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ESPN Studio Programming Viewership Reaches New Highs in 2025
"Get Up, First Take and The Pat McAfee Show each set new records for viewership."
Stephen A. Smith Responds to Keith Olbermann’s Call for ESPN To Fire Him: “I’m Sick of Your Pathetic Ass”
"Who looks more like a cartoon character than you? Keith Olbermann, you can’t run five feet with your fat self."
Cam Newton: SEC Football Is Still the Top Conference Because of Viewership
"At the end of the day, everybody knows that if you want to go and get put on [television] you still go to the SEC."
Kirk Herbstreit Would Leave Television Instead of Participating in “Clickbait” Debate Shows
"It’s a lot of like really loud comments that will maybe go viral. ‘I might not believe in it, but it’s gonna go viral, and people are going to know who I am.’ Man, I will quit before I ever do that."
Ebro Darden: I Wouldn’t Do What Charlamagne tha God, Stephen A. Smith Have Done To Get Big Deals
"Listen, there were things that Charlamagne was willing to do that I would have never done. Never."
The Overlooked Case for the NBA Cup and Its Long-Term Value
"The NBA isn’t chasing nostalgia. It’s chasing habits. The NBA Cup isn’t just a concept — it’s a sellable property"
Stephen A. Smith Responds to Max Kellerman About Removal From ‘First Take’
"Do I need to bring up the names of the inordinate amount of people that will come on the air and say, ‘Max, what are you saying?"
Max Kellerman Feels No Relationship Was Formed With Stephen A. Smith on ‘First Take’
"You should always be thinking about making the show entertaining… and I do think it reached a point on that show where it was like, ‘Come on, dude. The first priority is to make good TV"
ESPN President, Content Burke Magnus Not Concerned With Stephen A. Smith Overexposure
"There's a there's a school of thought that says the more politics he's doing, the more people will understand that that's him, not us"
Pablo Torre: “No One” Has the Power in Sports Television Like Stephen A. Smith
"He staffs the show. He picks the players on the team. He is the star of it. That’s his"