{"id":484047,"date":"2026-06-05T06:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/484047\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T06:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:20:13","slug":"stephen-a-smith-flaunts-rare-shirtless-picture-displays-weight-loss-on-first-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/484047\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen A. Smith flaunts rare shirtless picture, displays weight loss on \u2018First Take\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen A. Smith showed off his weight loss in quite an interesting way.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday morning\u2019s edition of ESPN\u2019s \u201cFirst Take\u201d in San Antonio, the host showed shirtless pictures of himself from both the COVID-19 pandemic and currently.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Smith first showed a picture of himself from four years ago where he said he was nearly fully diabetic with 29% body fat and almost had to be on medications for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"On Thursday morning\u2019s segment of \u201cFirst Take\u201d in San Antonio, Stephen A. Smith flaunted a rareless shirtless picture while displaying his weight loss and health improvements from four years ago to now.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"477\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/457057e26ff8e9106f8174cc9bfb3fb2.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday morning\u2019s segment of \u201cFirst Take\u201d in San Antonio, Stephen A. Smith flaunted a rareless shirtless picture while displaying his weight loss and health improvements from four years ago to now.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Stephen A. Smith showed shirtless photo from four years ago. X @awfulannouncing\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/060fe50a737d45b11548e32dc4d2781b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Stephen A. Smith showed shirtless photo from four years ago. X @awfulannouncing<\/p>\n<p>Later in the segment, he showed a current shirtless picture with a basketball in hand where he appeared noticeably leaner with 9% body fat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s so many people I have to thank,\u201d Smith said. \u201cMy friend JJ Smith with nutrition and green smoothie drinks. To Gary Brecka, for 10x Health and now the ultimate human\u2026 he saved my life. To my trainer, Obi Obadike, I train like five or six days a week\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the same segment of First Take Thursday morning, Smith also gave Spurs fans a warning ahead of NBA Finals Game 2 Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>He warned that if San Antonio loses Friday at home, the Knicks will close out the series at Madison Square Garden in four games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cY\u2019all better win [Friday night] or we ain\u2019t coming back,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FirstTake\/status\/2062564659375272384?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Smith said;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Smith said&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Smith said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m telling you, you better win tomorrow night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A current shirtless picture of Stephen A. Smith that he shared on \u201cFirst Take\u201d Thursday. X @awfulannouncing\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1de2a15e70a932e3aa5b6ece7ca00e6e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A current shirtless picture of Stephen A. Smith that he shared on \u201cFirst Take\u201d Thursday. X @awfulannouncing<\/p>\n<p>If New York takes care of business Friday in Game 2 and heads back home up 2-0, it could potentially close the series out next Wednesday in what\u2019s expected to be a rowdy and packed Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks trailed the Spurs by 14 points in the third quarter of Game 1, but <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/jalen-brunson-heroics-carry-knicks-031515636.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:rallied back to win 105-95;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;rallied back to win 105-95&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rallied back to win 105-95<\/a> behind Jalen Brunson\u2019s heroics and gritty play from Josh Hart.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>New York has won 12 straight playoff games and will look to make it 13 Friday at 8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stephen A. 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