Real Talk: Would you a $10M / yr position if you had to publicly spread coon-ish views (Stephen S. Smith Approved)
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If preachers, rappers and other influencers can, I could. Now, could I do some Fox News shit, very doubtful. And we are speaking on 10 mil a year compared to what I make. If I go from a day job to 10 mil a year, I’m the face of Fox News!!!. If I work at a respectable news or sports place already making 7 mil or so, nah I wouldn’t make the move.
this is the 1st time i can say i respect him
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Where is my damn check!!!???
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I don't understand it, how can he be worth $10 million a year, while somebody like me lives in struggle housing with no security and get paid nothing. Allowing any simp/feeble-minded easy access to me to press on me all day long.
I am putting in serious work saving lives and other things. My economic value would be off the charts if you tried to measure it. I guess because I am not spewing the coonery on TV is the reason.
I hope it is different in other countries when I start traveling overseas.
I am putting in serious work saving lives and other things. My economic value would be off the charts if you tried to measure it. I guess because I am not spewing the coonery on TV is the reason.
I hope it is different in other countries when I start traveling overseas.
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So for me knowing this is not the real SAS, understanding this is a show, I am still lost to the fact why people keep saying dude is a COON? Is it becaue he has different opinons or view points? All blacks don't think the same, but if you are about promoting and uplifiting our community, I could care less about what you say. Cut those checks because at the end of the day, that's how things get done in the country through the dollars.
1. https://www.wssu.edu/about/news/articles/2019/09/ramily,-espn-honor-stephen-a.-smith.html
1. WSSU unveils scholarship for Smith
In another big moment on the show, WSSU Chancellor Elwood L. Robinson came out to surprise Smith with the news that WSSU has created the Stephen A. Smith Athletic Scholarship Fund in his honor. The scholarship will create need-based scholarships for WSSU student-athletes.
“We wanted to come out and support you here today,” Robinson said. “We want to say how much we appreciate what you do for HBCUs and we appreciate what you do for Winston-Salem State University. Because of your generosity and your giving, students get a first-class education. Because of you, the Red Sea of Sound is here today. And because of you and your generosity, Money magazine said in 2019 that Winston-Salem State University was the No. 1 public HBCU in the country for best value, and that is because of folks like you. Thank you so much for all that you do.”
Smith responded: “I don’t know what else to say other than thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
Friends and alumni can donate to the scholarship online.
Smith – who played for legendary Coach Clarence "Big House" Gaines – was recognized during the show for his support of HBCUs and as the ambassador for HBCU Week. Other guests included: Magic Johnson and the NFL’s Troy Vincent.
In 2016, Smith pledged $250,000 to WSSU athletics and to the Department of Communications and Media Studies. Smith is a member of the C.E. "Big House" Gaines Hall of Fame and the CIAA Hall of Fame. Earlier this year, Smith donated an additional $25,000 to WSSU athletics as part of the Team 250 fundraiser. Donations are being accepted now for the scholarship.
2. Best fucking show I have seen in years. EP
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3. Promoting HBCU during HBCU Week while giving out scholarships??
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4. https://deadline.com/2021/03/black-...mith-propagate-confluential-films-1234708508/
EXCLUSIVE: ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith and his Mr. SAS Productions (Stephen A’s World, Why Not Us?) have teamed with Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens’ Propagate (Hulu’s Hillary) and Confluential Films (OWN’s Black Love) for Black Excellence, a documentary series examining the legacy of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Confluential Films’ Codie Elaine Oliver will direct Black Excellence, which will explore HBCUs’ impact across American politics, business, culture, sports and entertainment. With a mix of original interviews, archival footage and media, the series will look at prominent figures such as Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. Raphael Warnock, Stacey Abrams, Oprah Winfrey, Spike Lee, Taraji P. Henson, Anthony Anderson and many more who attended HBCUs. Depicting how their experiences at HBCUs shaped their careers, the series will spotlight moments in culture where these colleges set the tone from Beyonce’s Homecoming to Ohio State Football Marching Band presentations, and will highlight HBCUs representation in 2020’s historic elections. In addition, the series will examine the recent uptick in donations and attention on HBCUs from celebrities such as Michael B. Jordan, Deion Sanders, Chris Paul and MacKenzie Scott and how the donations will impact these institutions.
Like does a real coon really do these things? Help me understand....
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Last year we awarded over $4 million in scholarships during HBCU Week and THIS year we want to BEAT that number!
1. https://www.wssu.edu/about/news/articles/2019/09/ramily,-espn-honor-stephen-a.-smith.html
1. WSSU unveils scholarship for Smith
In another big moment on the show, WSSU Chancellor Elwood L. Robinson came out to surprise Smith with the news that WSSU has created the Stephen A. Smith Athletic Scholarship Fund in his honor. The scholarship will create need-based scholarships for WSSU student-athletes.
“We wanted to come out and support you here today,” Robinson said. “We want to say how much we appreciate what you do for HBCUs and we appreciate what you do for Winston-Salem State University. Because of your generosity and your giving, students get a first-class education. Because of you, the Red Sea of Sound is here today. And because of you and your generosity, Money magazine said in 2019 that Winston-Salem State University was the No. 1 public HBCU in the country for best value, and that is because of folks like you. Thank you so much for all that you do.”
Smith responded: “I don’t know what else to say other than thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
Friends and alumni can donate to the scholarship online.
Smith – who played for legendary Coach Clarence "Big House" Gaines – was recognized during the show for his support of HBCUs and as the ambassador for HBCU Week. Other guests included: Magic Johnson and the NFL’s Troy Vincent.
In 2016, Smith pledged $250,000 to WSSU athletics and to the Department of Communications and Media Studies. Smith is a member of the C.E. "Big House" Gaines Hall of Fame and the CIAA Hall of Fame. Earlier this year, Smith donated an additional $25,000 to WSSU athletics as part of the Team 250 fundraiser. Donations are being accepted now for the scholarship.
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3. Promoting HBCU during HBCU Week while giving out scholarships??
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4. https://deadline.com/2021/03/black-...mith-propagate-confluential-films-1234708508/
EXCLUSIVE: ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith and his Mr. SAS Productions (Stephen A’s World, Why Not Us?) have teamed with Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens’ Propagate (Hulu’s Hillary) and Confluential Films (OWN’s Black Love) for Black Excellence, a documentary series examining the legacy of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Confluential Films’ Codie Elaine Oliver will direct Black Excellence, which will explore HBCUs’ impact across American politics, business, culture, sports and entertainment. With a mix of original interviews, archival footage and media, the series will look at prominent figures such as Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. Raphael Warnock, Stacey Abrams, Oprah Winfrey, Spike Lee, Taraji P. Henson, Anthony Anderson and many more who attended HBCUs. Depicting how their experiences at HBCUs shaped their careers, the series will spotlight moments in culture where these colleges set the tone from Beyonce’s Homecoming to Ohio State Football Marching Band presentations, and will highlight HBCUs representation in 2020’s historic elections. In addition, the series will examine the recent uptick in donations and attention on HBCUs from celebrities such as Michael B. Jordan, Deion Sanders, Chris Paul and MacKenzie Scott and how the donations will impact these institutions.
Like does a real coon really do these things? Help me understand....
5.
Last year we awarded over $4 million in scholarships during HBCU Week and THIS year we want to BEAT that number!
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I ranted about this alot, how this is common when doing deals with whites, racial prostitution, racial cannibalism. They have sic a ton of these fools on me that I am an expert on this.
This is the proposition that many athletes face because their white master controls them with money and women. You see many of them doing cop propaganda or endorsing products with no jobs that suck wealth out of the black community.
This is why you see many countries cracking down hard on fools doing this, because it can get out of hand. There is no repercussion and it is out of control.
This is the proposition that many athletes face because their white master controls them with money and women. You see many of them doing cop propaganda or endorsing products with no jobs that suck wealth out of the black community.
This is why you see many countries cracking down hard on fools doing this, because it can get out of hand. There is no repercussion and it is out of control.
ESPN king Stephen A. Smith had Max Kellerman taken off ‘First Take’
ESPN is Stephen A.’s world now.
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ESPN king Stephen A. Smith had Max Kellerman taken off ‘First Take’
ESPN is Stephen A.’s world now.
Damn, so Smith wants a cohost he can win a argument against.
ESPN king Stephen A. Smith had Max Kellerman taken off ‘First Take’
ESPN is Stephen A.’s world now.
I have no faith in ppl, including you all who say you wouldn't take the money.
Adam took the apple, that was the whole point of genesis. Humans are weak = original sin. It's the sin your born with.
I wouldn't blame anyone if they did take the money. I'm still going to shake my head at you though.
Adam took the apple, that was the whole point of genesis. Humans are weak = original sin. It's the sin your born with.
I wouldn't blame anyone if they did take the money. I'm still going to shake my head at you though.
ESPN king Stephen A. Smith had Max Kellerman taken off ‘First Take’
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Andrew Marchand
August 24, 2021 6:25pm
Updated
Max Kellerman expected to be removed from ESPN’s ‘First Take’
ESPN is Stephen A.’s world now. He wanted Max Kellerman off “First Take” — and now Kellerman is off “First Take.” He wanted to host a late-night talk show — and he filled in as host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Monday. He wanted $12 million a year — and he got $12 million a year.
Love him or hate him, Stephen A. Smith works. And for that, ESPN has awarded him a lot of airtime, money and power. So “First Take” will be even more Smith’s show going forward. In the eyes of ESPN’s executives, he has earned that.
Smith, 53, has four years left on his five-year, $60 million contract, but you can see how he is building toward his ultimate goal of hosting a late-night talk show. It’s all right in front of your eyes, from his ESPN+ show, “Stephen A’s World,” in which he has been interviewing more people from outside sports, to Monday’s hosting spot for Kimmel on ABC, which, like ESPN, is owned and operated by Disney.
Since he has become a giant in the industry, his moves reverberate. Smith has wanted Kellerman off “First Take” for years.
Though it wasn’t personal, according to sources, Kellerman has a “smartest guy in the room” attitude, and Smith wanted more of a debating challenger. And ultimately, he wanted it to be him versus the world.
Whatever you think of the hot-take shows, they live on sparks, and Smith and Kellerman never had the flair of Smith and Skip Bayless. Smith has told everyone who needs to know, including Kellerman, that it didn’t work well enough, according to sources. After Smith’s wishes were executed, a fault line from Bristol to New York followed.
Let’s start with radio, since ESPN makes more changes there than a high schooler looking for the perfect Instagram outfit.
Kellerman will go to ESPN Radio mornings, replacing Zubin Mehenti. Kellerman will be teamed with Keyshawn Johnson and Jay Williams, beginning next month.
Kellerman will also receive a daily TV show, which will likely be at 2 p.m. on ESPN, potentially impacting the spots of “Jalen & Jacoby” and “Highly Questionable.” Kellerman will have the chance to show he can be a No. 1 on a national sports variety show. He will continue his once-a-week boxing program on ESPN2.
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The morning stability that ESPN once had with “Mike & Mike” is long gone. After Mike Golic and Trey Wingo lasted just three years, ESPN is changing its mornings again a year later.
Mehenti, who has been on medical leave due to complications from diabetes, will return to “SportsCenter.” Alan Hahn, who mostly filled in for Mehenti and was a front-runner to replace him, will go back to middays with Bart Scott.
“Bart & Hahn” will add an hour (noon-3 p.m.), which likely will result in 98.7 FM’s ESPN New York’s “The Michael Kay Show” moving its start time back to 3 p.m. Chris Canty will leave ESPN New York’s 5-8 a.m. morning show, which will now feature just Rick DiPietro and Dave Rothenberg.
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Canty will partner with Mike Golic Jr. on national afternoons (not heard in New York) from 3 to 7 p.m. Golic’s former partner, Chiney Ogwumike, will see her role expand on the NBA and college hoops.
Got all that? Good, because ESPN executives will probably change it all again next year.
All the moves are a result of Smith feeling he and Kellerman were not connecting with the audience. He is not wrong. Kellerman is smart, but he hasn’t shown the command of the screen or a memorable delivery yet to fully resonate.
After Bayless left for Fox Sports five years ago and Kellerman arrived, it was Smith’s show. The program moved from ESPN2 to ESPN to maintain hot-take supremacy. It still makes ESPN money. The next iteration will have Smith verbally sparring with folks inside and outside of ESPN — all likely approved by him.
So why is Kellerman no longer on “First Take”? It wasn’t really personal. It was just business. Stephen A. Smith wanted the breakup. And so it was.
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By
Andrew Marchand
August 24, 2021 6:25pm
Updated
Max Kellerman expected to be removed from ESPN’s ‘First Take’
ESPN is Stephen A.’s world now. He wanted Max Kellerman off “First Take” — and now Kellerman is off “First Take.” He wanted to host a late-night talk show — and he filled in as host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Monday. He wanted $12 million a year — and he got $12 million a year.
Love him or hate him, Stephen A. Smith works. And for that, ESPN has awarded him a lot of airtime, money and power. So “First Take” will be even more Smith’s show going forward. In the eyes of ESPN’s executives, he has earned that.
Smith, 53, has four years left on his five-year, $60 million contract, but you can see how he is building toward his ultimate goal of hosting a late-night talk show. It’s all right in front of your eyes, from his ESPN+ show, “Stephen A’s World,” in which he has been interviewing more people from outside sports, to Monday’s hosting spot for Kimmel on ABC, which, like ESPN, is owned and operated by Disney.
Since he has become a giant in the industry, his moves reverberate. Smith has wanted Kellerman off “First Take” for years.
Though it wasn’t personal, according to sources, Kellerman has a “smartest guy in the room” attitude, and Smith wanted more of a debating challenger. And ultimately, he wanted it to be him versus the world.
Whatever you think of the hot-take shows, they live on sparks, and Smith and Kellerman never had the flair of Smith and Skip Bayless. Smith has told everyone who needs to know, including Kellerman, that it didn’t work well enough, according to sources. After Smith’s wishes were executed, a fault line from Bristol to New York followed.
Let’s start with radio, since ESPN makes more changes there than a high schooler looking for the perfect Instagram outfit.
Kellerman will go to ESPN Radio mornings, replacing Zubin Mehenti. Kellerman will be teamed with Keyshawn Johnson and Jay Williams, beginning next month.
Kellerman will also receive a daily TV show, which will likely be at 2 p.m. on ESPN, potentially impacting the spots of “Jalen & Jacoby” and “Highly Questionable.” Kellerman will have the chance to show he can be a No. 1 on a national sports variety show. He will continue his once-a-week boxing program on ESPN2.
Stephen A. SmithGetty Images
The morning stability that ESPN once had with “Mike & Mike” is long gone. After Mike Golic and Trey Wingo lasted just three years, ESPN is changing its mornings again a year later.
Mehenti, who has been on medical leave due to complications from diabetes, will return to “SportsCenter.” Alan Hahn, who mostly filled in for Mehenti and was a front-runner to replace him, will go back to middays with Bart Scott.
“Bart & Hahn” will add an hour (noon-3 p.m.), which likely will result in 98.7 FM’s ESPN New York’s “The Michael Kay Show” moving its start time back to 3 p.m. Chris Canty will leave ESPN New York’s 5-8 a.m. morning show, which will now feature just Rick DiPietro and Dave Rothenberg.
Max KellermanGetty Images
Canty will partner with Mike Golic Jr. on national afternoons (not heard in New York) from 3 to 7 p.m. Golic’s former partner, Chiney Ogwumike, will see her role expand on the NBA and college hoops.
Got all that? Good, because ESPN executives will probably change it all again next year.
All the moves are a result of Smith feeling he and Kellerman were not connecting with the audience. He is not wrong. Kellerman is smart, but he hasn’t shown the command of the screen or a memorable delivery yet to fully resonate.
After Bayless left for Fox Sports five years ago and Kellerman arrived, it was Smith’s show. The program moved from ESPN2 to ESPN to maintain hot-take supremacy. It still makes ESPN money. The next iteration will have Smith verbally sparring with folks inside and outside of ESPN — all likely approved by him.
So why is Kellerman no longer on “First Take”? It wasn’t really personal. It was just business. Stephen A. Smith wanted the breakup. And so it was.
ESPN king Stephen A. Smith had Max Kellerman taken off ‘First Take’
ESPN is Stephen A.’s world now.
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This is a very hard question that most won't answer honestly.
I grew up in and around "The Black Power Movement" and my views and life have been shaped by those experiences.
HOWEVER......
Would I take 10 million annually to play a role that is totally against my character?
If I could convince myself it is only a role a character and I ould use that wealth and position to actually do some good in real life.
No different than playing a hated character on a series or in a movie...
Pay me.
Let's not forget how much mofokrs hated Michael Jackson and Prince and talked shit about them until after their deaths and mofokrs found out what they had been doing behind the scenes to fight injustice and oppression.
I grew up in and around "The Black Power Movement" and my views and life have been shaped by those experiences.
HOWEVER......
Would I take 10 million annually to play a role that is totally against my character?
If I could convince myself it is only a role a character and I ould use that wealth and position to actually do some good in real life.
No different than playing a hated character on a series or in a movie...
Pay me.
Let's not forget how much mofokrs hated Michael Jackson and Prince and talked shit about them until after their deaths and mofokrs found out what they had been doing behind the scenes to fight injustice and oppression.
If you would sell your dignity and integrity for the right amount of money. You would do anything for the right amount of money. You are the definition of a sell out. Wear that coon hat with pride. It's a fundamentally selfish move so don't pretend like you are doing it to help your family.
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Stephen A. Smith's "First Take" Ratings Take A Big Hit After Max Kellerman Leaves
The ratings on "First Take" have apparently taken a sharp nose dive, following Max Kellerman's departure.
SAS handled this all wrong...
It's NOT worth it black man
It not
There ain't enough money in the world to sell your sold.
Stephen A. Smith Explains Why He Wanted Max Kellerman Off 'First Take'
Stephen A. doesn't shy away from the fact that he wanted changes at 'First Take'
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Stephen A. Explains Why He Wanted Max Kellerman Off 'First Take': TRAINA THOUGHTS
JIMMY TRAINA
1. No matter how you feel about ESPN's Stephen A. Smith, you have to give him credit for being open and honest about recent developments at First Take.
Smith appears on the latest SI Media Podcast, which dropped this morning, and pulled no punches in explaining why he wanted Max Kellerman off the show.
"I thought it ran its course even though we were No. 1; numbers were dipping. Chemistry was an issue, and we needed to be better. I wasn't pointing a finger at him. I was saying WE did not work as a pair.
I think that Max is one of the nicest guys in the world. He's incredibly knowledgable about his boxing and other sports, by the way. I knew there were a plethora of other opportunities within the company for him to be a part of, which has been proven because now he's with Keyshawn [Johnson] and Jay [Williams] on a nationally syndicated radio show in the morning for four hours, and he's got his own national television show in the afternoon from 2 to 3, This Just In, which I think is doing well and I wish him nothing but the best.
I think that people get confused, thinking Stephen A. doesn't like Max. Couldn't be further from the truth. I like him and respect him. WE just weren't working anymore because the audience was telling us we had essentially just flatlined. We were the same. We weren't fresh together.
So as a result of that, I told the bosses how I felt. Wishing him nothing but the best, rooting for him, making sure everyone knows if he needed me, I wouldn't hesitate to be there for him, but I'm not going to apologize to anybody for being committed to winning. And if I believe I'm part of a formula that's not going to win any longer, I'm going to change that formula. Whether it's me moving or them moving on, and that is the way I have always been and that is the way I will continue to be.
I'm incredibly excited the direction that First Take is is now. Molly [Qerim Rose] has been sensational. So have all the contributors. Michael Irvin on Mondays, Keyshawn [Johnson] on Tuesdays, Marcus Spears on Wednesdays, Dan Orlovsky on Thursdays, Tim Tebow on Fridays. With all the contributors like Mina Kimes, Kimberly Martin, Ryan Clark, Paul Finebaum, Jeff Saturday, the list goes on and on and on. Everybody's been fantastic. But it's fresh voices going up against me. I think the show is incredibly exciting. We're excited to be doing it. We're having a blast, and nothing feels stale now.
And I've been doing this for nine years, so I think I'd have a pretty good idea—I've been No. 1 every single year I've done it—I think I kinda have an idea of what works. If I sat up there and said it's his fault, that's a different argument. That's not what I said. I said we don't work together and a decision needs to be made regarding us. And that's what I was taking responsibility for, and I will never run from that."
I asked Smith whether Kellerman agreed with his assessment of the show.
"No, he did not," Smith said.
Other topics discussed during the podcast include:
• Comments he's regretted over the years
• Has Smith ever said something you didn't mean for the sake of a debate?
• What makes a good sports debate?
• Is First Take's plan to eventually find one host?
• His reaction to being called a performance artist
• Being spoofed by John Oliver
• How sports media has changed when it comes to opinion
• Athletes, coaches and front office people texting him during First Take
Smith also shared an incredible story about Kobe Bryant demanding Smith call him after the host talked about Kobe on First Take one day.