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

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

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

Stephen A. Smith has been in the apology business lately. Earlier this week he said he was sorry for saying LeBron James didn ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. When Nolan Richardson coached the Razorbacks basketball team, it wasn't uncommon to hear his players speak ...

Stephen A. Smith quickly tracked back after mistakenly addressing legendary college basketball coach Nolan Richardson as if he had passed away. During a segment with Seth Greenberg on ESPN's First ...

"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." – Stephen A. Smith pic.twitter.c ...

The truth is Nolan Richardson probably got a good laugh when someone told him he's apparently dead now. It will probably get worked into one of his talks at some point in time. ESPN's Stephen A.