Stephen A. Smith
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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.
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Posted Thursday 11/07/19 at 4:52PM EST
Stephen A. Smith becomes ESPN's highest-paid on-air personality with nearly $8 million-per-year megadeal
According to the New York Post, Smith's new five-year contract raises his yearly salary above Mike Greenberg, who earns $6.