Stephen A. Smith and ESPN have agreed to a five-year, $100 million deal. Smith will proceed to star on “First Take” whereas scaling again a few of his different required appearances. Smith will probably be much less omnipresent on ESPN and won’t be a daily on their premier NBA pregame present anymore. Smith was beforehand incomes $12 million per yr with the community.
Smith has been a fixture on ESPN’s prime NBA pregame present, “Countdown,” which precedes The Finals. ESPN has signed a licensing settlement with TNT for the Charles Barkley-led “Inside The NBA.” Smith was supportive of the transfer.
Smith will probably be freed as much as permit make extra appearances on different platforms to speak politics and earn more cash outdoors of ESPN. Smith has talked about the potential of working for president.
