Jemele Hill

Just on the spot, aren't they?

Just on the spot, aren't they?

Let me just give a quizzical. I'm concerned, but I don't know what you're talking about.

Let me just give a quizzical. I'm concerned, but I don't know what you're talking about.

I guess probably the most, the funniest part to me was Stephen A. Smith, who I live for when he challenges people live on national television to some kind of confrontation, be it You know, I wouldn't necessarily say a fistfight, but like when he challenged Kevin Durant, like, you don't want to make an enemy out of me. Or this time around when it came to J.D.

I guess probably the most, the funniest part to me was Stephen A. Smith, who I live for when he challenges people live on national television to some kind of confrontation, be it You know, I wouldn't necessarily say a fistfight, but like when he challenged Kevin Durant, like, you don't want to make an enemy out of me. Or this time around when it came to J.D.

Vance, the vice president, and Donald Trump, and all of a sudden Stephen A. Smith is like... come on my show and tell me, explain yourself. And I was like, yes, Stephen A., more debate duels. Let's go full wrestling. That was the part that I found to be highly, highly entertaining. It's like, yes, forget about how we used to have celebrity boxing.

Vance, the vice president, and Donald Trump, and all of a sudden Stephen A. Smith is like... come on my show and tell me, explain yourself. And I was like, yes, Stephen A., more debate duels. Let's go full wrestling. That was the part that I found to be highly, highly entertaining. It's like, yes, forget about how we used to have celebrity boxing.

Let's just have debate duel-offs all the time for the soul of humanity. Let's do this. I'm in.

Let's just have debate duel-offs all the time for the soul of humanity. Let's do this. I'm in.

Was that funny, Roy, or was that sad? Because I found that to be sad.

Was that funny, Roy, or was that sad? Because I found that to be sad.

Well, I was more, I guess, of all the characters. Like, whenever these debates ensue, right, you have the usual cast of characters that you expect to be involved in some of these debates. RG3 was not one that I had on the bingo card. Then him just coming out of nowhere being like, oh, I long and pine for the days when all the sports talk was just about sports and never about politics.

Well, I was more, I guess, of all the characters. Like, whenever these debates ensue, right, you have the usual cast of characters that you expect to be involved in some of these debates. RG3 was not one that I had on the bingo card. Then him just coming out of nowhere being like, oh, I long and pine for the days when all the sports talk was just about sports and never about politics.

And it was like, what? Where did that come from? So it was more the presence and the oddity of his presence in this debate that I found to be kind of strange, if you will.

And it was like, what? Where did that come from? So it was more the presence and the oddity of his presence in this debate that I found to be kind of strange, if you will.

Well, see, if that would have happened, I would have been like, okay, this tracks. This is our brand, right? But you don't expect RG3 to come out of somewhere with a,

Well, see, if that would have happened, I would have been like, okay, this tracks. This is our brand, right? But you don't expect RG3 to come out of somewhere with a,

what he considered to be in his mind, and maybe this is sort of the dispiriting part, is that in his mind, you could tell when he allowed, you know, when he let off his opinions, that he actually thought he was given some kind of nuanced intellectual take that was somehow missed in all these years in which we have dissected, embraced, celebrated Jackie Robinson's legacy.

what he considered to be in his mind, and maybe this is sort of the dispiriting part, is that in his mind, you could tell when he allowed, you know, when he let off his opinions, that he actually thought he was given some kind of nuanced intellectual take that was somehow missed in all these years in which we have dissected, embraced, celebrated Jackie Robinson's legacy.