Stephen A. Smith’s new deal makes him the highest-paid ESPN personality, confirming their investment in his brand of debate
Smith will reportedly surpass Mike Greenberg's $6.5 million annual salary under this new deal.
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John Oliver succinctly describes Stephen A. Smith on ‘Last Week Tonight’
"Loud, wrong, and tends to take pointlessly dramatic pauses"
Stephen A. Smith brings up Israel-Palestine on “no politics” ESPN, Molly Qerim quickly rushes to commercial break
"I would remind you that, throughout this world, one of the things that exists is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I don't see folks outside the Jewish community talking about that too often."
Stephen A. Smith’s latest NFL blunder is twice mixing up the Yankees’ Luke Voit and the Jets’ Luke Falk
"The only people that are worse than him are, I think, if I remember correctly, Cam Newton and Luke Voit. And Cam Newton is hurt, and Luke Voit, I didn't even know who the hell he was until guys got injured."
Stephen A. Smith is reportedly “in ESPN’s plans for NBA studio coverage this season”
Get ready for Stephen A. Smith to start appearing on studio coverage around some of ESPN's NBA games.
Stephen A. Smith reacts like any Knicks fan after losing out on Kevin Durant but sign Julius Randle instead
"Julius Randle. Doesn't that need to wait until July 2? Or July 3? You have to do that today? Today?"
This Week In Hot Takes: Stephen A. Smith blasts ESPN’s Magic Johnson report with “People had anxiety, STOP THE PRESSES!”
"ESPN DOT COM decides to come out with a story ON THE DAY THAT MAGIC AND THE CREW ARE GOING TO BE HERE! Do I like the fact that I have to deal with it today? HELL NO!"
Dan Patrick on ESPN’s handling of their own story: “You can’t just brush it off because you’re friends with Magic Johnson.”
"Your own reporter, in your building, in your company, did a vetted story, a thorough story, interviewing a lot of people here. And you can't just brush it off because you're friends with Magic Johnson. I would have had the reporter on and then you could have had a legitimate back-and-forth and really good content there."
Stephen A. Smith bashed a ESPN.com story all day on ESPN platforms, then helped Magic Johnson bash it on air
Stephen A. Smith spent most of Tuesday lighting into an ESPN.com story that criticized Magic Johnson and the Lakers, not based on the story's merits, but because he didn't like it. And Johnson himself then appeared on air with Stephen A. to advance his own narrative.
This Week In Hot Takes: Stephen A. Smith’s Knicks meltdown included “This is like being kidnapped, stored in a basement”
"IF YOU ARE A KNICK FAN, THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF BEING KIDNAPPED, STORED IN A BASEMENT, BEING TORTURED AND THEY LET YOU OUT WHEN YOU ARE NO USE TO ANYBODY! IF YOU ARE NOT A KNICKS FAN, YOU MAKE ME SICK! I DON'T LIKE ANY OF YOUS, ANY OF YOUS!"
ESPN analyst Tim Legler’s phone problem complaint of “I’m so fucking sick of this shit” gets broadcast live on ESPNEWS
"Can you hear me? You got me now? Hello?...I'm so fucking sick of this shit." "I told you, the phone's old!" "Why is it always the fucking handset?" "It's not! It's an old battery! That phone is like 60 years old!"
Dwayne Haskins’ First Take appearance saw Stephen A. Smith switch from doubling down to “I was an ignorant fool”
"Me, I was an ignorant fool. I had to go back and watch the tapes. My bad."
This Week In Hot Takes: Colin Cowherd says Browns fans are defined by “empty seats and bags on their heads”
"There are images of Cleveland Browns fans too, empty seats, bags on their head, and a bunch of guys from Lima, Ohio wearing masks and barking in the end zone, about nine Budweisers in."
Virginia’s title win made a whole lot of pundits look pretty silly, from Mike Francesa to Stephen A. Smith
Francesa's February take that Tony Bennett will "never win a championship with this team, though. They can't play offense" particularly stands out.
Stephen A. Smith comments on turkey vulture incident, saying “It came to my office because it missed me!”
"But CONTRARY to what some of you out there may believe, it wasn't coming to do me harm! It wasn't coming at me because it was disgusted with some of my takes! It came to my office because it missed me!"
