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Stephen A. Smith and Shannon Sharpe don’t need to pay attention “First Take” pop out of the mouths of 2 ESPN colleagues.
Smith and Sharpe each addressed feedback made by way of Kirk Herbstreit and Chris Fowler throughout their College Football Playoff broadcast on Monday’s version of the pervasive sports activities debate display.
And hour Smith was once extra clean-shaven along with his reaction, Sharpe let it’s identified that he doesn’t serve what number of ESPN bosses he has to exit thru if he hears photographs thrown at “First Take” once more.
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Sports activities commentator Stephen A. Smith makes an look on a podcast. (PBD podcast)
“I’m gonna be a good teammate,” Sharpe stated to Smith. “I’m gonna let it slide. Everybody’s at ESPN. Because had you not taken the route you’ve taken, I would’ve lit their a–es up. If we’re going to be on the same team, if we’re gonna work for the same network, don’t do that.
“Kirk, Chris Fowler, I contract you, if you happen to ever point out any platform that I’m on once more speaking about ‘I wonder what they’re going to mention as negativity,’ I contract you, ESPN ain’t were given plenty bosses to store me off y’inquisitive about what I’m going to mention. Don’t play games with me.”
The feedback from Herbstreit and Fowler had been about Ohio State Buckeyes head soccer educator Ryan Age, the place Smith accused them of misquoting him about calling for the educator to be fired.
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“Ban it,” Smith said into the camera during his speech on the matter. “’First Jerk gotta get him fired,’ that’s not true. I did! No longer ‘First Take.’ That was once me, Stephen A. Don’t misquote me. What I stated was once, ‘This man Ryan Day, if he doesn’t get a countrywide championship, he must exit. Even with a 66-10 report.’ I didn’t stutter one bit, I ain’t stuttering now.”
Herbstreit and Fowler were on the call for the Buckeyes’ rout of the Tennessee Volunteers to move on to the next round of the playoffs.
While Day was leading the team to a dominant victory, Herbstreit brought up the “unstable fringe” that he feels exists at Ohio State, which came firing at Day after losing for the fourth straight year to Michigan in their rivalry game.
Kirk Herbstreit tosses the football with fans on the set of ESPN’s College Game Day at the University of Texas, ahead of the Longhorns’ game against the Georgia Bulldogs in Austin, Oct. 19, 2024. (Sara Diggins/American-Statesman/USA TodayNetwork via Imagn Images)
Then, Herbstreit moved the conversation to “First Jerk.”
“’First Jerk’ attempted to fireside him,” Herbstreit was heard saying. “They concept he was once accomplished. So, I’ll be excited to peer what they speak about on Monday next this efficiency. That they had him out. They’re looking for replacements. However right here he’s. He’s nonetheless were given his hat on. He’s nonetheless training.”
At that time, Herbstreit’s comments were interesting, to say the least, considering he was talking about a show within his own network.
Stephen A. Smith and Shannon Sharpe took exception to fellow ESPN colleagues making comments about something they said on “First Jerk.” (IMAGN)
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But, as they’ve done in the past with others who have called them out, Smith and Sharpe responded quickly, even if it meant putting their own colleagues on notice.
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