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The Overlooked Case for the NBA Cup and Its Long-Term Value
"The NBA isn’t chasing nostalgia. It’s chasing habits. The NBA Cup isn’t just a concept — it’s a sellable property"
Stephen A. Smith Responds to Max Kellerman About Removal From ‘First Take’
"Do I need to bring up the names of the inordinate amount of people that will come on the air and say, ‘Max, what are you saying?"
Max Kellerman Feels No Relationship Was Formed With Stephen A. Smith on ‘First Take’
"You should always be thinking about making the show entertaining… and I do think it reached a point on that show where it was like, ‘Come on, dude. The first priority is to make good TV"
ESPN President, Content Burke Magnus Not Concerned With Stephen A. Smith Overexposure
"There's a there's a school of thought that says the more politics he's doing, the more people will understand that that's him, not us"
Pablo Torre: “No One” Has the Power in Sports Television Like Stephen A. Smith
"He staffs the show. He picks the players on the team. He is the star of it. That’s his"
Mike Vrabel: ‘First Take’ Isn’t the ‘SportsCenter’ I Grew up With
"I don’t even know if the TVs work in the weight room"
Stephen A. Smith: Jason Whitlock Is “The Devil in the Flesh”
"He's the devil in the flesh, and everybody needs to be careful because the closer you get to him, the closer to hell you will go. There's a special place for people like him"
Fred Toucher: Burnout Factor Could Happen With Stephen A. Smith
"Stephen A. Smith can’t be in any way divisive on a political show and then be accepted by a mass sports audience"
Why Stephen A. Smith Leaving NBA Countdown Benefits Everyone Involved
"This is good. For ESPN. For the NBA. And yes, for Stephen A. too"
Dave Portnoy: Stephen A. Smith Owes Drake Maye an Apology
"You don’t call a man a liar. He owes him an apology."