Stephen A. Smith has a special lady in his life. The ESPN personality, who tends to keep his personal life private, was pressed about his dating life during a guest appearance on “The Howard Stern Show” with Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, his “First Take” debate partner, on Wednesday.

No. 7 seed Notre Dame is finally about to face off with No. 8 seed Ohio State in the College Football Playoff national championship. This will represent the first national championship game played since the implementation of a 12-team playoff.

Stephen A. Smith did not hold back in criticizing Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes after they lost to the Michigan Wolverines, 10-13, on Dec. 1, 2024.

It's safe to say that just a few weeks ago, few people would have expected a College Football Playoff ... As is so often the case, ESPN's Stephen A. Smith believes that he has the answer. .@ ...

Stephen A. Smith concurs with Paul Finebaum that the Big Ten has supplanted the SEC as the best conference in college football.

Per ESPN BET, the Fighting Irish enter the College Football Playoff national championship ... On "First Take" Friday morning, ESPN's Stephen A. Smith argued that Notre Dame needs a win the CFP ...

Stephen A. Smith’s contract with ESPN is set to expire ... Ben Johnson; a disappointing college football playoff rating; Notre Dame’s national appeal; the usefulness of NFL rules analysts in the booth; WWE’s new partnership with Netflix and more.

Stephen A. Smith jumped on his podcast this week to back the rappers who’ve been catching heat for performing at

Jones has been making mistakes left, right, and center lately. His most recent head coaching hire, Brian Schottenheimer, was not well-received by the greater NFL world, but especially not by the Cowboys faithful, as Dominique Foxworth pointed out.

Stephen A. Smith and Chris "Mad Dog" Russo join Molly Qerim on First Take to react to Bronny James getting playing time against the Philadelphia 76ers and his performance this season.

With Donald Trump back in office, memories of ESPN talent fighting with the president online are on the mind. The overall political chatter at ESPN has died down, but for one Stephen A. Smith, it’s open season on all the big issues.

Stephen A. Smith has embraced needling the Dallas Cowboys and their fans as a recurring bit and the franchise has provided him ample opportunity to do so in recent years. The face of ESPN pushed quite hard for the Cowboys to hire Deion Sanders but Jerry Jones instead opted to go the very boring route with Brian Schottenheimer.