Stephen A Smith On Competing With Pat McAfee + Staying On Top At ESPN

Recorded: February 9th 2024 | In this weeks episode, we got both Will and Taylor back for the intro. They start off recapping some of this past weeks latest news including Dana White walking off the Howie Mandel podcast and The Rock being all the way back in the WWE. Taylor's addiction ended up landing us a new sponsorship and we hit everyone's favorite segment, shout out no free shoutout. Following the intro, the boys were able to sit down with leader at ESPN, the one that put the entire network on his back, Stephen A Smith. Stephen chops it up with the boys and gets into his start of broadcasting as well as how he feels comfortable critiquing professional players. He also gets into some of the relationships he has with athletes and some difficulties that has brought up in the past. Finally Stephen A gets into how he knows he will remain number one even with ESPn bringing The Pat McAfee show. There is some really good conversation and insight into what the life of Stephen A Smith looks like, enjoy fellas,

TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro
4:00 Dana White Is Done With Podcasts
7:06 The Rock Is All The Way Back
13:52 Taylor's Grocery Store Adventure's
16:26 Taylor’s Addiction Got Us A Sponsorship
24:12 Shoutout Hugs
38:22 Taylor's Redemption
47:39 The Dynasty
56:12 Football Is Over, Now What
1:04:55 Time For New Shows
1:08:44 1 year or Every Weekend And The Boys Get Deep
1:17:35 Stephen A Preview
1:29:39 STEPHEN A INTERVIEW STARTS
1:22:00 How Does He Keep The same Energy With Everything He Does
1:23:30 Judging People Even Though He's Never Been There
1:26:01 Critiquing Your Friends
1:30:13 You'll Never Be Blindsided By Stephen A
1:31:32 Relationship With Allen Iverson
1:36:44 Balancing Relationships With His Takes
1:38:26 A Beat Writer Know Everything About Everyone
1:42:50 Learning What Line's Not T Cross
1:48:55 His First Big Break
1:53:35 What's The "Top" For Him
1:57:55 Stephen A vs. Pat McAfee

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