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Even further behind. espn host stephen. a smith returning to air this week after a battle with covid that he says nearly killed him. explaining on espn's first take the terrifying symptoms that landed him in the hospital. watch this. >> did 103-degree fever every night. woke up with chills, pool of sweat, headaches were massive, coughing profusely, and it got to a point that right before new year's eve i was in the hospital new year's eve into new year's day. that's how i brought in the new year and they told me had i not been vaccinated i wouldn't be here. that's how bad i was.

Health and safety of my family and that's what it came down to. me being available to my teammates on the floor is me taking care of my body. >> do you mind me asking if you are confirming that you did get the vaccine? >> it's not -- it's not a big deal. >> but, to many, it is a very big deal, including for my next guest. steven a smith. host of espn's first take and host and executive producer of stephen a's world on espn plus. steven a, thank you. man. >> thank you. >> i love your outspokenness. i -- thank you for doing this. this bothers you. you said that lebron can't have it both ways. th...

Game four between the bucks and raptors in the east. milwaukee leads the series 2 games to one. tip off at 8:30 eastern. the drama with the los angeles lakers boiling over on espn's first take yesterday. magic johnson went on the show and told steven a. smith he resigned as general manager of the team because jared polenka was back stabbing him. >> magic is not working hard enough, magic is not in the office, so people was telling me rob was saying things. >> rob polenka. >> and i didn't like those things being said. >> the lakers introducing their new head coach, and polenka addressed magic...

Espn's first take. he is also a host of the very popular stephen a. smith radio show but he specializes in being an nba insider. stephen a. smith is here. he was named detroit's greatest guitar player of all-time, also a member of the national bow hunters hall of fame, and he's a "new york times" best-selling author. but he specializes in writing a buffalo on stage. rock legend ted nugent is here. that's a unique specialty. let's see what happens. ted, eric is saying it is divisive. this is the republicans kowtowing to the democratic party. it seems like an objective win-win because mueller, e...