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.

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.

Ohio State's win on Monday night marked back-to-back national championships for the Big Ten conference and ESPN's Stephen A. Smith believes it's time to crown a new king of college football. Despite the SEC laying claim to being the sport's best conference — with four straight national titles from

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. .@ ...

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 ...

Quinn Ewers is not expected to be a first-round pick in the 2025 NFL draft, although, given the lack of strength at the quarterback position of this class, experts believe he could come out of the Combine looking like the third-best signal-caller of the group, behind Shedeur Sanders and Cam Ward.

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.

Travis Kelce — the newly self-proclaimed “No. 1 Swiftie” — joined Stephen A. Smith on the Stephen A ... the stadium,” Kelce said of his non-football life. Things naturally focused ...

While Ewers' decision to declare for the NFL Draft may seem to be motivated by Manning's looming presence, Stephen A. Smith also highlighted the risks of staying in college. Ewers could have ...

Stephen A. Smith defends his claim that Ryan Day should have been fired had OSU lost to Tennessee, while praising him for proving the doubters wrong by winning the national championship.