Stephen A. Smith

Just over a quarter of the way into the MLB season, it’s pretty safe to say that Shohei Ohtani has been insane.…

When you poke the bear, you best be ready for the consequences. And Kwame Brown is a 6-foot-11, 290-pound bear that…

Kwame Brown had time this week.

When Weldon Irvine wrote “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black” for Nina Simone in the late ‘60s, he was talking about…

I can’t believe I have to write this column, so let’s be clear right out of the gate: If you purchase the Floyd…

I made jokes about it yesterday, and that’s really all the effort I was prepared to give it. And yet, another day…

Russell Westbrook had 35 points, 21 assists, and 14 rebounds in a 132-124 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Monday…

Context, reasoning, and facts don’t exist anymore. They’ve been replaced by a lack of information and emotional…

In a better world, we’d all probably still work a decent amount. Probably not quite as much and definitely not under…

At the tail end of First Take’s extended discussion today about the ongoing debacle between the NBA and China,…

Ahead of his radio program this afternoon, Stephen A. Smith clearly thought long and hard about Daryl Morey’s tweet…

I can’t decide what’s weirder: the realization that Carmelo Anthony’s NBA career is likely all the way over, or…

The day after the tragicomic New York Knicks were denied the opportunity to draft Zion Williamson, a nation…

ESPN NBA analyst Tim Legler had a bit of trouble delivering his takes about the remaining playoff series when he…

Stephen A. Smith isn’t the prime suspect in the First Take Fart Mystery, but he’s still getting grilled for it. On…

Here it is, the only reason to ever discuss First Take in a serious manner. During a characteristically loud…

The turkey vulture, which lacks the bird voice organ known as a syrinx, is a generally mute bird, with vocalizations …

Today on First Take, Stephen A. Smith remembered some Washington quarterbacks who played last season, like Alex…

If for whatever reason you still doubt ESPN pundit Stephen A. Smith’s abilities as a performer, please see the clip…