First Take addresses racial comments, abuse directed at Alyssa Thomas
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ย. 2024
- On First Take, Stephen A. Smith and Chiney Ogwumike address the abuse Alyssa Thomas received on social media and that she subsequently spoke about in her postgame press conference following the Connecticut Sun advancing past the Indiana Fever to reach the WNBA Semifinals.
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Stephen A said absolutely nothing 😂
When does he ever say anything?
He literally talked the first 4 minutes lol
He doesn't gaf about this women's non sense I promise you 😂😂😂😂....he probably just found out who alyssa thomas was today when they handed him his briefing report😂 😂...
you one the people he talkin about... u ignored wat he said
@@_jaynola_and yet said nothing
Stephen A didn’t say anything at all, professional tap dancer
Stephen A, Shannon, Charles Barkley, and Jason Fatlock will go to war over Caitlin Clark but silence when it's black women.
Stepin Fetchit A Smith
@@kevinmiller9325damn man that’s crazy
But the other day him and Shannon were hooping and hollering over the Caitlin Clark criticism.
SA is part of the problem lol
He is one of the biggest Race Baiters WHO wants to divide society in the USA
Swear I was saying the same thing lol
No, that would be you!
@@AverageMOEgym because a black man doesn't blame his life failures on race, he's a problem?
@AverageMOEgym you wear a mask and post Madden vids. Ok simp.
SAS tried to compare the incomparable.
It's not worse today it's more prevalent and accessible!
We are all sinners, some gravitate towards their sin while others try to over the light of our LORD.
SAS needs tap shoes as much as he dances around racial issues💯
Ol girl had to check to see if SAS was on the page with her after all that talking he did lol😂
its in their DNA,,,,,,,they love playing the race card..
This is such a stupid comment. What he said, is true.
Not surprised at all. Been seeing this all over social media since the national championship game. SAS and Shannon Sharpe have been tap dancing around it from the start.
It's wppl. What do you expect. This is why I don't phuk with them at all
Caitlin gets horrific hate and don't here much about that.
Those racist would just watch the games and root for CC if Caitlyn was welcomed from the beginning. The women taking trash, belittling CC, trying not to mention her, acting like she isn’t all that, etc , caused CC fans to respond this way.
@@Oneanddone14 I'm sure if the media darling speaks about any hate she is receiving similar to what other players are speaking about, the media will speak out against it just like they already speak out against any negative plays against her on the court. But please continue to speak whataboutisms while not responding to what is in the comment you came whining to. Hit dogs holler.
@@venusspacey9685 the players caused her fans to be racist?😂 Not only that, you think that reasoning makes it ok if it were even true? That's great moral and sound logic only to someone who already felt that way 😂.
Viewership and attendance will fall big time lol
SAS is a clown !!
Promoting black hate I see you. Look in the mirror you are one too. 🤡
You would think Angel fans are “loving fans” 😅😅😅
Yea we love CC as well because she’s a baller!
We protect her from folk like you. CC doesn't like the lowlife fanbase that follow her. She's a Swifty and you're upset about that. You're also jealous of Angel because she's popular are pretty
Shannon: Skipppptt!! I mean SA, THEY MAD!!! ain’t no racism They Jwealas!!
Tap dancing steve, Kooning for his boss
By saying America is more racist now ?
Men have been enduring this for years. If we worried about what ppl says about Us then we got the problem. This is Life.... Get off social media...... We don't even know what is personal interactions mean.....
Then ESPN should stop promoting racism
Never understood why anyone would care about anything posted on "social media".
Because clark fans care about what other people say about her on "social media."
ESPN is literally the reason for all the racial and divisive tension.
Exactly, its definitely not the racist people lol
Blame Steven A and Shay Shay for this one 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Both of them goofies
Alyssa Thomas standing on business good for her speak your mind
Okay fair enough..still think she's wrong and a bit jealous tho. How y'all gonna police the internet? So-called professionals dialed in to social media..hmm.
“Shay Shay” went to Diddy parties
Everyone went there...stay on topic
Duh, Shay Shay dresses zesty
Wait, are you sure?
@@DC180PPthe topic is whatever anyone chooses to speak on.
@@jamesbingham1007he and Stephen A. Myth
Steven A used a lot of words but didn't say anything as usual
Andraya Carter, Monica McNutt, Elle Duncan & Chiney Ogwumike got the last laugh on those 🤡🤡
Stephen A Smith 🤡
Shannon Sharpe 🤡
Jason Whitlock 🤡
Gilbert Arenas 🤡
Rashad McCants 🤡
Brandon Jennings🤡
The last laugh how exactly?
@@joepzenz proving CC fans base are racist
@@zro6490 Sheryl Swoops 🤡
Last laugh ? How
Reese is irrelevant
And cc is the face and rookie of the year 🎉
Hahaha Steven A. talks a lot but really doesn't say much.....
Low comprehension skills
Unfortunately it's America!
Identity politics is what's making it worst... blame biden n harris
@@oddball9743it’s democrats all of them….. not just biden
SAS just be yapping
He’s fluent in Yapanese
To people who have 2 brain cells left ,yes
People going to ignore this because a certain fan base pick and chooses when they're colorblind to racism. Angel Reese been getting hate and called racial slurs on her own social media accounts before the WNBA but like yall always do going to act like it didn't happen.
What?
No one cares about Sid
@@ballinforlife9 Cool bro here's a trophy 🏆
@@Hueman0000Keep whining and crying and playing victim you little hoe
Lies.....it was worst in the PAST...he asked the wrong people
Well now that Clark is out they don’t have to worry about racist fans. Cause no one will be watching.😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂
I'll be watching
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@jricks92921no you not 😂😂😂
@@gloryroad7452😂😂😂😂
A lot of Clark fans were bandwagon fans we will see next year that only true basketball fans will be there .Only then will be able to jusge the Clark affect
true basketball fans??? Get a life, you sad simp. haha. Your pride is evoked from being a true wnba fan. HILLARIOUS AND PATHETIC.
Lol league and fanbass is so openly racist towards white ppl its insane lololol, every non bias viewer just watched the wnba rig 2 games against the fever then cry victim, cc recieved 10 tens more racial hate then the other players but like a normal person ignored it, no fever were racist it was internet trolls but some ppl love victimhood
Much sooner than that..the Fever are out. Check the ratings, ticket and jersey sales. It's the playoffs..increased interest is expected. If there's a drop off - there's the answer.
@@fredball8240I say they should have made them foul calls instead they let her get beat on & almost hurt because of jealousy smh
Agreed, I refuse to watch the rest of year now because of all the hate towards what brought me in. But Next year hopefully the hate will have significantly died down and I will be comfortable being a fan of the league as a whole. There are so many great players , if I can respect the league I will be lifelong fan. I already love the players on her team, the lady on the stars from the all star game (I won’t try to type her name), plum and Wilson on the aces and Kennedy on the sky. I’m sickened by the hate towards Clark but I actually like Kennedy a lot. I have no idea why but I do. I hope next year is awesome and all the players accept their leagues growth. We have money and we want to give it to them
Get off social media if you don't like what internet trolls say. It isn't going to stop and trying to call out the trolls only makes them more vicious. I'm so sick of athletes and celebrities bitching about people being mean on social media.
Ironic you don't even see it 😅😅
wow so boos directed at someone because of a lawsuit they had to start because she was mistreated while pregnant are a part of fandom but online trolls arent? Help me understand this because internet is yall life I see go touch grass Caitlin playing basketball is not the problem
They don't understand the Social Media...you can't control Social media
My thing is people want Caitlin Clark to speak up and stop a matter she has zero control of
Why are these WNBA players coming for Indiana Fever Fans?
Because they hate the white superstar.
Because it’s Fever fans who have been spewing racist attacks at black players across the league
@@tomaseduardo8951😂😂😂 Catlin got them spooked deadass !
Because they think anyone that leaves a racist or mean comment is a fever fan
Angel Reese was getting death threats all season and they waited till now to say something?
Thanks you
Yawn
@@_EmmaGrace789that what your dad said about your mom 😂
Tell us more Juicy Smollet tales of abuse…. 😂
@@Debate_dagame_not_dadebaterso?
Why are we suprised? Its in their DNA..😮
Racist in every color…….🤡🤡🤡🤡
the media has lead the charge on all this division.
Molly how do you pronounce Alyssa name like Alicia? That was just unacceptable
Put a helmet on! STop being a victim. Who cares?
Not even. She said Aleesa 🙄
First, they are not Fever fans.
These are trolls and bullies who know they are getting a reaction and it’s covered nationally.
Sports fans are no different from lord of the rings, Disney and star wars fans😂😂😂😂
A black person can't be a mermaid or a jedi.
An Asian person can't live in the STAR WARS GALAXY.
Dwarves can only be Caucasian.
if they wanna stop the racial comments, they need to go at Jason Whitlock, he’s the one that’s been flaming, calling it in assault. But no one wants to address that.
People watch.. pay attention to… listen to Whitlock? 😂😂😂😂 that’s wild
@@bizzyboomin9277 Right? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
racial comment only come because of short chubby black non athletes on TV?
@@bizzyboomin9277 Yeah, it's all Whitlock's fault?
He scares you, doesn't he, because he says the truth? It WAS assault.
Worse now than in the 60s??? 😂😂😂. If you believe that please pass me what you smoking.
He said he spoke to some people born in the 40s. LMAO. Even worse. He isn’t smoking anything, just boldface lying or talking to people who have dementia.
@@fy4b230
😆 That's Wrong 😆
How can you refute the opinion of someone who experienced that? Is your opinion personal experience based ie you were old enough then, or are you going by what you've seen on tv and social media? I say that it IS worse because it is stealth. Back then, you were called whatever, and treated however, without smokescreens. The racist tropes nowadays are nice as pie in public and take on the persona of KKK Grand Dragons behind a computer screen or a cloak of secrecy. So which attack is more lethal, the one that you see coming towards you, or the one that you don't see coming at all?
Indiana and Boston fans have had this reputation for a long time. Doesn't excuse it at all but you do know what you're getting into out there. Sad world
Throw Utah on that list
Philly too
Na don't put Philly in this we got fans of all races. I can tell u never been here in Philly @@energy023
@@energy023our fans are just crazy that's all. We don't like teams and fans of other teams coming to our stadium period.
@@energy023don't lump Philly in that
I don't believe it's worse now back in the 60's black people hung from tree's and was killed daily for just being black 💯
Black people still being hung
In the 60's? Hung daily? You sure about that?
@@jamesbingham1007in the south yes lynchings were a daily occurrence
Stephen A. Myth went to Diddy parties
2:09 I wasn’t born in the 60’s so maybe I’m wrong but I think I’d rather be born in the 21st century as a black person than than any other century previously
He forgot about WHITE FLIGHT...etc
There’s never been a better time to be black in America than right now. Anyone saying it’s worse now for black folks than it was in the 50s and 60s is being dishonest.
Not the point, but keep deflecting. The point is that the two time periods shouldn't even be comparable in sports, society, or anything else AT ALL in regards to racism. Stay in school, or go back and work on basic comprehension.
Where was this energy with the sky fans they keep trying to single out fever fans 😂
How come you can't prove it?
You"re who shes talking about you piece of sh%t
This is what happens when you overhype a person, they will turn on anyone. You can't have it both ways SAS and Shannon
Sports has always been a window to society... Shameful
In 2024, there are still Sundown towns still out here.
any inner city black area. duh.
@@bobjacksob racist much??
@jkelley8173 Statistical accuracy problems your narrative?
@bobjacksob There is no city or town in the United States where they will warn you. You have to leave this town before it gets dark if you are white...Facts!!
P.S. Max Kellerman wouldn't tap dance around the issue like Stephen A. does. He's such a "company man."
Lol nonsense. Fever not responsible for social media. If you don't like what the fans say stay off social media LMAO
Exactly
The fellas been going through this forever
Forever
So please
Delete your account then
It's not going to stop 🛑
It's not going to stop 🛑
It's not going to stop 🛑
I'll solve it....STAY OFF SOCIAL MEDIA!!!
they just saying this cause its Clarks team and fans FOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AB got off Twitter and ain’t complained since 🤣🤣🤣 she is the best example get off social media
Black men are such a disappointment. No backbone, cowards and the weakest link.
Welcome to being a big sport, talk to NFL, MLB, NBA players on how to ignore it
I suggest people go look up Dr. Degruy and listen to her lecture on POST TRAUMATIC SLAVE SYNDROME. It’s very enlightening cause she speaks not only the effects of slavery on black people but white people as well
Isn’t Utah and Boston like this in the NBA? NOBODY WANT THIS but the leagues still let it exist?
You shared a room with A.t. 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 ok 👀👀
Racist BS? Anyone mentioning Sheryl Swoopes?
WNBA you can do all you want to do with cyber bullies talk about it preach about it but IT WILL NOT CHANGE welcome to the big leagues its sucks it’s not right but do not let it become the NARRATIVE
Only way to stop that kind of talk is for people that talk like that to stop having access to the Internet.
If u can’t take the heat then stop asking for the big bucks. The fan support and viewership will fall big time in the next 2 seasons
You can't force ppl to be into in something they're not. Majority folks dont want to watch unless Clark is playing.
What league going to do to fight social media trolls??? Players need to work with the FEDs. Or cut off comments on your social media because it's going to get worse moving forward. These racist feel emboldened
Fever fans being racist?😂 when that energy is aimed at angel Reese those same Clark fans claim they aren’t racist. Reese not even playing and they are being racist towards opposing teams
That commissioner will do nothing the league will fall now because you guys talking this nonsense
Mane come on now its Indiana 😂😂😂 yall must not know who and what the majority of people there are 😂 js indiana might as well be Mississippi
Mfers just need to get real about white people and racism. Throw the political aspect out and it’s still there.
I think ESPN is alot of the blame for what is going on, you let Stephen A and others talk about other athletes while praising caitlin Clark. You constantly hear about other athletes gender or other things that have nothing to do with sports. ESPN you have caused a major this problem how about fixing it instead of worrying about your dollar and caitlin Clark fans or are you full of crap
Molly they not hiding where u want them to go to be seen ? Mam ? First take have competition people has other resources to hear about sports thats just facts. Its over 4billion users on youtube 170 million platforms cone on now lol SMH.
No they are not
People are watching Caitlin Clark
No one cares about the rest
Bless us all
As someone who travels for work I can say Northern Indiana has some of the most racist people I’ve seen. I tell friends and family I’d rather go to Mississippi or Alabama any day then go North of Indianapolis
Being from Indiana, I can say, Caitlin Clark's fan base is outta pocket and wylin'! As a black man, I can fully embrace her as anything but a player until she directly calls out her fan base for their racist vitriol. I know she's just 20 something, but silence is complicity at this point. There's no way she doesn't know some of her fans are MAGA supporters. 😂😂😂
STAY OFF DAA WEED AND TWEED. I hope the Sun coach was speaking broadly when she said "social media is their life". 99% of death threats are empty,most journalists are personal opinion givers and if no one is talking good or bad about you,you might be irrelevant.
Thank you! Appreciate this conversation!
Whats happening in this world? The identity politics from one side thats ripping our counrry apart
Maybe stay off social media or go play basketball in a country where the citizens dont have freedom of speech and expression.
That's because THE MEDIA has hyped CC up so much, making her the "Great White Hope" that if anyone says anything about her they come at you with virtual hatred! 💯
One more story and I'm gone;was in a waiting room with 2 other customers,tv was on CNN and the story was about a teenager who committed suicide due to cyberbullying. The female customer,a heavy set woman,giggled and caught herself and saw my look. She apologized for not being sensitive but explained that she'd been bullied all her early life and IN PERSON,TO HER FACEand behind her back,but never thought about killing herself-she did wish death on the bullies.
If the fans were so bad and terrible a fever player would've said something about their fans being abusive. I know team that called their fans, the sky
It is absolutely nasty behavior. Im just wondering why this wasnt brought up about the sky and reese fans towards clark fans. Neither is excusable, just doesn't make alot of sense. Do people not realize the comments towards clark fans are horrible? Honestly.
Thats your fans that are fans of Caitlin. Stop crying and get your fan base back. Lol that game was played in your arena😢
They literally said "caitlin has used her voice and has tried to, but it has fallen short". Blaming caitlin? What more can she do? ESPN is the worst, they start it. Stick to sports, not politics. This would have never happened om sportscenter or ESPN 20 years ago.
“But everything exposed by the light becomes visible-and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.”
Ephesians 5:13
Why is everyone so surprised? The KKK has strong roots and ties to the state of Indiana.
who cares what ppl say about you over the internet>>!?!? What you did on the court is worst..!!
AT usually out the way, so if she talking you know they going crazy
You ladies have been professional to CC? You ladies show racism towards CC and not a dam player spoke up about that. But when it comes to blacks yall want to be corrected. sAS should be VP for Kamala. He is good at saying nothing.
@4:17. Took long enough to congratulate the WINNERS.
Exactly, the fake cc fans are ruining things
Thats a lie. Yall so coddled dont compare 2024 to 1964
She played Indiana six times this season and only now she's calling out Indiana fans on social media. Stay off of social media and play basketball. You're good at it.
Wth did Stephen A say??? Seriously, both of them should have said what the heck are you taking about when he was done with his mantra... Smdh
Unless you’re a bigot, you can’t argue with anything said on this clip.
Racial comments against Clark is worst, way worst.
The same people are racist to Clark. Quit playin the typical poor me card. 😂
In no way am I saying this is ok. The league is getting more publicity that’s why. NBA players are getting the same kind of comments. It’s going to come with the territory sadly
Caitlin Clark is not to blame. her fan base is delusional. You cant say anything about her but her fan base talks ish about everyone. Its the same old story its cool when they do it its a problem when we do it.
Remind me of the early 80s w/ Larry Bird and Magic Johnson