. passionately expresses his thoughts on the California Senate passing a bill allowing student-athletes to have endorsements.
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"[Mason Rudolph was the one who started the fight."
thinks the reaction to Myles Garrett has been "hysterical."
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This morning Stephen A. Smith's mother, Janet Smith, passed away. Here is his tribute to her:
"Everybody's fake acting like they care about KD's best interest when they don't. It's phony to me."
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“I miss you and I love you. Thank you for inspiring me to be great.” pays his respects to Kobe Bryant at a memorial in Chicago.
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"Whoever’s paying him to say all this stuff, I will pay you double to stop it”
— is not here for saying the Warriors would beat MJ's Bulls
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"My patience left my body when I watched George Floyd take his last breath."
voices her dismay over Drew Brees' comments.
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"For him not to vote...as far as I'm concerned, everything he said meant absolutely nothing!"
- on Colin Kaepernick
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"When I look at LeBron, he's not what Michael (Jordan) was as a player. He's not even what Kobe Bryant was as a player."
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.@anthonyfjoshua is ready for Deontay Wilder and has even penciled in a date for the fight 👀
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“Black life has always been cheap in this country and it’s time it starts getting more expensive.”
responds to the ongoing state of racial and social injustice in our country.
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LeBron James is still the best player in the NBA today, according to our experts.
Do you agree?
"Kevin Durant, I'm sad for you bro. ... You have no help. And more importantly than anything else, you made the wrong decision by going to Brooklyn. ... KYRIE IRVING BETRAYED YOU!"
LOST IT 😳😳
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Oh noooo, brought out the receipts this morning! 😲
"Kawhi Leonard, that might be the biggest choke job we've ever seen in NBA history."
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"I firmly believe that [LeBron James] is the best basketball player in the history of the game."
Former "Bad Boy" Piston, and Michael Jordan opponent, Bill Laimbeer.
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. was coming for Stephen A. and Max's necks!
"Y'all are haters!! Michael Jordan and LeBron James are sitting at the same dinner table ... there's NO GAP!
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"If he were to go to the Los Angeles Lakers, you could literally make a legitimate case 'why should we watch basketball next season?'"
— on Kawhi Leonard
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"Why are we not keeping the same energy for Giannis?!"
makes a very interesting case for LeBron for MVP.
1:44
"I'm sick of these guys stacking their team ... I hate the super team."
—Charles Barkley
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. needed to walk off set after said Kawhi is better than Kobe under pressure.
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. believes that LeBron is the most dominant player he's ever seen.
"When he passes Kareem in scoring, you HAVE to anoint him as the GOAT." 🐐
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"I've been covering the NBA now for almost 25 years. This is some of the stupidest nonsense I've ever seen. Just flat-out stupid."
reacts to the latest reports on Kyrie Irving.
2:50
In an interview with , officially announces his retirement from in-ring competition.
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Mike Tomlin reacts to the allegations made against Mason Rudolph.
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.: "If I went and played for the Jets, they'd be a playoff team."
: "When you're the quarterback, you do have to stay in bounds in order to produce on the football field."
😭😭😭
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"There was something about Kobe Bryant that was so present, and alive, and invincible that the idea that ... the sun comes up today and he's not in the world seems unreal."
Beautifully spoken, .
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"If Steph Curry beats LeBron in this series, and dare I say, wins his fifth NBA championship, we might have to remove LeBron James off of Mount Rushmore and put Steph Curry on it."
😳
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Breaking : The New York Knicks signs The LEGEND @stephenasmith on a 10 day $500 Mil Contract
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"HE'S DRAKE, DAMMIT ... Do people in power need to have control over every damn thing?"
— wants people to let be Drake.
1:53
Settle this: What's the best Thanksgiving food?
A. Lasagna, B. Fried turkey, C. Mac & Cheese
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We started talking about the Knicks, but had to go to commercial because things got too sad.
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. says LeBron is properly ranked as No. 3 on ESPN's NBArank.
needed to gather himself before responding 😂
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. is all in on the Kings 🔥
"De'Aaron Fox has been the clutchest player in the league. ... Malik Monk coming off the bench dropping 30. The Kentucky boys are a little bit different."
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"There's too many people speaking on my name, and I don't like that."
–Carmelo Anthony on people saying he's not willing to play off the bench
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. brings insight on what he was told happened behind-the-scenes before Kevin Durant signed with the Warriors.
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"Kobe Bryant's on the [All-Decade] worst team."
's take had WALK OFF the set 😂
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"I'm glad [Michael Jordan] is not my GOAT. ... He lied, he threw everybody under the bus. At the end of the day, The Last Dance was to make MJ look like a super hero, and make everybody else look like a villain."
responds to audio contradicting Jordan.
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Are we gonna see Marvin Bagley III and go bar for bar on First Take one of these days?
is ready whenever :eyes:
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"When Michael Jordan left in '93 ... Scottie Pippen was the best player in the world."
—Dennis Rodman
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"I'm being harassed by James Dolan and I don't know why."
—Spike Lee
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. is calling out Marquise Goodwin and challenging him to a race.
"I already proved that I'm better than you at wide receiver ... now I gotta prove to you that I'm faster than you too."
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"If I'm Deshaun Watson, I'd go into Bill O'Brien's office and I'd ask to be traded."
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"The Brooklyn Nets should be named the Brooklyn Hostess Cupcakes because they're creamy and they're soft in the middle."
😭
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"It's going to be a different LeBron on Christmas Day, I guarantee it."
Anthony Davis on the re-match with the Clippers 👀👀👀
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"I was going to Chicago."
—Carmelo Anthony responding to on the perception that Melo chose money over winning
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Charles Barkley weighs in on load management in the NBA:
"You can't make $30, $40, $50 million and then sit out games. I think it's disrespectful to the game, I think it's disrespectful to the fans."
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"I am where I'm supposed to be. ... All you recruits out there, baby you know I ain't hard to find."
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"Clemson to me, saved college football last night."
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. believes the Suns' championship window has already closed.
Things between him and got HEATED 😳🔥
"To say their championship window has closed is asinine! No it hasn't!"
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. shares a story about competing against a 16-year old LeBron and knowing how great he would become 🤯
“He has AT LEAST reached the bar!”
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