Know about the reason why ESPN host Stephen A Smith took ‘First Take’ leave of absence, where is he today on the show and his shoulder injury
The everyman of ESPN will be out for a bit while he recovers from shoulder surgery. He recently revealed the information to the public via his Twitter official handle. The TV personality revealed that he went through “shoulder surgery” and need time to recover.
Know Where Is Stephen A Smith Today On First Take, Reason For Absence And Surgery Update
He also explained about the injury he suffered in his tweet have a look:
Appreciate the love I’ve been receiving from everyone who’s missed me on @FirstTake. I’m out because I’m rehabbing from shoulder surgery. Partial tear — rotator cuff AND Bicep, along with frayed Labrum, plus a Bone Spur. Aging sucks, but it is what it is. Back next month.#AllLove
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) July 14, 2022
Smith intends to resume riding at some time next month, as he stated in a tweet.
Several hosts will likely step in to host the show in Smith’s place, including ESPN’s Keyshawn Johnson, who was on the show on Monday morning and sparred with Kendrick Perkins.
The NBA offseason controversy is still boiling, and the NFL season is rapidly coming, so “First Take” won’t exactly need fodder to fill Stephan A.’s gap.
is a sports journalist, sports radio host, and sports television personality from the United States. He co-hosts ESPN’s First Take as a pundit with Molly Qerim. He frequently appears on SportsCenter as an NBA expert. Smith also contributes to NBA Countdown and NBA programmes on ESPN as an NBA commentator. On ESPN Radio, he served as host of The Stephen A. Smith Show. Smith writes a regular piece for The Philadelphia Inquirer, ESPNNY.com, and ESPN.com.
The 54-year-old from America started all this with print media. The Winston-Salem Journal, the Greensboro News and Record, and the New York Daily News were where Smith started his career in print journalism. Smith worked as a columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer starting in 1994. He started writing about the Philadelphia 76ers as their NBA columnist before transitioning to writing about sports in general.
Smith then transitioned from print media to broadcasting in the year 2005 when he was named the host of weekday noon to 2 p.m. radio show on WEPN in New York City with his “right-hand man B.T. (Brandon Tierney)”.
Smith, one of the anchors of First Take on ESPN, began his broadcast career in 1999 on the now-defunct cable network CNN/SI. He is now one of the most famous TV personalities in the world.