Stephen A. Smith Thanked The Cowboys For Being ‘The Gift That Keeps On Giving’ After Loss To Arizona

Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys looked dominant in the first two weeks of the season, destroying the two New York teams to start the year 2-0. Even after the brutal news that Trevon Diggs had torn his ACL in practice this week, the expectation was they’d cruise to 3-0 as they faced Joshua Dobbs and …

Stephen A. Smith’s Horrible First Pitch Got Roasted Over And Over On ‘First Take’

ESPN Stephen A. Smith has made a career out of having incredibly strong takes about everything. While he’s increasingly done this in a variety of different worlds — entertainment, politics, etc. — Smith’s bread and butter is sports, where he has the innate ability to immediately explain why something is incredibly good or extremely bad. …

Stephen A. Smith Couldn’t Even Get His First Pitch To The Plate At Yankee Stadium

YES Stephen A. Smith has made a career out of critiquing the best athletes in the world, but on Thursday night it was his turn to get put under the microscope when he threw out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium. The ESPN talking head strode out to the mound confidently but was doomed from …

Stephen A. Smith And Shannon Sharpe Hilariously Riffed On Drake And Central Cee’s ‘On The Radar’ Freestyle

In case you didn’t know, First Take has a new host in Shannon Sharpe (heck, even Sharpe seemed to not remember just which show he was on in the first episode). He’s already displaying some great chemistry with original host Stephen A. Smith, aside from accidentally calling him “Skip.” Before Smith slapped on a name …

Stephen King’s Played ‘Mambo No. 5’ So Often That His Wife Said She Was Going To ‘F*cking Leave’ Him

Getty Image Stephen King is more than just the prolific author of horror doorstops. He’s also a dad joke hero, a champion of last year’s box office bomb Babylon, a top shelf dragger of Ted Cruz. None of that is what one would expect from the creator of The Shining and The Stand. Neither is …

Snoop Dogg Is Feeling Determined After Stephen A. Smith Joked About His Weight To Shannon Sharpe

Last September, Snoop Dogg visited Stephen A. Smith’s podcast and spilled some exclusive tea. “You’re the first one to hear this,” Snoop told Stephen A. during the September 30, 2022 episode. “Me and Dr. Dre been working on an album for the past two months, and it’ll be done in November. And it’s produced by …

Stephen A. Smith Took A Victory Lap Over ‘First Take’ Getting Better Ratings Than The New Look ‘Undisputed’

Getty Image Skip Bayless’ FS1 show Undisputed returned from a two month hiatus this week after Shannon Sharpe left earlier this summer. The show now features Michael Irvin, Richard Sherman, and Keyshawn Johnson as co-hosts to Bayless in an attempt to truly embrace debate. And a little later in the week, Rachel Nichols joined the …

Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel And John Oliver Are Teaming Up for A Super-Sized Podcast

Getty Image The Avengers of late-night comedy have finally banded together to save America’s most underappreciated humans: talk show staff. Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, Seth Meyers, and Jimmy Fallon and his new beard have announced that they are releasing a special Spotify podcast titled Strike Force Five, which will begin rolling out this …

Lonzo Ball Explained Why He Took Issue With Stephen A. Smith’s Injury Reporting

Getty Image Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball recently confirmed, during a podcast episode with Trae Young, that he will miss the entire 2023-24 season as he continues rehabilitation from a long-term knee injury. Ball has spoken extensively about feeling bad for the Bulls and other aspects of his recovery, with basketball observers far and wide …

Stephen Strasburg Is Retiring, But Will Reportedly Continue Collecting Checks Through 2029

Getty Image Stephen Strasburg is calling it a career after more than a decade with the Washington Nationals, one in which he has had incredible highs and more than his fair share of injury issues. Since winning World Series MVP honors in 2019, a year in which he racked up an 18-6 record across 209 …

Michael Jordan Texted Stephen A. Smith And Made The Case For Why Magic Johnson Is Better Than Steph Curry

Getty Image Steph Curry made headlines earlier this week thanks to an appearance on Gilbert Arenas’ podcast, “Gil’s Arena.” After being asked if he’s the best point guard to ever play the game, Curry simply said yes, although he made sure to say that the other name in the conversation is Hall of Fame inductee …

Lonzo Ball Told Stephen A. To ‘Stop Yapping’ In Video Disproving Smith’s Claim It’s Hard For Him To Stand Up

ESPN/Twitter Lonzo Ball will spend the 2023-24 season continuing his rehabilitation from a torn meniscus back in January 2022, as he will miss a second consecutive full season with the Bulls due to setbacks in his recovery. Recently, Ball opened up about feeling bad for the Bulls, noting he felt they’d built a “perfect team” …