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
Rich Barnes / Getty Images Stephen A. Smith Admits He's an 'Ignorant Fool' When Face-to-Face with QB He Insulted Stephen A. Smith's terrible hot take about Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins came back to bite him in hilarious fashion on "First Take" Friday. By Fox Doucette April 20, 2019
Funhouse / Twitter screen shot; Streeter Lecka/Getty Images Mike Francesa Lies About On-Air Bashing of Virginia, Gets Hammered by Virginia Star When a caller to his radio show reminded Francesa of his comment, instead of just taking the 'L' and moving along, Francesa fired back and accused Funhouse of doctoring the clip. By Ross Kelly April 11, 2019
Streeter Lecka / Getty Images; Rich Barnes / Getty Images Virginia Star Calls Out Stephen A. Smith After National Championship Win Stephen A. Smith called Virginia basketball boring. After a thrilling overtime win featuring 162 combined points, Virginia called Smith out. By Fox Doucette April 9, 2019
ESPN / YouTube screen shot The Only Thing Worse Than Stephen A. Smith's Latest On-Air Blunder Was His Attempt To Defend It Stephen A. Smith caught a lot of flak for an on-air blunder he made on ESPN's 'First Take,' and his defense really didn't help him. By Dave Kovaleski March 13, 2019
Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Image Stephen A. Smith Makes Two Mind-Blowing On-Air Blunders in the Same Day Perhaps appearing on seemingly every ESPN show that he can is finally catching up to the polarizing sports media personality. By Ross Kelly February 23, 2019
ESPN / YouTube screen shot Stephen A. Smith Scorched After Proving He Doesn't Watch College Football ESPN's Stephen A. Smith gave his critics plenty of ammunition when he called Ohio State's Dwayne Haskins 'more of a runner.' By Fox Doucette February 9, 2019
ESPN screen shot Derek Carr Gets Fed Up with Stephen A. Smith and Kellerman, Challenges Them to a Fight Oakland quarterback Derek Carr didn't appreciate comments by ESPN's Max Kellerman regarding his future with the Raiders. By Dave Kovaleski January 24, 2019
Charles Krupa / AP Photo Tom Brady Embraces Underdog Role: Everyone Thinks We 'Suck and Can't Win Games' Tom Brady and the Patriots are 2.5-point underdogs. As far as Brady's concerned, that means he's got the Chiefs right where he wants them. By Fox Doucette January 14, 2019
ESPN screen shot Stephen A. Smith Gets Crushed by NFL Team After Irate Hot Take The Arizona Cardinals fired back after ESPN's Stephen A. Smith blasted the team for hiring Kliff Kingsbury as its new head coach. By Ross Kelly January 10, 2019