Who the hell is Stephen Smith?

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https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/05/05/stephen_a_smith_democatic_party_would_need_to_be_purged.html

He’s a candidate for the left because he is against bat shit crazy ideologies?

He called an mma fight once. He was awful.

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Stephen A is one of the more idiotic sports analysts around. Which is saying something.

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Did this need its own thread?

But yeah, he’s a sports analyst who has delusions of grandeur. Should be ignored like any narcissistic grifter.

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Adam Shadowchild

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He’s always so biased against Asian and European athletes.

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The only guy involved in sports I’d want to see run for office is Charles Barkley. Dude is actually pretty insightful and independently minded - he has no problem taking both the MAGA right and Woke left to the woodshed. He did consider running for office once, but I don’t think he’s interested anymore.

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We shall see.

He seems like a great pontificator who has done nada leading but in 2025 America? Could be the next democrat champ.

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Or Republican. He seems more critical of the Dems these days.

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That’s going around.

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Stephen A. Smith: “Trump Is Coming” For The World Of Professional Sports And Gambling, “He’s Not Playing” | Video | RealClearPolitics :grimacing:

He is coming. Yeah, for illegal gamblers and mafia racketeers.

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FBI: “La Cosa Nostra” Used NBA Stars As Bait For “Rigged” Poker Games Using “High-Tech Cheating Technology” | Video | RealClearPolitics :runaway:

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Was listening to this on the radio. “your winning streak has ended. Your luck has run out. Violating the law is a losing proposition, and you can bet on that” lol

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You think the mob fleecing millions of online gamblers is funny? Or are you stuck on some ideological flypaper ironic point.

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Yeah that would be hilarious. Wrong on both counts.

The way he said it is funny. It seems pretty clear that he deliberately phrased it that way, no?

I don’t think it was millions or online, for what it’s worth. Probably big money games though.

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That’s not what I read.

And? Ok, tho; you’re allowed to chortle. :sweat_smile:

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Oh in the inside information part I guess, but not the poker games. Those clearly happened at physical locations.

And it’s funny. Of course I am allowed to chortle, laugh, and chuckle. Why do you think the cop said it that way, because he’s so serious? lol

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It caught your attention, didn’t it? What’s the purpose of language? That’s one of them, I suppose. Cops can’t have semantic and rhetorical acumen? lol

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I’m laughing with him, I thought it was funny!

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It was catchy!