{"id":1139179,"date":"2021-12-21T19:49:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T00:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1139179"},"modified":"2021-12-21T19:49:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T00:49:53","slug":"espns-stephen-a-smith-announces-positive-coronavirus-test-blasts-nets-for-allowing-unvaxxed-kyrie-irving-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/espns-stephen-a-smith-announces-positive-coronavirus-test-blasts-nets-for-allowing-unvaxxed-kyrie-irving-back\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN&#039;s Stephen A. Smith Announces Positive Coronavirus Test, Blasts Nets for Allowing Unvaxxed Kyrie Irving Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fespns-stephen-a-smith-announces-positive-coronavirus-test-blasts-nets-for-allowing-unvaxxed-kyrie-irving-back%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1139179&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stacy-Revere_Getty-Images-5-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">On Tuesday, ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith announced he had contracted the coronavirus and proceeded to blast the Brooklyn Nets for allowing unvaccinated Kyrie Irving to come back to the court.<\/p>\n<p>After missing Monday\u2019s show, Smith opened the Tuesday edition of <i>First Take<\/i> by telling viewers that he had tested positive for the virus over the weekend.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve tested positive for COVID-19,\u201d Smith exclaimed. \u201cI have the coronavirus. I learned this over the weekend. I got tested three times last week prior to the weekend. I had tested negative before I had departed for LA, I tested negative when I arrived in LA, I tested negative when I got back from LA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The talker added that he will take the rest of the week off, and then delivered the claim many who are vaccinated promulgate, saying that his previous vaccination is making his current bout less severe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank God I was vaccinated,\u201d Smith insisted. \u201cThank God I got the Pfizer vaccine, two shots a few months ago \u2026 thank God I got the vaccine because had it not been for that, I\u2019d probably be much worse than I am right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Smith continued saying that he had a fever for about twelve hours and still did not feel 100 percent. He also assured viewers that once he was done with the virus, he would get the booster shot.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the show, Smith criticized the Nets for letting the unvaccinated Irving to play again.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=5YJpMEL-q3Y&#038;feature=oembed\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=5YJpMEL-q3Y&amp;feature=oembed<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a horrible move. I think it\u2019s a disgraceful move,\u201d Smith groused about the Nets\u2019 decision. \u201cI think that Nets ownership is incredibly disappointing, and I think that the league should intervene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m open to the league invoking its \u2018best interest of the game\u2019 clause and mandating that everybody be vaccinated in some capacity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Smith was not the only commentator to slam the Nets for bringing Irving back. FS1\u2019s Skip Bayless also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/12\/20\/watch-skip-bayless-blasts-shameful-nets-for-bringing-back-unvaccinated-kyrie-irving\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ripped<\/a> the Brooklyn Nets over Irving\u2019s return, saying that Irving is \u201can enormous threat to their team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Irving, of course, has become infamous among vax pushers for refusing to take the vaccine, even if it cost him money from being denied playing time. But only 24 hours after coming back, Irving was already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/12\/18\/kyrie-irving-enters-coronavirus-protocol-less-than-24-hours-after-rejoining-the-nets\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">back<\/a> on the coronavirus protocol.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, ESPN commentator Stephen A. 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