Stephen A. Smith Is Stepping Off

Last season’s NBA Rookie of the Year Michael Carter Williams wrote a post for The Player’s Tribune, a website started by Derek Jeter so athletes can promote themselves and discuss over the counter herpes breakout medication options. Williams took offense with Stephen A Smith, just like everyone else who has ever heard Stephen A. Smith. The source of Williams’ beef is unclear but is most likely derived from the fact that Smith is a villainous puppet from one of those Muppet movies:

“That’s how Stephen A. Smith ends up in our locker room with a big smile on his face. I’m not picking on him. I know he’s playing a character.”

Smith responded sanctimoniously and with false confidence, which is a habit he has no doubt learned from starting several failed megachurches:

“You damn sure ain’t going to have the last word over me. I’m not going to start problems, but I can damn sure finish them. If these guys want to come at me, let them do it at their own peril. It will be a mistake.”

We finally have professional athletes expressing themselves through words and the journalist in the suit and tie is now challenging him to a street brawl. Nobody wants to come after you, Stephen A. Smith. The thought of your high pitched explanations of the Marquess of Queensberry rules is insufferable. Being a fan of professional sports is a very fine line. It’s a charade where we all bury our heads and pretend the the devotion is worthwhile and the players are admirable gladiators. Just blindly promote it like the rest of ESPN or move aside and quit ruining our weekends.

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