Tag: Stephen A. Smith

"I’m on the air to bring sizzle with facts, with perspectives, and with the kind of content that makes you stop, pause, listen, inhale before you disseminate a perspective."

“It’s different, and there’s a different calculus there for sure, but again, to compliment Stephen A. because I’m sincere when I say this – he’s the best right now. And so, we’re balancing the difference between game and studio, but we’re also talking about the guy who’s at the absolute top of the heap.”

"Stephen A. Smith is the Joe Biden of television."

"...Smith covets the blockbuster deal that the network used to persuade McAfee to decamp last year from FanDuel."

"What other alternative or where else can he go?"

"Anybody that is in daily media, I want to be paid as much as possible."

"If you were working in a smaller market, making 50K per year, and your salary got reported in the press and discussed in media circles, how would it sit with you?"

"He’s going to want power and a bunch of other things because he is the modern-day Howard Cosell whether you like it or not..."

The ESPN team will feature Malika Andrews, Andraya Carter, Jay Bilas and Richard Jefferson. ABC will have Kevin Negandhi hosting alongside Stephen A. Smith and Bob Myers.

"Smith has reportedly been seeking some $25 million per year."