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Stephen A. Smith Not Willing To Give up ESPN Salary for Potential Run for Public Office
"This is what you're making a year, and with three years left on your deal you'll have to give up this money in order to run for office.' Do I look like a person that's interested in doing that? Hell no."
Stephen A. Smith and His Dangerous Myth of Being Untouchable
"Smith has every right to defend himself. He has every right to clarify his words. But daring the world — and, by extension, your employers — to silence you is not strength. It’s hubris."
Stephen A. Smith: Critics Want Me Canceled Over Bad Bunny Super Bowl LX Commentary
"I say stuff on my political channel or my YouTube channel. Why are folks calling ESPN? I didn’t say it on their airwaves."
Stephen A. Smith Reunites With Skip Bayless Explaining Their Rise to Success on ‘First Take’
"People look at what we've been able to achieve, and they're like, Why them? Why not us?"
Shannon Sharpe Says He Would Love To Return to ESPN
"That’s not my call. I would love to go back if they were to call."
Does Stephen A. Smith Know His Dallas Cowboys Bit on ‘First Take’ Has Gone Stale
"When the same Dallas Cowboys punchline keeps getting recycled, the question shifts. It is no longer about whether it entertains, but whether it has become lazy."
The Pat McAfee Show Sets Record Ratings in January
The Pat McAfee Show saw its second-largest single-day audience since joining ESPN on January 19th when 915,000 viewers tuned into the program.
Barrett Media’s Top 20 Sports Television Shows of 2025
Welcome to day two of Barrett Media's Top 20 series for the 2025 calendar year. This series is well regarded across sports radio, news/talk...
ESPN Announces ‘The Handoff’ Event Kicking Off Super Bowl Ramp Up For The Network
"The event is designed as a symbolic and logistical transition from Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara to Super Bowl LXI, which will be played February 14, 2027."
Stephen A. Smith Upset That Pittsburgh Steelers Didn’t Interview ESPN Analyst Ryan Clark for Head Coach Position
"I'm not joking about this and I'm dead serious."