Talk:Stephen A. Smith/Archive 1

Cerebral and Dour Delivery
How is Smith known for this> Source needed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.82.204.208 (talk) 05:55, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Cheez Doodles
QUITE FRANKLY I CAN NOT BELIEVE NO ONE HAS MENTION THIS MAN'S PROFUND LOVE FOR CHEESE DOODLES. THIS IS AN ABOMINATION! —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheReaper X (talk • contribs) 19:11, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Cheez Doodles and General Hospital
While it has been shown that Stephen A. loves Cheez Doodles, I'm not so sure about General Hospital. While somebody is checking up on this, they also might want to look at the Fashion Institute of Technology reference as well.

The YouTube/Cheez Doodle reference could possibly made into another section, not unlike Chris Berman's "You're with me, leather"

http://deadspin.com/sports/espn/the-trailer-has-cheesy-doodles-right-231078.php


 * It's irrelevant trivia on someone who's barely relevant.

He was in the GH episode during the hostage crisis. I watched the episode. He talked about it on an ESPN radio segment. I don't know why his IMDB page doesn't list it. The line should be in the Television paragraph, not personal.Zerotta (talk) 15:43, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

POV
I deleted the following paragraph from the article, only to see it return:

''Public opinion on Smith's broadcast style is mixed. Many dislike the brash tone that Smith uses, along with a perceived tendency to lose his objectivity when discussing players he supports, like 76ers star Allen Iverson. His harsh, loud tone (which has given him the nickname "Screamin' A. Smith) is in contrast to the more subdued tones of those around him, which also earns him both fans and detractors.''

I don't object to the content, only to the fact that it's unsourced. In the spirit of improving rather than deleting I searched Google and Metacritic.com for reviews of Quite Frankly. Unfortunately, the only places I found these criticisms echoed were personal blogs. The comment about Smith's lack of objectivity in particular needs to a source. Phrases like "public opinion" and "many dislike" are clear examples of weasel words. If this paragraph goes back in, it should be with proper citations. --djrobgordon 04:53, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

In my opinion, if the majority of personal blogs point to things such as Stephen A. Smith losing objectivity, that's your verification. I see no difference in the opinion of several bloggers/NBA fan sites and News/Magazine articles. So, I'll wait til I find an article on his objectivity, but I for now, I feel that the "his harsh loud tone...Screamin A' Smith statement should be put back in because he is referred to that nickname daily because of that. In particular, ESPN's Stuart Scott has often referred to him as that in segments before Smith has given live interviews. -Ben Feb 6, 06

Well, the problem I personally have with this paragraph is that they say is "contrasts with those around him." Bullshit. The only thing that could contrast with those around him would be a subdued tone. ESPN has become the biggest "asshole" network on television, with pretty much every single one of their analysts becoming loud and obnoxious. Even guys who used to be laid back and calm have become brash...such as John Clayton and Chris Mortenson.

Ratings
The Nielsen ratings can go back with a link to a source. The speculation about Smith's thought can go back when it's a quote. --djrobgordon 20:36, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Stephen A Smith on time slot change: http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/ny-spqna154588019jan15,0,1260210.story?coll=ny-basketball-headlines

Ratings: http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/search/article_display.jsp?schema=&vnu_content_id=1001808888

You can stop deleting this now.

THE PERSON THAT DELETES THE RATINGS INFO SHOULD STOP SHOWING BIAS. PLEASE STOP REMOVING THIS ITEM BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN PROVEN FACTUAL.

I've removed ratings in the past, although I haven't done it since you posted the reference here. However, the numbers may continue to be removed by other editors until the reference is noted properly in the main article space. Unfortunately, not everyone checks the talk page. For information about how to cite a reference, take a look at Citing sources. --djrobgordon 04:06, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Biography of Stephen A Smith
I attended the Quite Frankly show a few months back and I vaguely remember Mr. Smith mentioning that he was from an island. Is this true? I believe he said St. Thomas but I am not sure. My friend and I have a bet going on because he thinks he is from Philly and I know that is not true. Please let me know what island he said he was from and if not an island, where?
 * In the podcast/show from 5/22 he says that he is from St. Thomas during the call-in portion.

Slava Medvedenko
Nothing about his constant criticism and patronizationi of Slava Medvedenko throughout the NBA finals that led to many jokes and impressions, including an especially good one on PTI (I believe Scott Van Pelt did the impression).

redacted
I didn't create the heading and it's perhaps a bit crass. However, it's about the most accurate "discussion" I've seen on the subject. jwright 04:43, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
 * This is a pretty much irrelevant heading. But in his defense, there was a bit on TV where these Christian bigots were saying that atheists "need to shut up".  He was the only voice of reason saying that though he doesn't agree, he believes they should absolutely not shut up, as everyone has rights.  I've got nothing but respect for him after seeing him stand up like that.
 * Where was the state action in that case? Because those free speech rights are only rights against government-imposed speech restrictions. Try again. 64.111.148.195 (talk) 22:09, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Being the voice of reason on one issue doesn't make him any less of a loud-mouthed, incoherent, rambling asshole. Less abbrasively: his problem is that he's constantly trying to obfuscate his lack of knowledge by yelling his "point" as loud as possible.

Please read Talk page guidelines. Alan Liefting 06:01, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Circumsission?
Why does the article state that Stephen A's "greatest Passion is the art of circumsission. After attending University of Delaware, Smith had a passion of being a circumsizer."? Any sources for that? 141.113.85.21 01:04, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

ESPN Stint
I think his stint at ESPN started well before Quite Frankly. He had been a regular for a while before they gave him his own show. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)

The above is definitely true. Stephen A. Smith was definitely an NBA analyst for ESPN prior to having the Stephen A. Smith show. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.11.222.234 (talk) 22:07, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Malav
"A regular caller of the show is "Malav in the Car," who is known for his passionate opinions." This sentence sounds like it was written by Malav him/herself. Is this really necessary because it seems so out of place RealFerrari 07:14, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Not relevant in the least, so I deleted. Tool2Die4 (talk) 18:57, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Early Life
The sentence "his West Indian mother encouraged him to always be in the right" is both plagiarized and arbitrarily placed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.158.35.253 (talk) 20:54, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

the brother who died is his OLDER brother not younger see gq interview at https://www.gq.com/story/stephen-a-smith-espn-profile — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:142:0:6C:A095:9C1D:9FB8:497B (talk) 18:52, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 08:20, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

LeBron trade
Something should probably be added regarding Smith's correct call of LeBron James to Miami Heat weeks before the ESPN announcement show James later had, amidst questionable comments made by others in the industry about Smith's integrity. At least one time Smith stated James was going to Miami well before others was Monday, June 28, 2010 on The Dan Patrick Show. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 15.195.201.87 (talk) 20:09, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Career timeline
I find the description of Smith's career confusing. It's currently split into categories by media. Wouldn't it be better to organize it by timeline? I came to the article to find when he started at ESPN. I'm still not sure what the answer is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.197.196.69 (talk) 13:08, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Unsourced, speculation and rumors under 'Television'
I've removed unreferenced passages throughout this section--my guess is that some of it has been added by folks who watch Smith on tv, and add information regarding comments he made. Even some of what I've left doesn't merit keeping--to qualify for encyclopedic inclusion, controversial comments and reactions to them really need multiple sources. Otherwise they're not very notable. 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 02:46, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 30 November 2018
Revert most recent edit, 11/30, which vandalizes the opening paragraph. Keltric (talk) 19:22, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done DannyS712 (talk) 20:07, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

Team Fandom
Stephen A. Smith is an admitted fan of the New York Yankees. https://www.espn.com/new-york/mlb/columns/story?columnist=smith_stephen&id=6102117 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.21.182.146 (talk) 22:04, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 February 2020
Stephen A no longer hosts a radio show. He got replaced by Jason Fitz, but is now hosting his own show on ESPN now (I think it's Sports Center).

Thanks for reading and considering the edit. 65.78.7.33 (talk) 05:08, 6 February 2020 (UTC)


 * ❌. It's not clear what changes you want to make. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 14:46, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

what's the A for?
Always yappin?!!!baby stephen A is the shizznit — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.245.249.141 (talk) 20:09, 13 January 2021 (UTC)