Stephen A. Smith calls out critics who want ESPN to fire Ryan Clark over RG3 wife comments

Stephen A.Smith said his ESPN colleague Ryan Clark “crossed the line” by involving Robert Griffin III’s wife in their public feud, however, he didn’t think it was “a fireable offense.” What started as Clark and Griffin, a Fox Sports analyst, sharing their takes about the confrontation between WNBA stars Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark during the Fever-Sky game on Saturday, quickly snowballed into a fiery back-and-forth that spilled into their personal lives.

During Wednesday’s installment of his self-titled YouTube show, Smith explained that he didn’t condone that Clark brought up “both of Griffin’s marriages.” “I don’t want to hear s–t about Ryan Clark getting fired,” Smith said.“I don’t want to hear that.

Ryan Clark is my colleague, he is my friend and brother.He is a good man and he’s a good brother.

And there is no way on earth that I would be quiet if he was fired over something like this.“I’m not saying he’s right, and I’ll get into that in a second.

But this is not a fireable offense… I don’t usually talk about ESPN business.And I’m not going to right now.

Other than to say, RGIII clearly is not liked by Ryan Clark.What Ryan Clark said — that’s not something he normally does.

‘Corny, phony,’ those are the kinds of things he said specifically about RGIII.That’s what he feels.”Some called for ESPN to fire Clark over his remarks about race and Griffin’s wife Grete, who is white.

Griffin and Clark, both of whom are black, were NFL teammates with Washington in 2014.Griffin’s ex-wife Rebeca Liddicoat is white.“I love my man RC,” Smith continued.

“I thought he crossed the line when he brought up you, RGIII, being married, not once, but twice to white women.There was no need to go there.

But he don’t like your ass.That might have had something to do with it.“I’m not condoning him doing that.

I’m not condoning him bringing that up.If RC and I had spoke about it in-depth, I would ...