Stephen A. Smith

Person · 7 cases · 2014–2025 · American sports journalist

How Stephen A. Smith spread

Smith moved from newspaper sports reporting to television and radio, reaching a wider audience through ESPN's daily debates.

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Sports 3 · Culture 1, Entertainment 1
2026199419992005201213 yrs100 men vs one gorilla · Carried it · Apr 29, 2025Kendrick Lamar "Not Like Us" · Kept it going · Dec 1, 2024Solo Stove: Snoop Goes Smokeless · Carried it · Nov 17, 2023Coach Prime at Colorado · Carried it · Sep 4, 2023Angel Reese · Carried it · Apr 2, 2023Kawhi Leonard’s laugh · Kept it going · Jun 10, 2019ALS Ice Bucket Challenge · Carried it · Aug 21, 2014First press1994New audience1999First big push2005First big push2012PressTVYouTubeOpen web

  1. 1994

    First pressPress

    Smith joined The Philadelphia Inquirer, where he went on to cover the 76ers and write sports columns. en.wikipedia.org

  2. 1999

    New audienceTV

    Smith began his television career on CNN/SI. en.wikipedia.org

  3. 2005

    First big pushAug · TV

    ESPN gave Smith a daily hour-long show, Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith. en.wikipedia.org

  4. 2012

    First big pushJun 4 · TV

    Smith joined ESPN's First Take full-time, debating sports headlines with Skip Bayless five days a week. espnpressroom.com

Solo Stove: Snoop Goes Smokeless

Carried it

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I’m giving up smoke.

19.5B impressions

Kawhi Leonard’s laugh

Kept it going

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Some smiling and laughing from Kawhi Leonard during his introductory press conference with the Raptors.

11K reposts of a parade callback

Angel Reese

Carried it

48
Angel Reese gestures toward Caitlin Clark in the 2023 NCAA final

Peaked at #1

100 men vs one gorilla

Carried it

50
Satisfied after opening the food box

301.9M impressions

Coach Prime at Colorado

Carried it

40
Colorado's Welcome to Boulder, Coach Prime announcement graphic

1.6M impressions

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Carried it

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Doing the ALS Ice Bucket ChallengeOpen

$100M donated to ALS Association

Kendrick Lamar "Not Like Us"

Kept it going

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Public-domain vector version of the Not Like Us wordmark; Commons marks the simple text as copyright-ineligible.

5M impressions

Picture: Moody College of Communication, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped