Stephen A. Smith Suspended By ESPN For Domestic Violence Remarks

ESPN is yanking Stephen A. Smith off the air for the comments he made about women and domestic violence last week.

 

The network says Smith will not appear on his show “First Take” or on ESPN Radio for a week. During a discussion last week about Ray Rice’s suspension — Stephen A. said he would tell women to make sure they’re not doing anything “to provoke wrong actions” … in addition to telling men what NOT to do.

This morning on “First Take” Smith apologized — and ESPN released a statment, saying … “We will continue to have constructive dialogue on this important topic. Stephen’s comments last Friday do not reflect our company’s point of view.”

The network continued … “As his apology demonstrates, he recognizes his mistakes and has a deeper appreciation of our company values.”

Smith’s comments also infuriated fellow ESPN anchor Michelle Beadle. She’s yet to react to his suspension.
 

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Stephen A. Smith is Leaving ESPN, Sort’ve

Stephen A. Smith is known for speaking his mind and often saying things that probably don’t bode well for a company with a heavy filter. Well now he will have plenty of freedom.

 

Stephen A. Smith will soon leave ESPN-98.7 FM and take his verbal stylings to SXM’s “MDR,” where he will host his own show, according to satellite radio sources. Smith currently co-hosts a 1 p.m.-3 p.m. program with Ryan Ruocco on 98.7.Smith’s new show will probably air from 1 p.m.-3 p.m., which will put him in direct competition with Ruocco on ESPN 98.7.

The idea of Smith working freestyle in the uncensored world of satellite radio is fascinating. SAS has gone right up to the line, and sometimes crossed it, as he did on Friday on ESPN’s “First Take” when he went on a rant concerning Ray Rice’s two-game suspension and implied some women should be blamed for domestic violence.
How much further will he push it working without a seatbelt on “MDR?”

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Stephen A. Smith’s Comments On Women “Provoking” Abuse Sparks Outrage From Female Media Peers

This morning on ESPN’s First Take, co-host Stephen A. Smith let loose a poorly-worded rant about how women should do their part to avoid gettin’ their behinds whooped by physically abusive men. It went downhill from there.

Unfortunately, this is not the first time he has made statements like this. In 2012 when Chad Ochocinco was arrested for head-butting Evelyn Lozada Smith opined that, based on Evelyn’s reality-TV personality, perhaps Evelyn had incited Chad to split her head to the white meat.

This line of misogynist thinking set many of Stephen’s fellow female journalists on FIRE. The heat got so intense the Stephen A was forced to hop on Twitter to attempt to explain himself once again…which actually made things MUCH worse.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fabolous On First Take (Video)

With the Super Bowl going down this Sunday at the MetLife Staudim, ESPN’s First Take brought their show to Big Apple. Fabolous was a guest this morning and in the clip spoke on Macklemore’s Grammy wins.



Joe Budden Returns To ESPN ‘First Take’ (Video)

 

 

Before the Seahawks duke it out with the Broncos on February 2, Joey returned to ESPN’s “First Take”. He makes his Super Bowl predictions and weighs in on Seattle’s Richard Sherman’s post-game interview.

 



ESPN First Take On Jay Z Hustling Past

 

 



During yesterday’s broadcast of ESPN’s First Take, hosts Steven A. Smith and Skip Bayless discussed Jay Z’s drug dealing past and it’s effect on his Roc Nation Sports agency. Hopefully, you won’t have to go through that.