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ESPN Signs Multi-Year Deal With Cam Newton for Expanded Role on ‘First Take’
"I am excited to be back with the First Take team and share my voice on all things sports"
Stephen A. Smith Denies Notion That NFL Stake in ESPN Will Affect Content
"They can try, but who the hell owns the other 90%"
ESPN Extends Contract With NFL Analyst Alex Smith
"His expertise as a quarterback, combined with his storytelling ability, enhances every broadcast he’s part of, whether it’s a pregame show or a feature segment"
Stephen A. Smith Continues To Blur the Line With LeBron James
"Smith is, without question, one of the most influential voices in sports media. He’s also one of its greatest entertainers. But his ongoing feud with James is more theater than journalism"
Stephen A. Smith Calls New Arrangement With SiriusXM a “Partnership”
"It’s one thing to just get the dollars and it’s another thing to share in the profits"
Skip Bayless: Stephen A. Smith Struggled Early With Twitter on ‘First Take’
"In the early days of Twitter—and I don’t know if he still does it—he would just, in the breaks, read his phone"
How ESPN Built a Case Study To Become a Sports Amazon
"ESPN has never had more reach. More power. More control. But if you’re looking for true variety in voices, tone, or perspective, that might be harder to find"
Bomani Jones: Stephen A. Smith Is All ‘First Take’ Needs
"I think they can find somebody that is a reasonable facsimile. First Take didn’t need Skip Bayless"
Does Shannon Sharpe Have Options Following ESPN Dismissal?
"The answer today may be different in two days, two months, or even two years. Time heals all wounds, and oftentimes people forgive, though never forget"
Shannon Sharpe Regrets Timing of His ESPN Dismissal
"They did what they felt they needed to do, and I'm at peace with that"