Stephen A. Smith Warns Tiki Barber for Questioning His Giants Sources: 'Watch Yourself'

Stephen A. Smith has issued a warning to Tiki Barber after the former New York Giant suggested Smith doesn't have any sources in the organization.

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Last week, former New York Giants running back Tiki Barber called out Stephen A. Smith for criticizing the organization regarding its position at the center of Brian Flores’ recent lawsuit against the NFL.

“I can’t sit here, with conviction, like Stephen A. [Smith], who doesn’t know anybody in the Giants’ organization and claim that they’re a racist organization,” Barber said on his WFAN radio show. “I would never do that. The only reason I would do that is because I’m trying to make a point, and my point is that Brian Flores is trying to make a point.”

At the end of Monday’s episode of ESPN’s First Take, Stephen A. addressed Barber’s comments before issuing a stern warning aimed at the former Giant.

“Tiki Barber took the liberty of sounding off about me [on Feb. 2], talking how about I called the New York Giants racist and how I don’t know anybody there,” Smith said. “First of all, I don’t recall calling the Giants racist. I brought to the attention that you got a guy like [team owner] John Mara on the [NFL’s] Diversity Committee and this man has never hired a black coach in the history of the franchise, one of only six franchises to do it.”

Stephen A. continued, “Tiki, you don’t know who the hell I know. I’ve been a journalist for almost 30 years. I know a few people within the Giants organization. I know a lot of stuff about you, my brother, that I would never say because I’d have the decency not to say those things. Chill out. Watch yourself. And know who you’re talking about. That’s all I wanna say.”

Barber’s criticism of Stephen A. stemmed from the ESPN personality’s response to the Flores lawsuit. On an episode of First Take last week, Smith blasted the Giants for having a dreadful track record when it comes to hiring Black coaches.

“Let me say this to the New York Giants,” Smith said. “As an organization, when it comes to black coaches, I don’t believe a damn word you have to say. There’s no one more incriminating than the New York Giants when it comes to black coaches. We are in the year 2022. All of these years, damn near a century for crying out loud, there is one single franchise that has not had a black coach. That is the New York Giants.” 

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