42 Facts About Stephen A Smith

Stephen A Smith is a commentator on ESPN's First Take, where he appears with Molly Qerim.

Stephen A Smith makes frequent appearances as an NBA analyst on SportsCenter.

Stephen Anthony Smith was born in the Bronx, a borough of New York City.

Stephen A Smith has four older sisters and had a younger brother, Basil, who died in a car accident in 1992.

Stephen A Smith's parents were originally from Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands.

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Stephen A Smith graduated in 1986 from Thomas Edison High School in Queens.

Stephen A Smith is a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.

Stephen A Smith graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mass communication.

Stephen A Smith began his print media career with the Winston-Salem Journal, the Greensboro News and Record, and the New York Daily News.

Stephen A Smith began reporting on the Philadelphia 76ers as their NBA columnist, and eventually, as a general sports columnist.

In February 2010, Stephen A Smith returned to The Philadelphia Inquirer after winning an arbitrator's ruling that he was to be reinstated but having to agree to remove all of his political views from his website and from cable news shows.

In November 2009, Stephen A Smith became an on-air contributor to Fox Sports Radio and broke the story of Allen Iverson's retirement on the Chris Myers–Steve Hartman afternoon show on November 25.

Stephen A Smith became a Fox Sports Radio morning show host on January 4,2010, replacing Washington, DC -based host Steve Czaban.

On his radio program, Stephen A Smith correctly predicted that LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh would all sign with the Miami Heat during 2010 free agency.

In early 2011, Stephen A Smith became a resident FSR NBA insider and ended his morning show.

In 2013, Stephen A Smith left ESPN for Sirius XM Radio, where he joined Chris Russo's Mad Dog Sports Channel.

The move was announced just one day after Stephen A Smith made some controversial comments on ESPN2's First Take program regarding the Ray Rice situation.

On January 17,2017, Stephen A Smith moved from Sirius XM's Mad Dog Sports channel back to ESPN.

Stephen A Smith is currently one of the hosts of First Take on ESPN.

Stephen A Smith is known for provocative analysis and dour delivery.

Stephen A Smith appeared on other ESPN shows, including the reality series Dream Job, as well as serving as a frequent guest on Pardon the Interruption, Jim Rome Is Burning, and as a participant on 1st and 10.

Stephen A Smith appeared as an anchor on the Sunday morning edition of SportsCenter.

Stephen A Smith later returned to ESPN, and it was announced on April 30,2012, on air that Stephen A Smith would be joining First Take on a permanent, five-days-per-week basis under a new format for the show called "Embrace Debate" in which he squares off against longtime First Take commentator Skip Bayless.

On July 25,2014, Stephen A Smith made controversial remarks on First Take that women may provoke domestic abuse, in regards to the domestic violence situation involving Baltimore Ravens' running back Ray Rice and his wife.

On July 29,2014, Stephen A Smith was suspended by ESPN for a week and did not appear on any of their programs again until August 6,2014.

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In late 2014, Stephen A Smith signed a multi-year deal with ESPN that will pay him over $3 million per year.

Stephen A Smith defended his comments by saying that he never used a form of the word racism to imply that Kelly was a racist.

On June 11,2015, Stephen A Smith received criticism for a comment he made about female soccer players during the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Tim Legler pointed out that the German players forming the wall turned their heads as the ball went by, and Stephen A Smith joked that the players "might not have wanted to mess up their hair".

On November 5,2016, Stephen A Smith joined Top Rank's broadcasting team for the Manny Pacquiao vs Jessie Vargas boxing pay-per-view event.

In 2019, Stephen A Smith became a UFC commentator as ESPN became the UFC's television broadcaster.

In 2020, Stephen A Smith served as a commentator for the after-party coverage of the 92nd Academy Awards on ABC.

On June 10,2021 Stephen A Smith broke into the soccer coverage space as he put it "let's do that soccer".

Stephen A Smith selected a Euro2020 team and followed this up with another soccer segment called "Ain't No Way" on June 14,2021.

Stephen A Smith made his acting debut on the ABC soap opera General Hospital in a cameo appearance as a television reporter on February 2,2007.

Stephen A Smith is a longtime fan of the show, as his older sisters watched it every day growing up.

Stephen A Smith appeared as Brick on General Hospital on March 31,2016, and has made guest appearances in the role every year since.

Stephen A Smith is known for his frequent use of catchphrases while hosting First Take, such as "blasphemous" when describing something completely outrageous that does not make sense to him.

Stephen A Smith has worn Rodgers' jersey on two occasions on First Take in 2017: once following the Dallas Cowboys' elimination at the hands of the Packers and once during a special taping of First Take from Dallas where Stephen A Smith received boos from the live crowd.

Stephen A Smith has frequently mocked former Cowboys player and fellow First Take commentator Michael Irvin after losses, as well as other past and present ESPN employees who were known Cowboys fans such as Skip Bayless, Will Cain and Marcus Spears.

Stephen A Smith has been known to say many times that he knows absolutely nothing about the sport of hockey, such as by saying that tie games still exist in the sport, despite the presence of three hockey teams from within the New York metropolitan area where he was brought up.

Stephen A Smith has the same reaction for athletes of other leagues getting caught with the usage of marijuana.