Is Stephen A Smith OUT at ESPN?



ESPN has been slashing jobs, including those of well-known personalities like former NBA coach Jeff Van Gundy and player Jalen Rose.

Stephen A. Smith warned fans on his own podcast that he fears he could be next on the chopping block.

Jason Whitlock isn’t completely buying it.

“I think it’s crystal clear if you follow Stephen A. Smith — he’s extremely restless. I think he’s bored with 'First Take.' I think he’s bored with sports. I think he wants to be a nighttime talk show host for a major television network.”

Whitlock believes Smith actually wants out of ESPN, not the other way around.

Steve Kim agrees, noting that Smith has been hinting through his commentary that his interests lie elsewhere.

“He made a comment about the violence in cities like Chicago,” Kim says, continuing, “he’s off code; the community is not going to be happy.”

“He’s playing this game of checks and balances to keep I think one side very happy and placated with the statements but then also his own personal beliefs. I think it’s fascinating to see how he vacillates between the two,” Kim adds.

Kim adds that even Whitlock, who once covered sports, outgrew it.

“You probably went through the same thing because most of what you cover now is not sports. You have branched out; you have evolved.”

Kim thinks Smith is doing the same thing.

“Let’s see what happens because Stephen, in his own mind, I believe has outgrown sports.”


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Jason Whitlock ROASTS Shannon Sharpe’s tearful goodbye to Skip Bayless



The day has come for Shannon Sharpe to leave the show "Undisputed," and his departure was quite an emotional one.

The former NFL star sat across from his co-host Skip Bayless and became choked up as he thanked Bayless for giving him the opportunity to be on the show back in 2016.

“I’m here because of you,” Sharpe said, tearing up. “You’ve allowed me to share the stage with you. You allowed me to share the platform.”

"The opportunity that you gave me," he continued, "to become what I became, I'm forever indebted to you. I'll never forget what you did for me. You helped me grow more than you'll ever know."

“I want to thank you for dedicating yourself to this job,” Bayless responds. “It is a voracious beast of a show, day after day after day. You dedicated yourself to this job just the way you dedicated yourself to professional football as a Hall of Famer.”

“I want to thank you for never taking a sick day. I want to thank you for preparing as hard as you could every single day, every single topic. I want to thank you for competing as hard as you competed with me, because the greatest compliment I can give you is you were a worthy adversary,” he continued.

Bayless then tells Sharpe that he loves him for what he has done for him.

Jason Whitlock doesn’t buy it.

“Last week the guy was liking tweets calling Skip a piece of crap,” Whitlock says.

Whitlock adds that it was odd for Sharpe to leave on a Tuesday.

“Who quits a job on a Tuesday? It’s Tuesday. If any of that were legitimate,” Whitlock says, “you work through the week. It ends on Friday. It’s not like ‘Whoo, game's over, I’m out of here the very next day.’”


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