Stephen A. Smith, America’s best-known sports-talker, is hosting boldface Democrats and MAGA luminaries and teasing a 2028 presidential run. But what he really wants is ubiquitous political influence, and things of that nature. nyti.ms/4mkONs8
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Literally, just, no. Go away. This is a very bad idea. For everyone, especially Stephen A. And then more especially everybody else.
may 17, 2025, 1:22 am • 0 0 • view
Can’t stand him. He is just another blow heart attention whore !
may 16, 2025, 8:16 pm • 1 0 • view
He hasn't figured out White Supremacist Nazi Maga won't vote for a black man.
may 16, 2025, 7:56 pm • 11 0 • view
no one other than you clowns care
may 16, 2025, 8:00 pm • 0 0 • view
Please don’t do this. What? I said please.
may 16, 2025, 10:05 pm • 0 0 • view
may 16, 2025, 8:12 pm • 1 0 • view
🤮
may 16, 2025, 7:59 pm • 3 0 • view
Seriously. I turn ESPN off when he is on. He is the worst of the slow talking sport commentators. He is only good at filling the void of silence with meaningless filler. Is this article just a press release by his agent?
may 16, 2025, 9:41 pm • 0 0 • view
Go away!! JFC.
may 16, 2025, 8:17 pm • 1 0 • view
We Black folks don't support him 🤦🏿♀️
may 16, 2025, 10:13 pm • 0 0 • view
The NYT is out here @davidjroth.bsky.social posting
may 16, 2025, 8:24 pm • 2 0 • view
The media is trying to turn this into a real story, but no way Smith polls any higher than “margin of error.” 😄
may 16, 2025, 8:37 pm • 0 0 • view
Grade A Prime Douche
may 16, 2025, 7:55 pm • 6 0 • view
For a moment there I thought you were reporting his death.
may 16, 2025, 7:54 pm • 0 0 • view
More like sports-yeller. Nails on a chalkboard
may 16, 2025, 8:24 pm • 3 0 • view
No.
may 17, 2025, 2:21 pm • 0 0 • view
Clown.
may 16, 2025, 7:54 pm • 0 0 • view
Why not? He's a narcissistic blowhard with no public policy experience or expertise. He'll fit right in.
may 16, 2025, 8:00 pm • 0 0 • view
may 16, 2025, 8:11 pm • 1 0 • view
Can we just make this 'man' go away?
may 16, 2025, 9:08 pm • 0 0 • view
No.
may 17, 2025, 12:29 am • 0 0 • view
He's such a loudmouth. I cannot stand him. UGH!!!
may 17, 2025, 5:02 pm • 0 0 • view
Another loud mouth trying to be somebody
may 16, 2025, 8:02 pm • 0 0 • view
My FIRST TAKE is to stay in your lane Stephen A
may 16, 2025, 8:40 pm • 0 0 • view
may 16, 2025, 8:02 pm • 0 0 • view
If you go with Stephen Smith, Democrats, and then end of the viable status of your party is entirely deserved....
may 16, 2025, 8:04 pm • 0 0 • view
Just as wise as picking Michael Avenatti….
may 16, 2025, 9:08 pm • 1 0 • view
it’s time for me to stop being carried away. Nobody likes him
may 17, 2025, 12:23 pm • 0 0 • view
Didn’t Marlena Shaw sing a song about this?
may 16, 2025, 9:29 pm • 0 0 • view
I don't even want this clown's sports takes, let alone his political takes.
may 16, 2025, 7:55 pm • 30 0 • view
Fuck, so you guys do know how to wirte the correct headlines! If only you guys would write "But what he really wants is" when it comes to a Trump headline!! Oh and I can careless about Smith. I'm just pointing out the glaring hypocrisis here
may 16, 2025, 8:03 pm • 0 0 • view
Geez! You might have an actual point under all this word salad. Too bad there’s no edit button.
may 16, 2025, 8:27 pm • 0 0 • view
"I’m here hoping for a more positive social media experience." - that u?? Triggered by hypocrisy?lol If u don't like it, u can either move along like everyone else or leave an ignore comment,which doesn't create a positive experience. With that said, I did write it in haste but I really don't care
may 16, 2025, 8:43 pm • 0 0 • view
Well, I didn’t curse, didn’t call you names, didn’t question your intelligence or opinions; just noted that multiple errors in grammar and spelling make it more challenging to understand your point. If you’re not trying to communicate with your readers, my bad.
may 16, 2025, 8:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Damn look at u coming with more hypocrisis. Lol most ignorant, ppl can't see their ignorance so no surprise with your reply. U can put all the lipstick on the pig you want, if that makes u feel better about yourself. "Your readers" 🤣 Im not like u. Not here to communicate with people.I have friends
may 16, 2025, 9:22 pm • 0 0 • view
Big No his mouth is to loud, already have one, need normalcy.
may 16, 2025, 8:18 pm • 1 0 • view
Hard pass.
may 16, 2025, 8:01 pm • 0 0 • view
Thought he died when I saw this
may 16, 2025, 8:06 pm • 2 0 • view
Sounds like another asshole. I think we’ve had our fill.
may 16, 2025, 7:57 pm • 15 0 • view
That guy is a clown. Shame on espn and abc He has no electoral possibilities. But it figures that NYT is profiling him Bet he sell more papers than the real candidates
may 16, 2025, 7:54 pm • 6 0 • view
For the crowd that turns to Joe Rogan or Billy Corgan for a second opinion on vaccines. You can’t make this stuff up.
may 16, 2025, 8:10 pm • 0 0 • view
Gross 🤢
may 16, 2025, 8:04 pm • 0 0 • view
No thank you.
may 16, 2025, 11:57 pm • 0 0 • view
Is this a joke?
may 16, 2025, 7:53 pm • 2 0 • view
may 16, 2025, 7:57 pm • 3 0 • view
He is obnoxious and totally irrelevant.
may 17, 2025, 12:35 am • 0 0 • view
Queens. Blowhard. TV network in his pocket. Checks all the MAGA boxes.
may 17, 2025, 1:31 am • 0 0 • view
get the fuck outta here with this unserious bullshit
may 16, 2025, 8:42 pm • 1 0 • view
Another demagogue? It seems to be that season in the world. It feels like 1930s all over again. Where Demagogues and Tyrants are creeping out of the crevices and sewers of mankind.
may 17, 2025, 1:41 am • 0 0 • view
He’s garbage.,
may 16, 2025, 8:28 pm • 0 0 • view
I'm always surprised by these articles suggesting that SAS is considering a run for president. They never discuss where his voting base would come from. Black women will not support him, Hispanics will not vote for him, and Kamala conservatives won't back him either. Black men maybe 2%.
may 16, 2025, 9:41 pm • 0 0 • view
Let’s all agree to stop paying attention to him.
may 16, 2025, 8:14 pm • 1 0 • view
Wait, is this @theonion.com? 🤣😂
may 16, 2025, 9:01 pm • 1 0 • view
Grifters gonna grift
may 16, 2025, 7:55 pm • 6 0 • view
He is absolutely terrible during pregame and halftime of NBA playoffs games.
may 17, 2025, 7:34 pm • 0 0 • view
NO NO NO
may 16, 2025, 7:55 pm • 0 0 • view
No. NO. NO. What is it with these TV people - No government or leadership experience, but I can be president. Does a tv camera melt your brain, cause hubris & self aggrandizing beliefs or convince them they are special. No. Just NO !!!!!!!
may 16, 2025, 9:30 pm • 2 0 • view
The Democratic Party, for all of its flaws, is still a place for serious people. SAS is not a serious person.
may 17, 2025, 3:01 am • 2 0 • view
*baldface
may 16, 2025, 8:11 pm • 0 0 • view
I can't stand this gas bag
may 16, 2025, 7:53 pm • 34 1 • view
He’s just a big mouthed opportunist. He won’t run. It’s a money grab. If you look up “Uncle Tom” in the dictionary there’s a picture of him.
may 16, 2025, 8:42 pm • 1 0 • view
We're living in the reality created by the other canonical Stephen A Smith post, unfortunately.
may 16, 2025, 7:53 pm • 11 2 • view
yup
may 16, 2025, 11:02 pm • 2 0 • view
🙄
may 16, 2025, 7:59 pm • 1 0 • view
may 16, 2025, 8:02 pm • 1 0 • view
wait, lets back up on "Boldface Democrats" and "MAGA luminaries". So skip the fact that calling democrats "Boldface" means nothing since the formal definition is simply a description of a typeface, HOWEVER given the most common use of that word (the term "boldface lies") is clearly meant to
may 16, 2025, 8:41 pm • 0 0 • view
cast democrats as liars, but in a way that you get to remain too cowardly to actually say it. And then "MAGA Luminaries"??? Is this sarcasm? is there a reference here I'm missing. what the F kind of journalism is this?
may 16, 2025, 8:41 pm • 0 0 • view
Reason #27 that it's so freaking important to read the stories 'we' pop off about. And "boldfaced" has different meanings. One is being bold and unashamed. I think that describes Booker, Shapiro and Jeffries. And yes. "MAGA luminaries" is a slam. Speaks to the foolishness of their ecosystem.
may 16, 2025, 9:14 pm • 1 0 • view
Well, then it would appear I popped off like an idiot. Well, glad to hear that I was wrong. Though I did double check meanings on "Boldface" and only found definitions of the typeface. But you are 100% right, like a fool, I popped off without reading.
may 16, 2025, 9:58 pm • 0 0 • view
OK. And my take is that your solid man for admitting that. Well done. 👍
may 16, 2025, 10:08 pm • 0 0 • view
No thanks.
may 17, 2025, 1:19 am • 2 0 • view
Douche. Bag.
may 16, 2025, 7:55 pm • 0 0 • view
no one needs this nonsense.
may 16, 2025, 9:46 pm • 0 0 • view
You’re kidding me, right?
may 16, 2025, 8:06 pm • 0 0 • view
What a drag that his clown is having a moment.
may 16, 2025, 11:22 pm • 0 0 • view
No
may 17, 2025, 2:06 am • 0 0 • view
I guess just add this to the list of shit to thank Republicans for? Make politics a circus, end up with clowns.
may 16, 2025, 7:54 pm • 0 0 • view
lol NO. Fuck him.
may 17, 2025, 11:59 am • 0 0 • view
Lolz
may 16, 2025, 7:55 pm • 0 0 • view
Why is the @nytimes.com addicted to puffing up and platforming this nation's biggest loudmouth dumbasses? Get a new drug.
may 16, 2025, 8:26 pm • 7 0 • view
Pass.
may 16, 2025, 8:05 pm • 1 0 • view
Hard to take this country seriously anymore.
may 16, 2025, 8:01 pm • 5 0 • view
One of the wonders of science is why anyone cares about what Smith says or thinks.
may 16, 2025, 8:12 pm • 0 0 • view
Nope.
may 16, 2025, 8:34 pm • 0 0 • view
No. Full stop N.O.
may 16, 2025, 8:42 pm • 0 0 • view
He can FO
may 17, 2025, 3:37 pm • 0 0 • view
That more than his immediate family even contemplate for a second shows how absolutely lost ya all are I’m ’Murica. He is a blowhard all about clicks and reactions and himself. Oh. Two terms it is I guess. Wake up America.
may 16, 2025, 8:12 pm • 0 0 • view
No thanks
may 16, 2025, 8:00 pm • 0 0 • view