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The Rich Eisen Show

Stephen A. Smith - I've Never Lost A Debate

The Rich Eisen Show

ESPN

Sports

4.31.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Just Getting Started, Suzy sits down with her longtime friend and former colleague, Stephen A. Smith. In this conversation they go deep into Stephen A's humble beginnings and how he hustled and fought his way into the journalism business. You also get to see the softer side of Stephen A and really find out what makes him tick. All that and a lot more in this episode of Just Getting Started. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, thanks again for popping by this edition of Just Getting Started as

0:11.2

Promise.

0:12.2

Steven A. Smith, the multi-hyphen at the incredibly successful, maybe you might say the most

0:17.9

successful person in all of sports media right now, is our guest on Just Getting Started.

0:25.4

His promise joined by my dear friend, Steven A. Smith, who I can say I knew Steven A. Smith

0:31.1

before he was Steven A. Smith when he was Steven A. Smith.

0:35.2

I want to thank you for coming on with me on Just Getting Started because you and I are

0:39.1

old friends.

0:40.1

And when I say old, I don't mean that we are old, that we're old, but I've known you since

0:46.4

before you were the phenomenon that you are now.

0:50.0

I knew you and you were just kind of an amazing writer and someone with a voice and an attitude.

0:56.5

But watching your meteoric rise from me has made my heart so happy.

1:02.1

Yeah, well first of all, I love you dearly.

1:05.7

You know it's great seeing you.

1:07.3

I was just on your show with your husband the other day and every time I see him I smile

1:11.3

because he always seems great.

1:13.4

He always great at what he does, but he seems so happy and we all know you have everything

1:18.4

to do with that.

1:20.2

But the thing about it is, for those that don't know, we were at Fox Sports together at the

1:26.6

turn of the century.

1:27.6

I was there from 2000 to 2003 and that's when we got to know each other.

1:33.5

You were always, always wonderful to me.

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