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AN NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE America's most popular sports media figure tells it like it is in this "raw, deeply authentic, and immensely entertaining" (Bob Iger, #1 New York Times bestselling author and CEO of The Walt Disney Company) book, not only dishing out his signature, uninhibited opinions but also revealing the challenges he overcame in childhood as well as at ESPN.Stephen A. Smith has never been handed anything, nor was he an overnight success. Growing up poor in Queens, the son of Caribbean immigrants and the youngest of six children, he was a sports-obsessed kid who faced struggles, from undiagnosed dyslexia to getting enough cereal to fill his bowl. As a basketball player at Winston-Salem State University, he got a glimmer of his true calling when he wrote a newspaper column arguing for the retirement of his own Hall of Fame coach, Clarence Gaines. Smith hustled and rose up from a reporter on the high school beat at Daily News (New York) to a general sports columnist at The Philadelphia Inquirer before getting his own show at ESPN in 2005. After he was unceremoniously fired from the network in 2009, he became even more determined to fight for success. He got himself rehired two years later and, with his razor-sharp intelligence and fearless debate style, found the show he was destined to star in: First Take, the network's flagship morning program. In Straight Shooter, Smith writes about the greatest highs and deepest lows of his life and career. He gives his thoughts on Skip Bayless, Ray Rice, Colin Kaepernick, the New York Knicks, the Dallas Cowboys, and former President Donald Trump. But he also pulls back the curtain and talks about life beyond the set, sharing authentic stories about his negligent father, his loving mother, being a father himself, his battle with life-threatening COVID-19, and what he really thinks about politics and social issues. He does it all with the same intelligence, humor, and charm that has made him a household name. A provocative and moving "blueprint of tenacity" (Fat Joe), this book is the perfect gift for lovers of sports, television, and anyone who likes their stories delivered straight to the heart.

About the Author :
Stephen A. Smith rose from a reporter on high school sports at the New York Daily News and college and NBA beat reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer to become the face of ESPN and its most important on-air personality. He is the star of the #1 morning sports talk show First Take; a premiere analyst on NBA Countdown throughout the NBA season; and the host and producer of the podcast K[no]w Mercy with Stephen A. Smith. He has more than twelve-million followers across social media platforms. Follow him on Twitter @StephenASmith. Stephen A. Smith rose from a reporter on high school sports at the New York Daily News and college and NBA beat reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer to become the face of ESPN and its most important on-air personality. He is the star of the #1 morning sports talk show First Take; a premiere analyst on NBA Countdown throughout the NBA season; and the host and producer of the podcast K[no]w Mercy with Stephen A. Smith. He has more than twelve-million followers across social media platforms. Follow him on Twitter @StephenASmith.

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"A warts-and-all self-portrait of himself and the business...To his credit, Smith owns his words and doesn't try to explain his mistakes away. The best part of the book is his nuanced portrait of how the sports journalism world works, with its almost nonstop personality clashes and sometimes unlikely alliances." -- "Kirkus Reviews" "With his signature wit, he gets into the highs and lows, even addressing the controversies that have gotten him in hot water over the years." -- "Barnes&Noble.com" "Don't call it a comeback--my man was let go by ESPN and came back bigger than ever...The man tells it like it is, and this book is the blueprint of tenacity. Pick it up and earn twenty years of wisdom just like that. This book gets five stars from me." -- "Fat Joe, author of The Book of Jose" "Stephen A.'s passion for sports simply can't be overstated...When he speaks about it, or writes about it, it is raw, deeply authentic, and immensely entertaining...As you will discover on every page of this book, he brings this passion to anything he tackles." -- "Bob Iger, New York Times bestselling author" "You may think you know Stephen A. from his hot takes, his First Take. But you won't know what makes him tick...until you read his autobiography." -- "Michael Wilbon, analyst on "NBA Countdown""


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781797152271
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
  • Publisher Imprint: Simon & Schuster Audio
  • Edition: Unabridged edition
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 28 mm
  • Weight: 259 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1797152270
  • Publisher Date: 17 Jan 2023
  • Binding: CD-Audio
  • Height: 147 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes
  • Width: 142 mm


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