Here is how Pat McAfee has surpassed Stephen A Smith as the face of ESPN | Bobby Burack

The New York Knicks hosted their first NBA Finals game since 1999 on Monday night at Madison Square Garden. ESPN treated the occasion accordingly, devoting wall-to-wall coverage to the game much like it would a Super Bowl or national championship.

However, Stephen A. Smith was noticeably absent from the center of that coverage.

"It's kinda crazy how two years ago Stephen A was so heavily featured in ESPN Knicks coverage that he had that infamous entrance with Spike Lee. Now the Knicks...