Stephen A. Smith
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Posted Wednesday 8/18/21 at 8:08PM EDT
Max Kellerman is expected to leave ESPN's First Take while staying on the network
According to Fox Office Sports, the plan, which has not been finalized, is for Kellerman to exit as Stephen A.
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Posted Wednesday 7/14/21 at 9:47PM EDT
Why Stephen A. Smith's apology over his Shohei Ohtani comments is trash: "He’s been doing his whole a**hole bit for quite some time now"
"Apologies are for accidents," says Stephen A.
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Posted Tuesday 7/13/21 at 8:15PM EDT
ESPN's Stephen A. Smith controvery over Shohei Ohtani is what happens when a network hitches its wagon to one guy
"Shohei Ohtani could end up being the most remarkable and exciting baseball player of my lifetime, and perhaps he already...
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Posted Tuesday 7/13/21 at 12:36PM EDT
ESPN's Stephen A. Smith apologizes on-air for his controversial Shohei Ohtani comments: "I was wrong, period"
Smith's response this morning on First Take was his latest apology after tweeting out a lengthy statement Monday saying sorry...
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Posted Monday 7/12/21 at 6:35PM EDT
Stephen A. Smith accused of racism and xenophobia for saying Shohei Ohtani can't be the face of baseball when he needs a translator
The Japanese-born Los Angeles Angels baseball player Ohtani has become a major star this season, leading Major League Baseball in...
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Posted Saturday 7/10/21 at 12:20AM EDT
Stephen A. Smith, ESPN's highest-paid star, actually earns $12 million a year
Smith's salary had been incorrectly listed as $8 million per year in a New York Post article about Maria Taylor...
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Posted Friday 5/07/21 at 1:22AM EDT
Stephen A. Smith recalls a drug dealer slapping him when he was a 12-year-old trying to get into the "drug game"
“When I was about 12 years old, I walked up to a drug dealer, and I wanted to do like...
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Posted Tuesday 5/04/21 at 1:51PM EDT
ESPN's Stephen A. Smith got to shoot and kill somebody on General Hospital
The highest-paid ESPN personality also has a side gig on the ABC soap opera, playing a surveillance/tech expert for a...
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Derek Chauvin guilty verdict brought a shared sigh of relief across TV news
Every major broadcast and cable news network broke into regular programming Tuesday afternoon to cover the former Minneapolis police officer's...
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ESPN accused of having an enduring racist culture behind the camera
ESPN's Black employees have begun speaking out on the sports giant's everyday racism and barriers in a series of conference...
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Posted Friday 5/15/20 at 5:10AM EDT
ABC announces an aftershow for The Last Dance, hosted by Stephen A. Smith with guest Magic Johnson
Episodes 9 and 10 of the 10-part Michael Jordan documentary air Sunday night.
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Posted Tuesday 3/03/20 at 10:09AM EST
Watch a fake 30 for 30 promo for Stephen A. Smith
ESPN's highest-paid personality gets a fake 30 for 30 documentary trailer.
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Bring back the host!: 92nd Academy Awards showed the pitfalls of a host-less ceremony
The chief job of a host is to bring continuity to the ceremony, which was something this year's Oscars lacked.
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The love-hate relationship with the Oscars is why the ceremony endures as a TV event
"Here’s what I know about the Oscars: They are more than 90 years old and they are still driving," says...
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Posted Thursday 12/12/19 at 3:50AM EST
How Stephen A. Smith became ESPN's biggest and highest-paid star
Smith, who recently received a massive pay raise, has emerged as the most high-profile personality on ESPN.