Stephen A. Smith new low

So, Stephen A. Smith posts breaking news of Iverson's retirement on his OWN web site, www.stephena.com, thus scooping the newspaper and web site that he works for.

He should get canned on Thanksgiving Day

 

Who does Stephen A. Smith work for these days?

 

Aprapos of nothing: Stephena.com sounds like it'd be an Eastern European porn site.

Maybe this was a condition of Iverson issuing the press release? Not sure why, but maybe he wanted to give to to Screamin' A for his own site because he thought the other media were keeping him down.

 

Philadelphia Inquirer

 

I thought he was out of there.... for at least a year.

 

He's been gone from the Inquirer for awhile and he's been gone from ESPN for about six months.

 

the Inquirer was ordered a month ago to reinstate him and give him back pay after Smith sued them for wrongful termination. But I don't know if he ever restarted there.

 

here was the guild note regarding smith's return. the letter is dated nov. 12, 2009.
http://www.poynter.org/forum/view_post.asp?id=14002
can't find a recent column though, so maybe he hasn't officially re-started.

 

Takes a while to ease back onto the job, ya know

 

If he posted it on his personal site first, even though he's on the Inky's payroll again, then he should be fired. And this time, the Guild ought to hold the door open for him. By serving his personal agenda and Web site first, over his employer's, he's doing his little part to put mainstream journalists out of work, something the Guild surely cares about.

 

From Richard Prince's "Journal-isms:"

 

I hope ESPN had to go through the process of booking Stephen A. for a speaking engagement to have him on Sportscenter.