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There could be a full-length novel written about the wild words coming out of Stephen A. Smith\u2019s mouth this week.<\/p>\n
He claimed he would\u2019ve swung at LeBron James, who \u201cwasn\u2019t at Kobe Bryant\u2019s memorial service,\u201d and now Smith sent his condolences to a \u201clate great\u201d who is not actually dead.<\/p>\n
While No. 10 seed Arkansas bowed out of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday night against No. 3 seed Texas Tech, Smith discussed what head coach John Calipari has going for him with the program, comparing him to Nolan Richardson \u2014 perhaps the greatest to ever coach the Razorbacks.<\/p>\n
\t“He’s gonna be able to recruit better than anybody ever has there outside of Mr. 40 Minutes of Hell himself, the late great Nolan Richardson. God rest his soul.” \u2013 Stephen A. Smith pic.twitter.com\/xSFWn9zC99\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) March 28, 2025 <\/p>\n
\u201c[Calipari\u2019s] gonna be able to recruit better than anybody ever has [at Arkansas] outside of \u2018Mr. 40 Minutes of Hell\u2019 himself, the late great, Nolan Richardson,\u201d Smith said Friday on ESPN\u2019s \u201cFirst Take,\u201d adding, \u201cGod rest his soul.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richardson is a Hall of Fame coach who led Arkansas to 13 NCAA Tournament appearances and three Final Fours across 17 seasons with the program.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 83-year-old hasn\u2019t coached since 2002, but make no mistake: he is alive.<\/p>\n
At the beginning of the show\u2019s next segment, Smith apologized and claimed that he fully knew that Richardson was not dead.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am fully aware that Nolan Richardson is alive. Trust me. I apologize for that,\u201d Smith said. \u201cI don\u2019t know why I said, \u2018God rest his soul.\u2019 I know he\u2019s alive, I\u2019ve always known that. \u2026 I don\u2019t want anybody thinking I thought [Richardson] was gone, I did not. I know he\u2019s alive.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tIn the next segment, Smith clarified “I am fully aware that Nolan Richardson is alive. Trust me. I apologize for that\u2026I know he’s alive.” https:\/\/t.co\/hMa8n3HXHG pic.twitter.com\/LCVzsKLLQo\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) March 28, 2025 <\/p>\n
Smith is seemingly all out of sorts in his recollection on legendary basketball figures\u2019 deaths, as the Richardson slip-up comes just a day after he called out LeBron James for not being at Kobe Bryant\u2019s memorial service in 2020 \u2014 another completely incorrect statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy apologies and clarification. I misspoke in [hour No. 1] of [First Take] today when I intimated that LeBron did not attend Kobe Bryant\u2019s memorial,\u201d Smith said after his false claim about James. \u201cI corrected myself in [hour No. 2] when I acknowledged he was indeed in attendance. My mistake. Should not have even broached that subject. It was not my main point. I retract NOTHING else that I said.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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