Stephen A. Smith insists ‘many folks’ have conspired to get him fired from SiriusXM, ESPN
By Ethan Stone
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Stephen A. Smith believes there is a conspiracy of people looking to get him fired from SiriusXM and ESPN.
This line of thinking can be traced to his words on Tuesday, when he fired back at former Warriors forward Matt Barnes, who recently called Smith out for his coverage of LeBron James’ comments on the city of Memphis.
Barnes’ comments regarding Smith are not the important part of this story. What’s important is Smith’s reaction to Barnes, and to several others who have fired back at his comments across the past year or so. In a rant you can find in the YouTube video below, Smith insisted that several people have been coming at him in recent weeks because they want to see him fired and out of the way.
“I think that it’s important for my listeners and also the people here at SiriusXM Mad Dog Sports Radio, for me to remind people of who the hell I am,” Smith said, via Awful Announcing. “Things have happened in my life over the last year or so that you have a right to know. There are many folks out there who want me done. They want me fired. They want me taken off the airwaves of SiriusXM. They want me taken off the airwaves of ESPN. Good luck with that…There’s nothing that gets me up more than adversaries that have the nerve to think they can go against me. I love it. It inspires me, it fuels me.”
Smith, who has floated the idea of running for President in the past, wasn’t done, either. He said that a move to get him fired wouldn’t silence him… it would simply “unleash” him even more.
“I want you to imagine for a second that I’m no longer working for the Mouse during my day job,” Smith said. “There’s no more ESPN, there’s no Walt Disney, and all there is SiriusXM and whatever else I want to do in the YouTube stratosphere. Do you understand there would be no barricades? There would be no barriers. Do you understand? That would unleash me even more…careful what you wish for.”
Ethan Stone is a Tennessee graduate and loves all things college football and college basketball. Firm believer in fouling while up 3.
