STEPHEN A. SMITH

Aubrey Bruce of the Courier and others have a problem with the ESPN TV personality

I’m disturbed, no… I mean, I’m almost insane, crazy, and I don’t have a therapist on speed dial. I have to vent to you about sportswriter Stephen A. Smith. Mr. Smith is wearing a different hat now. The new fedora adorning his large, inner-city, hogshead-cheese head now qualifies him as a political pundit, or so he thinks.

Smith recently asked the blunt question: “Kamala, why are you hiding?”

Smith, the big ESPN TV star and now podcast host, said on his podcast in mid-August that he believed Kamala Harris had been dodging one-on-one interviews with the press since announcing her candidacy for U.S. president. He said: “I’m talking to my sister here. Come on. You’re running for president of the United States of America – you have my vote – you’re running for president of the United States of America. Why are you hiding? And I mean you’re hiding in plain sight.”

Did Stephen A. become the son that Clarence Thomas, the “unjust” of the United States Supreme Court, would have wanted? How quickly we forget. As Donald Trump roamed the halls of the White House at 2 a.m., he went on an angry tirade about Colin Kaepernick (former quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers) kneeling in protest against injustices against people of color. Donald “Chump” said that anyone who follows Colin Kaepernick’s example and kneels during the singing or playing of the national anthem should be fired! Trump has always had a hard time distinguishing reality from fantasy.

By the end of February 2020, Donald Trump’s White House had not held a press conference for more than 300 days. Stephen A. did not ask questions about Trump’s whereabouts. My advice to Stephen A. is to continue using his loudmouth to hunt and launder jockstraps and leave politics to the politicians. When “ultra-conman” Bill Belichick hid under “Plymouth Rock” after being exposed for fraud during the “Watergate” scandal (again, excuse my slip, I meant to say “Spygate”), Stephen A. Smith did not ask Belichick, “Bill, why are you hiding?”

When it was discovered that the late former US President Richard Nixon was involved in a conspiracy to rig an election, he paid the ultimate price: he was forced to resign. On the other hand, for his transgressions, the evidence and tapes confirming Spygate disappeared, and Bill Belichick received a tiny punishment, a pat on the backside, smelling salts, and an order to “go back.” Oh, by the way, it was the tapes that were a key piece of evidence that helped Richard Milhouse Nixon get a one-way ticket back to San Clemente, California, to retire and maybe improve his golf game.

Instead of Stephen A. questioning Kamala Harris’ whereabouts, “Stevee Boy” should be asking Bill Belichick, “Oh, where, oh, where have the Spygate tapes gone? Oh, where, oh, where could they be?”

Does Steveee Boy realize that by provoking Kamala Harris, he may be representing a subtle or not so subtle endorsement of Donald J. Trump? Stephen A. makes an estimated $12 million a year, so Trump’s tax cuts would really benefit him, because Smith is really one of the rich. So there might be a backyard reason for Smith unleashing his pit bulls on Vice President Harris. “Nobody, the trouble I’ve seen, ha.” I suggest that Stevee Boy, I, and the rest of the sportswriters stick to first downs, balls and strikes, and three-pointers, and leave the political analysis to those who do it for a living. Well, maybe except for this one time.

Speaking of confidence, or lack thereof, do the Atlanta Falcons and their loyal supporters possibly regret the signing of quarterback Kirk Cousins? Recently, USA TODAY sportswriter Jarrett Bell published an article titled, “For Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins, confidence could be the key to a decisive comeback.”

Mr. Bell writes: “Kirk Cousins ​​sounded like a man who is taking nothing for granted as he navigates the path to what he believes will be a successful comeback from a torn Achilles tendon. Cousins, 35, knows regaining confidence in his right foot is a big part of that process. ‘I actually did a top-10 ranking of people who tore their Achilles tendons,’ Cousins ​​recounted after the first camp on Thursday. ‘I got a lot of hope,’ Cousins ​​said of his research. ‘A lot of people have come back and lived really successful lives despite torn Achilles (injuries). Al Gore became vice president. So … there’s hope for me.'”

That may be true, Kirk, Al Gore may have occasionally been forced to deal with a disgruntled voter or “hanging ballots.” However, Mr. Gore never had to worry or worry that linebackers with names like TJ Watt, Patrick Queen or Alex Highsmith would come to him every week with a one-way ticket to take up residence in the “bone garden.” Bell further points out that Cousins ​​signed a contract with Atlanta in March 2024 worth $180 million, $100 million of which is guaranteed.

Bell continues, “Cheers to modern medicine – and to the desperation of a franchise backed by the deep pockets of team owner Arthur Blank that has never won a Super Bowl and hasn’t been to the playoffs since 2017. Despite everything he’s accomplished in his career, Cousins ​​is looking for another dose of confidence to bounce back.”

I would think that Kirk Cousins’ $180 million would have good reasons that would boost his confidence. Unlike Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson, Wilson is not trying to recover from a physical injury. Russell Wilson is trying to recover from a former head coach and possibly a team that despised him so much they were willing to take millions of dollars of his guaranteed salary to get rid of him. Wilson was publicly humiliated on national television in front of millions of fans by a coach whose primary intent and purpose was to confuse, devalue and hurt him emotionally and financially. The primary goal of Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton was not only to hurt Russell Wilson’s confidence, but to completely destroy Russell Wilson’s positive self-esteem.

Now it seems like many of the Pittsburgh “Yinzers” are on a mission to finish the job.

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