For the time being, Antonio Brown has picked up his ball and gone home. He is a college student now, having (presumably) put away childish things.
But the noise carries on. On a recent broadcast of ESPN’s “First Take,” Stephen A. Smith and Ryan Clark parsed Brown’s current station in life and whether it is likely we will see him in an NFL uniform again.

Mr. Smith, you have the floor.
“I give him credit for this,” Smith said.