Hour 3 - A Conversation with ESPN’s Stephen A Smith
The Odd Couple with Rob Parker & Kelvin Washington
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Chris and Rob are joined by ESPN personality Stephen A Smith in which the guys discuss their history coming up together in the sports media business and why Stephen A ultimately decided to write a memoir about his own experiences, how he ended up working at FOX Sports Radio back in the day before he ultimately got back to ESPN, the role is mother played in his decision to write the book and much more! Plus, FOX Sports Radio Weekend host Martin Weiss swings by to bring you the latest installment of Trollin’ or Rollin’, and the Odd Couple Callers deliver another award-winning edition of Trash Talk.
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| 2:01.1 | He really needs no introduction. Everybody knows him, but I'm going to introduce him anyway. He is. |
| 2:09.4 | I think it's fair to say arguably America's most popular sports media figure. |
| 2:17.4 | No, he is a great friend of both mine and Rob's Rob's known him for 30 years. I've known him for close to 30 years. |
| 2:26.9 | I said yesterday when you are friend of his you got a real friend. He is loyal. He's a great brother. |
| 2:35.0 | He's just coming out with a new book straight shooter. A memoir of second chances and first take takes. |
| 2:43.9 | We welcome in our man Stephen A Smith and Steve before you start. I got to tell you the last three days. |
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