India, Nov. 12 -- ESPN's 'First Take' host Stephen A Smith has been engaged in a war of words with two of his former colleagues at the network, Cari Champion and Michelle Beadle. Beadle's comment, saying that she prays for the downfall of Smith, triggered the First Take host and led to an angry takedown of Beadle.

But things turned worse when Beadle's comments were endorsed by Cari Champion, who hosted First Take with Stephen Smith from 2012 to 2015. With the endorsement from Champion, the feud turned personal, as she closely worked with Smith on the First Take.

Stephen A Smith then took down Cari Champion, as well, saying that she should be "ashamed of herself" for the comments, as, according to Smith, she was hired by ESPN because of ...