the fake Ballsack Sports report on a Kyrie Irving-James Harden fight that previously fooled him last month
"Kyrie looked him in the face, according to reports, and told him 'You washed up.' He said that to him."
Stephen A. Smith raged against Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock, but he had the wrong Will Smith
Stephen A. Smith joined thousands of others on Twitter in attacking the wrong Will Smith.
Stephen A. Smith doesn’t worry about what he says because “my contract is guaranteed”
"With 34,000 takes two might have gotten me in trouble."