Stephen A. Smith jumps ship

[JustRalph]

ESPN suspended him for a week.

He bailed today.

Getting his own weekday show on Sirius/XM

Starting Sept. 2nd

[PhantomOnTour]

Ding Dong - the witch (First Take) will hopefully soon be dead.

[Stillriledup]

Shut up Skip.

[tucker6]

ESPN is no longer just about sports. It is all about pushing an extreme left wing agenda. I'll sometimes have them on in the background and they are worse than MSNBC at times.

[Stillriledup]

ESPN is no longer just about sports. It is all about pushing an extreme left wing agenda. I'll sometimes have them on in the background and they are worse than MSNBC at times.

Yes, they'll show George breaking his leg 40 times in slow motion just for the shock value. They've got very big heads, they think they are as big as the athletes themselves.

[tucker6]

Yes, they'll show George breaking his leg 40 times in slow motion just for the shock value. They've got very big heads, they think they are as big as the athletes themselves.
I like how they shoved Smith's suspension to the back pages of their website quickly, while Manziel's drinking gets hours and hours of programming and analysts wondering if he has an alcohol problem. Talk about do as I say and not as I do.

[PhantomOnTour]

ESPN is no longer just about sports. It is all about pushing an extreme left wing agenda. I'll sometimes have them on in the background and they are worse than MSNBC at times.
Now now - no room for politics in the sports threads.

Read your TOS and stop whining like a POS

[DRIVEWAY]

Tony Dungy makes a good replacement. He's been everywhere on ESPN in recent days.

First topic could ask the question "Should Michael Sam become a backup center to make the team".

[Tor Ekman]

Tony Dungy makes a good replacement. He's been everywhere on ESPN in recent days.

First topic could ask the question "Should Michael Sam become a backup center to make the team".
Center? More likely "wide" receiver ... hasn't been eligible at "tight" end since Pop Warner League

[PhantomOnTour]

Center? More likely "wide" receiver ... hasn't been eligible at "tight" end since Pop Warner League
I thought you had to be out of middle school to join this board.
This is the mind of a 14yr old.

Tor Ekman - wasn't he the faith healer on Seinfeld?
(the guy who turned George's face blue)

[DRIVEWAY]

Center? More likely "wide" receiver ... hasn't been eligible at "tight" end since Pop Warner League

Skip might argue for tight end. Dungy would avoid the controversy and agree.

If Stephen A. was still around he'd add to the confusion and make a provocative suggestion of split end.

[menifee]

Ding Dong - the witch (First Take) will hopefully soon be dead.


He's not leaving ESPN. Sirius is licensing his radio show from ESPN.

[cj's dad]

Steven A. is a loud mouth jerk - he could not hold a real job - good riddance !''BTW- the same applies to Skip Bayless

[jballscalls]

ESPN is no longer just about sports. It is all about pushing an extreme left wing agenda. I'll sometimes have them on in the background and they are worse than MSNBC at times.

I read it's a TOS violation to talk politics in the sports thread, but I"d be really curious to hear how they are pushing a left wing agenda. if you'd be willing start a thread over in OT or PM me, be fascinated to hear

[JustRalph]

He's not leaving ESPN. Sirius is licensing his radio show from ESPN.

I read on twitter that deal fell apart? You can only believe half of what you read though.

[PaceAdvantage]

Now now - no room for politics in the sports threads.

Read your TOS and stop whining like a POSTOS only specifically state no politics in the HORSE threads...

[PaceAdvantage]

I read it's a TOS violation to talk politics in the sports thread, but I"d be really curious to hear how they are pushing a left wing agenda. if you'd be willing start a thread over in OT or PM me, be fascinated to hearAgain, wrong. Here is the clause in its entirety:

Politically charged avatars and postings are strictly forbidden in any of the HORSE RACING topics. The OFF-TOPIC forums have been specifically designed for just this sort of subject. The administrator reserves the right to remove any avatar deemed unacceptable.

[jballscalls]

Again, wrong. Here is the clause in its entirety:

Politically charged avatars and postings are strictly forbidden in any of the HORSE RACING topics. The OFF-TOPIC forums have been specifically designed for just this sort of subject. The administrator reserves the right to remove any avatar deemed unacceptable.

I was simply reciting what I had read from the poster. Never actually read the TOS. But thank you for pointing out my mistake and clarifying.

So good news then, we can hear why ESPN is pushing a left wing agenda right here in this thread!!

[Fwizard]

J---

I don't think there is an agenda at ABC/ESPN but they have really gone overboard on "political correctness"...hear me out on this ...This goes back to when they hired Rush Limbaugh for football years back...Did they not know what they were getting when they made that hire??? It seems that they will overreact now if any of their personalities do anything that might ruffle feathers..Personally if ALL their people had the same opinion I would be bored and turn it off.I am not condoning anything that Stephen A Smith said about Ray Rice (I would not hit a woman even if they hit me)..but do they not pay these people for opinions....Yesterday , they suspend a guy for buying billboards to harass Lebron James ...it does seem that if you do not tow the company line then you are out on your butt....

Just my opinion...

[cj's dad]

Dan Le Batard also suspended by ESPN

http://sports.yahoo.com//news/espn-suspends-dan-le-batard-lebron-james-billboard-004600405.html

[johnhannibalsmith]

If they'd hand out a few dozen more hokey suspensions and start airing some sports, the channel might one day be watchable again.

[cj's dad]

Le Batard , with his own money, paid for a billboard which mocked the great one's (LBJ) return to Cleveland. Hard to believe that LeBron can sit down with all those lips from ESPN planted firmly on his ass.

[jballscalls]

J---

I don't think there is an agenda at ABC/ESPN but they have really gone overboard on "political correctness"...hear me out on this ...This goes back to when they hired Rush Limbaugh for football years back...Did they not know what they were getting when they made that hire??? It seems that they will overreact now if any of their personalities do anything that might ruffle feathers..Personally if ALL their people had the same opinion I would be bored and turn it off.I am not condoning anything that Stephen A Smith said about Ray Rice (I would not hit a woman even if they hit me)..but do they not pay these people for opinions....Yesterday , they suspend a guy for buying billboards to harass Lebron James ...it does seem that if you do not tow the company line then you are out on your butt....

Just my opinion...

But none of those things you named are left or right wing things. No right wingers that I know condone hitting a woman or suggesting a woman deserves to be hit. The fact that they hired Rush LImbaugh period seems pretty non left-wing.

[JustRalph]

http://thebiglead.com/2014/08/07/sirius-paying-espn-licensing-fee-for-stephen-a-smiths-show-on-mad-dog-radio/

I have no idea what this means? Paying ESPN?

[burnsy]

TOS only specifically state no politics in the HORSE threads...

Hell, it would be great if you did away with that entire political garbage section. Listen to some of these fools. Everything is political, left, right....then it leaks over to every other subject because the pea brains are obsessed with it.......who in their right mind gives a sh!t ??? People can't even think for themselves anymore then they sit there and wonder why the country is going to crap. What does any of their crap have to do with sports?????? or horse racing for that matter?

Better look out for those lefties.....uh, oh the righties are coming and so is the wicked witch of the north.....these political whack jobs are a big part of the problem......they tune into whatever crap they want to hear and then recite it. Its real challenging stuff too. What happened is there a war on women again? Or is someone stealing Santa Claus in the war on Christmas?......Riveting stuff. Am I the only one that laughs at this garbage? Oh, the poor children can't pray at school.....guess what they can't read, write or do math either.....pathetic.....but don't worry the next generation will be even dumber and they'll eat up the crap on MSNBC and FOX News. :lol: Its all true and factual journalism you know............:) No crying in baseball....

[PhantomOnTour]

Hell, it would be great if you did away with that entire political garbage section. Listen to some of these fools. Everything is political, left, right....then it leaks over to every other subject because the pea brains are obsessed with it.......who in their right mind gives a sh!t ??? People can't even think for themselves anymore then they sit there and wonder why the country is going to crap. What does any of their crap have to do with sports?????? or horse racing for that matter?

Better look out for those lefties.....uh, oh the righties are coming and so is the wicked witch of the north.....these political whack jobs are a big part of the problem......they tune into whatever crap they want to hear and then recite it. Its real challenging stuff too. What happened is there a war on women again? Or is someone stealing Santa Claus in the war on Christmas?......Riveting stuff. Am I the only one that laughs at this garbage? Oh, the poor children can't pray at school.....guess what they can't read, write or do math either.....pathetic.....but don't worry the next generation will be even dumber and they'll eat up the crap on MSNBC and FOX News. :lol: Its all true and factual journalism you know............:) No crying in baseball....
I am giving you a standing ovation.
Right on the mark

[JustRalph]

I second the motion, get rid of off topic

[jballscalls]

I second the motion, get rid of off topic

I'll gladly third!

motion to vote?

[johnhannibalsmith]

You think there will be less off-topic posts outside of off-topic without off-topic?

Why are people so afraid to see something that they don't like/offends them/ annoys them/ etc.?

[GaryG]

I think Ralph was being facetious. Off topic is fine, you just need to wear your big boy pants and cast iron underwear. And I don't think the moderators need any help from citizens on patrol.

[bks]

ESPN is no longer just about sports. It is all about pushing an extreme left wing agenda. I'll sometimes have them on in the background and they are worse than MSNBC at times.

Right, that's why they've completely exonerated Tony Stewart for killing a 20-yr-old kid who was (stupidly) upset over Stewart's race tactics.

[tucker6]

Right, that's why they've completely exonerated Tony Stewart for killing a 20-yr-old kid who was (stupidly) upset over Stewart's race tactics.
Are you telling me that you can't see the difference between the two types of stories.

[cj's dad]

Hell, it would be great if you did away with that entire political garbage section. Listen to some of these fools. Everything is political, left, right....then it leaks over to every other subject because the pea brains are obsessed with it.......who in their right mind gives a sh!t ??? People can't even think for themselves anymore then they sit there and wonder why the country is going to crap. What does any of their crap have to do with sports?????? or horse racing for that matter?

Better look out for those lefties.....uh, oh the righties are coming and so is the wicked witch of the north.....these political whack jobs are a big part of the problem......they tune into whatever crap they want to hear and then recite it. Its real challenging stuff too. What happened is there a war on women again? Or is someone stealing Santa Claus in the war on Christmas?......Riveting stuff. Am I the only one that laughs at this garbage? Oh, the poor children can't pray at school.....guess what they can't read, write or do math either.....pathetic.....but don't worry the next generation will be even dumber and they'll eat up the crap on MSNBC and FOX News. :lol: Its all true and factual journalism you know............:) No crying in baseball....If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen

Mommy will still wipe your ass and tuck you in at bedtime !

[bks]

Are you telling me that you can't see the difference between the two types of stories.

ESPN is a huge corporation. By definition, they're not "extreme left." Last fall they dropped their co-sponsorship of the Frontline documentary exposing the NFL's hypocrisy (and criminality) over concussions because they were worried it would have damaged their relationship w/ the NFL. Is that an "extreme left" position?

All ESPN cares about is their bottom line. They cover the sports on their own networks more closely than others (hockey is a great example - lots of coverage when it was on ESPN, next to none when the NHL left). They have no independent political agenda beyond ratings.

[banacek]

Again, wrong. Here is the clause in its entirety:

Politically charged avatars and postings are strictly forbidden in any of the HORSE RACING topics. The OFF-TOPIC forums have been specifically designed for just this sort of subject. The administrator reserves the right to remove any avatar deemed unacceptable.

I was never sure of the rule as it applies to signatures..seems like they show up in the horse racing section. Can you clarify?

[PaceAdvantage]

I was never sure of the rule as it applies to signatures..seems like they show up in the horse racing section. Can you clarify?I've killed many a politically motivated signature and told the person they can't have that sig unless they want to stop posting about horses.

But, admittedly, I certainly can't be expected to catch every single one...if something I've missed is pointed out to me, I'll correct the situation quickly.

[PhantomOnTour]

I thought Smith's last day was Friday, but there he was this morning :confused:

[tucker6]

I thought Smith's last day was Friday, but there he was this morning :confused:
He's still on First Take. He picked up a new gig without getting rid of the old one. He's just a little richer that's all. Joined Mad Dog sports radio.