Allen Berezovsky / Getty ImagesCommentary ESPN's Stephen A. Smith Turns NFL Player's Bizarre Food Habit Into a Racial Issue: 'I Knew He Had to Be White' When Stephen A. Smith is making former co-host Skip Bayless' hot takes look good, you know things have gone especially bad. By C. Douglas Golden August 25, 2023
Allen Berezovsky / Getty Images ; Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images Top ESPN Personality Stephen A. Smith Trashes Biden, Praises 2024 Republican Candidate ESPN's Steven A. Smith is repulsed that the Democrats do not have a better 2024 candidate than President Joe Biden. By Jack Davis June 7, 2023
Cindy Ord / Getty Images ESPN's Stephen A. Smith Reveals He Knows Trump Is Not 'Racist' from Personal Experience Smith made headlines last year after he claimed Trump ran for president after he was denied a bid to own the NFL’s Buffalo Bills. By Johnathan Jones April 11, 2023
Kevin Winter / Getty ImagesCommentary Sports Personality Wants Kimmel's Late Night Show Gig, Promises Not to Be 'One-Sided' A longtime sports commentator says he wants to take over for Jimmy Kimmel, but it would just be one left-winger replacing another. By Warner Todd Huston January 21, 2023
Justin Ford / Getty ImagesCommentary 'African Americans Need Not Apply': NFL Affirmative Action Backfires as ESPN Analyst Discourages Black Coaches 'This is not an organization that has been fair to African-Americans as far as I’m concerned,' the ESPN pundit said. By C. Douglas Golden January 12, 2023
Mitchell Leff / Getty ImagesCommentary ESPN Broadcaster Says He's 'Underpaid' Compared to White Counterparts as He Makes $10M Per Year ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith unleashed a rant about minorities and women being 'underpaid,' citing himself as an example. By Richard Moorhead October 31, 2022
Eric Espada / Getty Images ESPN Host Claims Racism Is to Blame for NBA Coach's Season-Long Suspension: 'I Don't Appreciate That Being Done to a Brother' ESPN's Stephen A. Smith goes ballistic over the suspension of Boston Celtics coach Ice Udoka, saying race is a factor in what is being said. By Jack Davis September 24, 2022
Stacy Revere / Getty ImagesCommentary Fox Sports Host Destroys Stephen A. Smith for Claiming 2-Time NBA MVP Was Hired Because He's White Doug Gottlieb called out Stephen A. Smith and others for unfairly playing the race card on the Brooklyn Nets' hiring of Steve Nash. By Michael Austin September 12, 2020
ESPN via @stephenasmith / Twitter screen shot; Elise Amendola / AP ESPN Host Cries 'White Privilege' After 2-Time NBA MVP Lands Coaching Job Despite Nash’s resume, which includes two league MVP awards, Smith claimed the 46-year-old would not have been hired if he were black. By Johnathan Jones September 3, 2020
Lachlan Cunningham / Getty Images; Al Bello / Getty Images Stephen A. Smith Says Colin Kaepernick Needs To 'Shut Up' and 'Show That He Can Still Play' Stephen A. Smith says he thinks there's a decent chance that free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick will be signed by an NFL team in the very near future. By Joe Setyon November 13, 2019