August 22, 2007

Stephen A. To Blackberry Stories Instead Of Columns

Hilarious aspects about the Inquirer article about the Inquirer stripping Stephen A. Smith of his column.

1. The headline, "Stephen A. Smith due to return to reporting."
2. This sentence: "Online reports say the paper is waiting for Smith, who is on vacation, to accept the shift."
3. The link on the sidebar to Phawker's report last night about the SAS demotion, which is the aforementioned "online report."
4. The link below that one, which reads: Slate: 'How television killed the newspaper sports column.' Take that, Phil Sheridan!
5. Bill Marimow's quote, "Stephen A. Smith is an excellent reporter," which may be true, but is nonetheless hilarious in that the last big reporting I remember him doing was about how the Sixers were going to hire Tubby Smith as coach.
6. This sentence: "Earlier this year, he was even on the TV soap opera General Hospital and in the Chris Rock movie I Think I Love My Wife."

So, yes, Inquirer readers are now free of the one Stephen A. column a month or whatever. The space will be filled by old men bitching about blogs and kids nowadays and flying pigs and an ad for Commerce Bank.

Stephen A. Smith Stripped Of Column [Phawker]
Stephen A. Smith due to return to reporting [Inquirer]

Posted by D-Mac on August 22, 2007 02:24 PM
Posted to Inquirer , Listicles , Stephen A. Smith

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