Stephen A. Smith apologizes for recent Women's World Cup remarks

Stephen A. Smith apologizes for recent Women’s World Cup remarks

By Jack Crosby | Jun 12, 2015

May 22, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; ESPN television personality Stephen A. Smith (left) prior to game two of the Eastern Conference Finals of the NBA Playoffs between the Atlanta Hawks and the Cleveland Cavaliers at Philips Arena. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports /

Stephen A. Smith has apologized for his very regrettable remarks in regards to the U.S. Women’s National Team

ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith was making headlines once again on Friday, and once again it was for the wrong reasons. As a matter of fact, his words were so regrettable and drew so much steam that it’s prompted to issue an apology.

For those that maybe need catching up really quick, on Thursday night’s edition of SportsCenter, Smith was going through the SC Top 10, and one of the clips that came across the screen was a goal in the Women’s World Cup by Norway’s Maren Mjelde. This led Smith to taking his comments a bit too far once again, proclaiming, “They might not have wanted to mess their hair up.”

Again, people caught onto these offensive comments pretty quickly and it blew up the internet on Friday. Because of this, Smith had this to say moments ago on Twitter:

1-of-3: Folks, as usual, something I've said is gaining steam so let me address this right now: on @SportsCenter, doing highlights, I made a
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) June 12, 2015

Flip comment in fun about a women's soccer team not wanting to mess up their hair. Obviously, my comments were in poor taste. I have nothing
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) June 12, 2015

But the utmost respect for athletes of all genders -- Especially since most are better than I'll ever be -- so please KNOW I'm very sorry.
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) June 12, 2015

I apologize. It certainly was not my intent to offend anyone.
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) June 12, 2015

Still doesn’t make it right, and this certainly isn’t the first time in the last few months that Smith has said something regrettable on the ESPN airwaves. Something has to give here, eventually. Hopefully this is the last incident for quite a while, because at this point the really sad part is that we almost know it won’t be the last.

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