ESPN's Stephen A. Smith paid tribute to college basketball coaching legend Nolan Richardson, but there's one major problem.

But Stephen A. Smith referred to him as “the late, great” Nolan Richardson during a hit on “First Take” before saying, “God ...

Stephen A. Smith sent his condolences to “late great" Hall of Fame coach Nolan Richardson, who is not actually dead.

Texas A&M forward Henry Coleman III is the 2025 recipient of the Nolan Richardson Player of the Year Award, which is ...

Texas A&M’s Henry Coleman III earned the 2025 Nolan Richardson Player of the Year Award, which is presented annually to a college basketball player who is the heart and soul of a team and a leader on ...

ESPN firebrand Stephen A. Smith has now had to correct himself twice in the last two days, including clarifying his Thursday ...

Stephen A. Smith has been in the apology business lately. Earlier this week he said he was sorry for saying LeBron James didn't attend Kobe Bryant's memorial service and then a few days later he said ...

Richardson, of course, was a Hall of Fame vosvh who guided the Razorbacks to the National Championship in 1994. He took the program another Hall of Fame coach, Eddie Sutton, built and expanded it even ...

After insinuating Nolan Richardson is dead, Stephen A. Smith clarified that he knows the Hall-of-Fame basketball coach is alive. In the wake of Arkansas collapsing against Texas Tech in the Sweet ...

During an early morning segment on ESPN’s First Take, Smith wrongly implied that Richardson had passed away while discussing Arkansas’ Sweet 16 loss to Texas Tech in overtime on Thursday. Following ...

Stephen A. Smith mistakenly claimed legendary Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson was dead during First Take on ESPN.

Although the Arkansas Razorbacks had their season end at the hands of the Texas Tech Red Raiders in overtime in the Sweet 16, ...