Glenn "Big Dog" Robinson and Stephen A. Smith have a long history that goes back to the days when they were both working in Philadelphia, Smith as an Inquirer writer and Robinson as a guy cashing checks for the Sixers.
Turns out, there was some bad blood between them back then and there's still some bad blood between them now.
And let's be honest, anytime somebody notable says they want to fight Stephen A. our ears perk up.
Here's what Complex points to as the genesis of the beef, from a radio interview with Smith:
"I saw this man march lock step with what (former Bucks Coach) George Karl wanted to do ... but Randy Ayers becomes the head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers ... you treated this man like trash, but you'll come and talk to reporters about how brothers need to facilitate brothers being hired, but you had one and how'd you treat him?"
Robinson responded today on TMZ and pushes Smith's allegations aside.
"[Smith] said some things about me in one of his articles and I saw him in Denver before a game and the guy speaks to me. A few words were exchanged and I ended up in his face. That's the reason he despises me," Robinson said.
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"We know what the outcome would have been if things got physical."
He later went on to say that he'd settle this once and for all, "in the cage." Where's the pay-per-view?