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re: Molly Qerim is the latest to leave ESPN. Stephen A Smith has thoughts

Posted on 9/17/25 at 12:08 pm to
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
129565 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 12:08 pm to
So they paid Ryan Clark and Kendrick Perkins but not molly

Sexist ESPN
Posted by facher08
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
5631 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 12:10 pm to
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She's half Italian/half Albanian.

That's an almost perfect mix for getting stabbed in your sleep.
Posted by Lexis Dad
Member since Apr 2025
5733 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 12:23 pm to
Touche.
Posted by Crow Pie
Neuro ICU - Tulane Med Center
Member since Feb 2010
27177 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 12:25 pm to
These media people will never stop smelling their own farts.
Posted by Geauxgurt
Member since Sep 2013
13300 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 12:33 pm to
Stephen A is one of the main things that is wrong in sports today. He offers little actual knowledge and insight and simply acts like a fool. Not only that, he gets paid a ridiculous amount to do so, which then leads to everyone having to pay more just to enjoy sports.

People like Stephen A and Disney as a company have ruined sports massively by simply inflating costs across the board.

In the end, who cares. Who the hell even watches his shows?
Posted by Celery
Nuevo York
Member since Nov 2010
11650 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 12:36 pm to
I liked her better than Stephen A.
Posted by Tiger Ryno
#WoF
Member since Feb 2007
107560 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 12:44 pm to
Man i will miss Mollys aports takes. Incredible insights she is the face if ESPN.
Posted by Magnus
San Diego
Member since Sep 2019
1946 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 2:07 pm to
prolly pulling a kay adams and now gonna find herself in the podcast biz
Posted by Dadren
Jawja
Member since Dec 2023
3140 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 2:19 pm to
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“This part is not about Molly. This part is about this industry, because I know there’s a lot of people who look at sports and you think you can do this every day,” Smith said. “News for you: you can’t wake up and be Mad Dog Russo. You can’t wake up and be Adam Schein. You can’t wake up and be Stephen A. It takes work. It’s not just about what you know. It’s about what you know about your audience and how you deliver a product to your audience that they’re receptive to and they want to embrace and they want to magnetize themselves to moving forward.”


quote:

This part is not about Molly

You sure about that, Stephen A?

Because that whole rant reads as if you’re saying she Nico Imaleaving’d her way out of ESPN.
This post was edited on 9/17/25 at 2:21 pm
Posted by TooFyeToFly
Atlanta, Georgia
Member since Nov 2012
2087 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 2:43 pm to
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She's half Italian/half Albanian.

That's an almost perfect mix.


Agreed brother
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
28402 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 3:21 pm to
Stephen A. putting Molly's business out there vis-à-vis a "hypothetical" like a good ESPN company man. I know I'm not the only one who thinks Ms. Quim is sexy.
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
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Member since Oct 2008
88128 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 5:45 pm to
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News for you: you can’t wake up and be Mad Dog Russo. You can’t wake up and be Adam Schein. You can’t wake up and be Stephen A.


true, but i could be Nick Wright
Posted by hg
Member since Jun 2009
127664 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 5:56 pm to
She sucked and thought of herself as more than a moderator/host. Such a hard job she had.
Posted by CR4090
Member since Apr 2023
8261 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 6:01 pm to
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“The details, quite frankly, are none of y’all business,” Smith said.


I keep telling you, baws, this guy is a fricking clown. He could have just wished her well and left it at that.
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
24650 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 6:35 pm to
quote:

THE DETAILS ARE NOT YOUR BUSINESS!!!! So let me tell you about her contract dispute..."

This isn’t really what happened though lol
Posted by Floyd Dawg
Silver Creek, GA
Member since Jul 2018
4926 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 6:45 pm to
She has terrible taste in men. She married Jalen Rose for God's sake.
Posted by CR4090
Member since Apr 2023
8261 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 7:37 pm to
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She has terrible taste in men. She married Jalen Rose for God's sake.


And may have slept with SAS.
Posted by DownSouthCrawfish
Lift every voice and sing
Member since Oct 2011
40638 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 8:20 pm to
Pouring one out for all the First Take women we lost….

Molly Qerim
Cari Champion
Dana Jacobson
This post was edited on 9/17/25 at 8:23 pm
Posted by Dadren
Jawja
Member since Dec 2023
3140 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 9:07 am to
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I keep telling you, baws, this guy is a fricking clown. He could have just wished her well and left it at that.

I kinda agree. And, two things can be true at once.

Even if Qerim played herself because she had no idea how much she out kicked her coverage with this gig, he (per usual) comes off as a douche by telling everyone “it’s not your business”, then proceed to share what happened.
Posted by Weekend Warrior79
Member since Aug 2014
20812 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 9:20 am to
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Stephen A is one of the main things that is wrong in sports today.

Agreed, but the problem is he figured out the system and people hate watch, listen, and click on his work so they can bitch about the latest thing he said. He summed it up perfectly here.
quote:

It takes work. It’s not just about what you know. It’s about what you know about your audience and how you deliver a product to your audience that they’re receptive to and they want to embrace and they want to magnetize themselves to moving forward.”

Only critique is the people do not embrace themselves to his work, and he knows it. They listen because they can't get enough of things to bitch about.
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