29 h. ago Democrats are reeling. Is Stephen A Smith the way back to the White House?

The charismatic sports news host has become an unlikely force in a party that needs critical friends and fresh ideasThe View, one of the US’s most popular daytime television programmes, was a vital campaign stop last year for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. This week, it played host to a cable sports channel personality who might be nurturing political ambitions of his own.Stephen A Smith was asked by co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin what he makes of hypothetical polls that show him among the leading contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago ESPN will pay Stephen A. Smith $100 million to work less and talk more about politics

ESPN has agreed with Stephen A. Smith on a new contract that will pay the bombastic sports commentator $100 million over five years and allow him to scale back his network appearances so he can focus more time talking about politics, The Athletic first reported this week.

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6 d. ago Stephen A. Smith now boasts he’d be favorite in 2028 Democrat primary: ‘I can beat them all!’

Acknowledging that he’s personally ‘not qualified’ to be president, ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith said that one merely needs to ‘consider who is on the other side’ and how Trump has ‘gotten away with saying very little in terms of being coherent.’

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7 d. ago Royal Society to meet after fellow Elon Musk accused of ‘promoting conspiracies’

An open letter alleged Mr Musk had broken the Royal Society’s code of conduct by promoting ‘unfounded conspiracy theories’.

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2 w. ago Amazon Prime viewers rediscover 'absolute best' drama packed with British stars

Throwback series Accused has returned to our screens and sees Olivia Colman, Sheridan Smith, Sean Bean and Stephen Graham wow viewers with the 'emotion-stirring' series

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2 w. ago James Carville profanely tells ‘fool’ Stephen A. Smith to shut up about politics and stick to sports

‘When it comes to politics, he don’t know his a** from a hole in the ground,” James Carville declared on his podcast.

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