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JJ Redick: ‘My Focus Right Now is On Calling the NBA Finals’
"In terms of Shams, that will be addressed once the season is over, so I’ll just say that."
Stephen A. Smith Doesn’t Create Stars, ESPN Does
Smith taking credit for the success of First Take contributors makes him look like a vulture more than a king-maker.
ESPN, Other Sports Media Outlets Need to Get Answers From MLB on Shohei Ohtani Case
Good reporters ask questions that sometimes make people uncomfortable. This is one of those times, and the answers to those questions will be fascinating.
2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Most-Watched Through Three Rounds in US Since 1996
The average US audience for the 2024 Conference Finals was 2 million viewers, which was up 26% year-over-year.
Stephen A. Smith: Statement by Monica McNutt on ‘First Take’ Was ‘Highly Offensive’
"You ever heard of Monica McNutt? You have now – because she’s on 'First Take' a lot."
ESPN, FOX Should Do All They Can to Protect College Sports Investment
“The future of college sports matters to these companies and if the future involves having to build new financial models, they should want to step up.”
Stephen A. Smith: ‘I Think I Can Do This for Another 25-30 Years The Way That I’m Feeling’
"I’m of the mindset, ‘I want to do more than sports,’ and anybody that wants to limit me to just sports is not going to be somebody I want to work for."
Monica McNutt to Stephen A. Smith: You Could Have Been Talking About WNBA More ‘Three Years Ago if You Wanted To’
"Welcome to the world of being a woman, Stephen A., and how you have to dance about your word choice and you have to please anybody and everybody as you navigate your being."
T.J. Simers, LA Times Sports Columnist, Around the Horn Original, Dies at 73
Simers was with the LA Times from 1990 to 2013 and sued the newspaper upon his departure
Mike Breen: Double ‘Bang!’ Call is ‘Completely Spontaneous’
"I kind of liked the way it worked – I’ve always tried to be ‘less is more’ as a broadcaster, so that’s when it started on the air."