Stephen A. Smith Gets Crushed For Using Cameroonian UFC Fighter Francis Ngannou’s Name While Apologizing To Nigerian Basketball Team

The Stephen A. Smith apology tour is in full swing this week. ESPN’s highest-paid employee keeps putting his foot in his mouth, and then later having to apologize for his dumb comments. Members of the Nigerian basketball team called out Stephen A. Smith for mispronouncing their names during a segment on ‘First Take.’

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The man known as Screaming A. apologized to the Nigerian basketball team but unfortunately name dropped a bunch of UFC fighters, including Cameroonian born Francis Ngannou.

“There’s no excuse to lose to Nigeria… [To lose to] some dude Gabe Nnamdi, who goes by Gabe Vincent and plays for the Miami Heat. Or Caleb Agada. Or Nma… however the hell you pronounce his name,” “You give up 60 points on 3’s? Excuse me, you can do better than that.”

You can lament your loss without slandering the players who gave blood and sweet to grind out a win

Put some respect to their names https://t.co/BOZ6dwHGph

— #NBBF (@nbbfonline) July 12, 2021

Smith apologized today for his latest blunder:

“I also don’t want to escape on a different note the Nigerians as well because the Nigerian team that beat team USA when I didn’t pronounce someone’s name apparently they took offense to that and I’m a guy who’s a huge fan of Francis Ngannou, Israel Adesanya, Usman…I love that brother the Nigerian nightmare…and to listen to them over the years highlight what they’ve had to endure to achieve what they’ve achieved in this nation and throughout the world certainly, I would like to apologize to them as well”

Stephen A Smith apologizes to the Nigerian basketball team for mispronouncing their names during segment https://t.co/tyl92jRBct pic.twitter.com/k3EqHvZ09T

— gifdsports (@gifdsports) July 13, 2021

SAS immediately got called out for dropping the UFC fighter’s name:

Francis Ngannou is from Cameroon, not Nigeria @stephenasmith https://t.co/aM1HusqOg9

— gifdsports (@gifdsports) July 13, 2021

So…..no one stopped to tell him that Francis Ngannou was born and raised in Cameroon, not Nigeria. https://t.co/93qdOdCbpD

— Abbott Elementary PTA President (@RyanMShepard) July 13, 2021

https://twitter.com/Louiskwakye400m/status/1415013061887504391

@francis_ngannou is from Cameroon 🇨🇲 u clown 🤡 https://t.co/py79HLKZYG

— BlazE 💨 (@DJBlaze007) July 13, 2021

Francis Ngannou is from Cameroon, not Nigeria @stephenasmith https://t.co/aM1HusqOg9

— gifdsports (@gifdsports) July 13, 2021

Might it be time for Stephen A. to take a little vacay?

The guy definitely needs some time off …

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