On "First Take," Stephen A. Smith stated that the absence ... "If this continues, it will be the death of college basketball,” Smith said. "March Madness owns sports for those four weeks.

Stephen A. Smith is the voice of barbershop debate culture. He has staunch opinions on topics he often knows little about. In the age of highlights and bite-size information on social media ...

Stephen A. Smith voiced his concerns on ESPN’s First Take: "If this continues, it will be the death of college basketball. Because college basketball, listen what I'm saying coach, this has no ...

Cinderella runs in college basketball might be on life support. And if the sport can’t fix what was once its tournament lifeblood, then Stephen A. Smith has major concerns about its viability ...

All four No. 1 seeds and all but one No. 2 seeds remain in the Sweet Sixteen and Stephen A ... ESPN's "First Take," Smith expressed his concerns for the future of college basketball if this ...

And according to ESPN analyst Smith, that can only be bad for college basketball. "If this continues, it will be the death of college basketball," he said on Monday, after the Sweet 16 bracket was ...

Jeff Goodman, a college basketball analyst who co-hosts "The Field of 68" podcast, disagreed with ESPN's Stephen A. Smith's perspective on the state of college basketball. During an episode of ...

Stephen A. Smith serves as a Swiss Army knife for ESPN in terms of the kinds of topics he discusses on the network. But according to one longtime college basketball analyst and former colleague of ...

Jason Whitlock’s personal war with Stephen A. Smith is bringing a visual aid, with an old photo confirming Smith’s collegiate ...

First Take paused to consider if we may have all just watched the beginning of the end for the sport of college basketball as a whole. Stephen A. Smith began Monday morning by looking into the ...