{"id":4194,"date":"2025-10-23T21:41:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T21:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/stephen-a-smiths-ominous-warning-be-very-afraid\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T21:41:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T21:41:27","slug":"stephen-a-smiths-ominous-warning-be-very-afraid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/stephen-a-smiths-ominous-warning-be-very-afraid\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen A. Smith&#8217;s Ominous Warning: &#8220;Be Very Afraid!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen A. Smith recently issued a stark warning about the future of sports, suggesting the next year will present an unprecedented environment. Speaking deliberately, with dramatic pauses for emphasis, Smith implied significant changes are on the horizon. He specifically stated that former President Trump is &#8220;coming for everyone,&#8221; including the WNBA, a league that has seen increasing popularity and cultural influence in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Smith&#8217;s comments, shared widely on social media, have sparked debate about the potential intersection of politics and sports. While specifics of what these changes might entail remain unclear from Smith&#8217;s statement, the concerns raised touch upon broader anxieties regarding political interference and its potential impact on athletes, leagues, and the sporting landscape as a whole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen A. Smith recently issued a stark warning about the future of sports, suggesting the next year will present an unprecedented environment. Speaking deliberately, with dramatic pauses for emphasis, Smith implied significant changes are on the horizon. He specifically stated that former President Trump is &#8220;coming for everyone,&#8221; including the WNBA, a league that has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}