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The Paul Finebaum Show

Hour 2: Stephen A Smith

The Paul Finebaum Show

ESPN Radio

Sports

3.31.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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ESPN's Stephen A Smith stops by to discuss the problems in college sports, and a potential run for president. Plus more of your phone calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8

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0:38.7

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0:44.3

And we are back.

0:46.1

Stephen A. Smith will join us in just a few moments as we talk to him right now.

0:51.1

Let's get back to the calls, and Joe is up next.

0:56.7

Hello, Joe. Hey, Paul, how are you good, Nick? right now let's get back to the calls and Joe is up next hello Joe I just want to find out why they don't follow the coaching how to try to the job

1:08.7

Joe for some reason I didn't quite understand your question.

1:13.9

Can you give it to, maybe it was just the fact that you broke up a little bit.

1:17.0

What was the question again?

1:18.9

I was wondering why they don't fire all the coaches and how sportswriters will do the job.

1:23.9

They know more that they've coached to.

1:27.5

Listen, thanks for the call.

1:28.9

I was a sports writer a long time.

1:30.9

I would argue that that is not true.

1:33.7

Sports riders know a little bit about what they do,

1:38.9

but I never felt in all the years I covered games from press boxes that I could do what the coaches did on the sidelines.

1:46.8

I knew what they did they did wrong and so did everybody in the stadium.

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