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
ESPN Stephen A. Smith Gets Blasted for His Latest Inexplicable NFL Blunder: Referencing a Coach from 1999 The ESPN host's errors have been noticeable and frequent enough that fans have started to wonder how much he really knows about sports. By Jake Harp September 17, 2019
Stephen A. Smith / Instagram screen shot; ESPN / YouTube screen shot The Most Entertaining Part of the Start of NBA Free Agency Was Stephen A. Smith's Meltdown ESPN's Stephen A. Smith, a rabid New York Knicks fan, went off following the Knicks' failure to land Kevin Durant or any marquee free agents. By Dave Kovaleski July 1, 2019
ESPN / YouTube screen shot Watch: 'First Take' Guest Can't Take It Anymore, Walks Off During Stephen A. Smith-Max Kellerman Debate 'Stephen A.,' he said. 'Don't. I'm not going to do this. ... I have to go.' By Fox Doucette May 8, 2019
First Take / Twitter screen shot ESPN Host Stands Against Narrative on 'God Bless America' Controversy, Angers Stephen A. Smith ESPN host Will Cain sparked a firestorm of a debate with Stephen A. Smith after defending the recently maligned Kate Smith on 'First Take.' By Bryan Chai April 23, 2019