RG3 First Take - Awful Announcing

By Sam Neumann on 03/23/202503/23/2025

Stephen A. Smith defends his support for Robert Griffin III’s tenure at ESPN while criticizing Griffin’s passive-aggressive behavior.

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Since the beginning of 2023, Sam has been a staff writer for Awful Announcing and The Comeback. A 2021 graduate of Temple University, Sam is a Charlotte native, who currently calls Greenville, South Carolina his home. He also has a love/hate relationship with the New York Mets and Jets.

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