Showing posts with label Stephen A. Smith. Show all posts
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Friday, August 1, 2014

Free Stephen A. Smith!!! --Whoopi says same thing=no problem

August 01, 2014 Domestic Violence , Ray Rice 0 Comments
Stephen A. Smith was just toeing ESPN’s company line

Stephen A. Smith
By Phil Mushinck, Aug. 1, 2014, Nypost.com

Free Stephen A. Smith! Free Stephen A. Smith!

At least that’s a reasonable price.

ESPN’s one-week suspension of Smith for stating vis-a-vis the NFL’s two-game docking of Ray Rice for allegedly cold-cocking his fiancée that women shouldn’t “provoke” such attacks, would have made for sensible justice had ESPN not been judge and jury.

ESPN’s verdict and sentence is like a carjacker stopping to scold a jaywalker.

Yes, Smith was guilty of rotten, even revolting on-the-spot spewing. Yet, how does ESPN escape its own planned, similarly rotten judgments?

ESPN recruits the worst acts in sports. Disgraced college coaches, infamously lawless ex-players and the sexually indiscreet — those unsure of exactly how many children they’ve fathered, and where — are more than welcomed as the multiple networks’ on-air talent.

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Smith apologized

July 30, 2014 Domestic Violence , ESPN First Take 0 Comments
Whoopi Defends Stephen A Smith’s Comments: 'If You Hit a Man, Don’t Be Surprised if He Hits Back'

By Yesha Callahan, Jul. 29, 2014, Theroot.com

 Whoopi Goldberg is quickly becoming an advocate for men who inflict domestic violence upon women. You may recall back in May, during the Solange Knowles-and-Jay Z elevator fight, that Goldberg said Jay Z had every right to hit Solange back.

 “I think Solange was quite ready for him to do whatever he was going to do,” Goldberg said. “This is the thing: If anybody hits you, you have the right—I know that many people are raised in a very different way—but if a woman hits you, to me, you have the right to hit her back.”

 Now Goldberg is singing the same song, but to the tune of a different celebrity caught up in his own domestic violence comments.

 Last Friday, during an episode of ESPN’s First Take, Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless had a heated debate over the Baltimore Ravens’ suspension of Ray Rice for two games. Many people felt the suspension was too lenient, especially since video captured Rice dragging his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, out of an elevator unconscious.



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Related: Stephen A. Smith: A Woman Should Not Provoke A Man Into Striking Her
--Days later, he apologized

Related: Stephen A. Smith Apologizes For 'Provoke" Remark --Calls it most "egregious error" of career

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Calls it most "egregious error" of career

July 30, 2014 Apology , Domestic Violence 0 Comments
Stephen A. Smith Apologizes For 'Provoke" Remark



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Days later, he apologized

July 30, 2014 Domestic Violence , ESPN First Take 0 Comments
Stephen A. Smith: A Woman Should Not Provoke A Man Into Striking Her



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Sunday, May 25, 2014

Stephen A: Mark Cuban Was Right About His Hoodie Comment--We Ignore What Cuban Said About White Guy With "Tattoos"

May 25, 2014 Donald Sterling , Mark Cuban 0 Comments


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Saturday, May 24, 2014

FLASHBACK: ESPN's Stephen A. Smith Regrets Voting For Barack Obama (Interview with Mark Levin)

May 24, 2014 Mark Levin , President Barack Obama 0 Comments


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Friday, May 16, 2014

ESPN Analyst: Do You Fine A Player For Saying He Doesn’t Like To See Two Men Kissing? --If said in a rap song=ok

May 16, 2014 ESPN , Gay Rights 0 Comments


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Thursday, May 15, 2014

Why The NBA Is Taking So Long To Oust Donald Sterling

May 15, 2014 Adam Silver , Donald Sterling 0 Comments
By Roger Groves, May 15, 2014, Forbes.com

The question raised by NBA’s Stephen A. Smith, Spike Lee, and several NBA players, current and past, is “Why is it taking so long to fire Donald Sterling?” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was so strong and strident in his announcement that steps would be taken “immediately” to do just that. There was no ambiguity about whether they were going to fire Sterling for his racist comments against African Americans. It is a done deal. Commissioner Silver surely would not have made such a profound announcement without having consulted the other NBA owners. So why hasn’t the first shoe dropped?

Like an onion, the answer has several smelly layers, and several lawyers. The first shoe is Donald. The second shoe is Shelly, his estranged wife and 50% owner of the family trust that owns the LA Clippers. The NBA is more concerned about the second.

The most important deliberative point I suspect is this: One or both of those shoes may sue the NBA and its owners. I have several legal reasons for why they suit would ultimately fail, not the least of which is that the controlling owner from the trust was Donald. He is the only one on the governing board, and the removal of him effectively removes the trust. But that does not stop either Sterling from commencing the action, and getting to a stage we call discovery. During discovery, a lot of dirt can be discovered about the other owners.

Donald, himself a lawyer has been litigious in the past. Shelly is lawyered up with tall cotton firms. While their lawyers oppose each other for divorce purposes, I bet their lawyers will agree on exposing any evidence they can find that current owners have been complicit, accepting, acquiescing, or joking along with Donald in ways that are considered racist. The claim would be, “See these guys are just as bad, so ousting Donald is arbitrary or an antitrust-level conspiracy, and an abuse of discretion of its own rules.”

So even if there is enough legal support for ultimately winning at trial, the possibility of negative exposure in the media during months, if not years of discovery and motion hearings is probably causing the NBA to consider a form of pretrial settlement to avoid litigation. And I would bet your season tickets that a primary strategy being considered is the creation of a new diverse ownership group and then carving a non-operating passive piece of it for Shelly.

As for Donald, someone is likely looking at ways to structure a deal where he minimizes his multi-million dollar capital gains taxes he would pay on his forced sale. The taxation of capital gains is one of the most complicated least-understood areas of the law. To find loopholes is not a new quest among lawyers so the IRS has a myriad of regulations to avoid them.

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Monday, March 31, 2014

Sad that Stephen A is deemed courageous for "defending" Kobe--who merely said wait for the facts in Trayvon case.

March 31, 2014 Arsenio Hall , George Zimmerman 0 Comments



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