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New York Post
a day ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
ESPN teammate chides Stephen A. Smith as new SiriusXM Radio radio show drama continues
The list keeps growing of those annoyed by Stephen A. Smith's new SiriusXM Radio show. ESPN's Joe Fortenbaugh, who co-hosts 'Carlin vs. Joe' weekdays from 12-3 p.m. ET on ESPN Radio, called out Stephen A. Smith on Thursday over his new show that will now compete in that time slot in a back-and-forth that alternated between joking and serious tones. The exchange came on the heels of Michelle Beadle calling out Smith after the reveal that his new show would take her spot on SiriusXM, which led to her and co-host Cody Decker being fired. Advertisement 'This guy, what's with this new radio show?' Fortenbaugh asked Smith on 'First Take' on Thursday. 'You realize you're going up against me and my time slot, aren't ya? What are ya doing?' 5 Joe Fortenbaugh will now be competing against Smith. @awfulannouncing/X Advertisement Smith, whose show is set to launch Sept. 2 on Mad Dog Sports Radio, per The Hollywood Reporter, then defended his actions and attempted to play nice. 'I'm sorry to hear that. I'm sorry to hear that,' Smith said before Game 1 of the NBA Finals. 'I didn't take that into consideration, but opportunities arose, not just for me, myself, but for my production company and I couldn't turn it down. I'm sure you could appreciate that. You're a star here at ESPN, but if you ever need another job, I'm happy to bring you on board, I love you, Joe, you know that.' 5 Molly Qerim (l), Fortenbaugh (c) and Stephen A. Smith (r). @awfulannouncing/X 'First Take' host Molly Qerim then asked Fortenbaugh if she will have to choose who she's going to listen to and that's when the the latter took a dig at Smith. Advertisement 'It's not a decision. You listen to so much of this all day, do you want more of this?' Fortenbaugh said. Qerim responded: 'You're right. I'm not listening to SiriusXM radio, I got you.' 5 Qerim making her point to Smith. @awfulannouncing/X Smith didn't seem to take her remarks in a joking fashion. Advertisement 'I'm not interested in Molly listening to me, I really am not. That's not my target audience,' Smith said. 'There's a whole bunch of ladies out there that show me a hell of a lot more love than she ever would, and a whole bunch of people like Joe who would show me more love as well. I'm not worried.' Qerim then clapped back. 'I got it, your target audience is yes men and yes women, OK, not people that give you the truth,' she said. Smith retorted: 'Call it whatever you want.' 5 Smith has a new radio show coming on Sirius XM. @awfulannouncing/X This exchange adds to a week in which Smith has come under fire from Beadle since his arrival led to her exit. Beadle said she was 'blindsided' and 'really embarrassed' upon learning of the fate of her 'Beadle and Decker' show through a report, and then went after Smith. Smith will also have a second show with SiriusXM. Advertisement 5 Michelle Beadle in 2016. Scott Clarke / ESPN Images 'I don't respect him,' Beadle told Front Office Sports. 'I don't respect his work. He doesn't like me. This goes back to the Ray Rice stuff. He made some really piggish comments on the air. I responded; he got suspended for like two weeks. I think that was sort of the beginning of the end for anything. 'I just don't respect him. I think he gets things wrong all the time. I'm not talking about opinions; those can never be wrong. But factually, when you spread yourself so thin, it's hard to be right. Not a fan.' Smith attempted to distance himself from the manner in which Beadle learned of the developments. Advertisement 'I want to state for the record just so everyone knows what kind of man I am and what kind of teammate I am. I had no idea that folks did not know,' Smith said Wednesday on SiriusXM's VSiN Live program with Patrick Meagher and Dustin Swedelson prior to Beadle's Front Office Sports interview. 'I was told by SiriusXM to wait until this morning on 'The Howard Stern Show' to make the announcement. Whatever communication they had with anybody who's there, where they're staying, where they're being moved to. Who's staying, who's going or whatever. It's none of my business.'
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Michelle Beadle Slams Stephen A. Smith After He Takes Over Her Radio Timeslot
Michelle Beadle just went scorched Earth on her former ESPN co-worker Stephen A. Smith, whose news this week that he's taking over her SiriusXM Radio timeslot this fall "blindsided" her because she found out via a story in a Hollywood trade magazine. Beadle, a former host of ESPN's Get Up and the popular but since-canceled SportsNation, told Front Office Sports that New York Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau was more gracefully fired than what she experienced after learning about Smith's new gig. "The Hollywood Reporter comes out—and there's his face. I was like, I should have known. That was just kind of gross,' she told FOS. 'I don't care that we're being replaced or what have you. It happens all the time. But a little respect would have been nice. Good Lord. I was totally blindsided. Just really embarrassed, to be honest."Smith appeared on The Howard Stern Show on Wednesday and announced his two new shows: a weekday sports show from 1-3 p.m. ET. Smith is replacing Beadle in that timeslot, a timeslot Beadle and her partner, Cody Decker, enjoyed for two years. Smith's also getting a weekly show that covers sports, politics and pop culture. "In fairness, we do need more coverage of 'Jamal Williams' and other fun 'facts,'" Beadle ripped Smith in a subtweet. Beadle and Smith have not gotten along ever since Smith essentially came to Ray Rice's defense amid the NFL star's 2014 brutal assault on his then-fiancee, which was caught on elevator security footage and first shared by TMZ. Beadle, at the time, tweeted her disgust at Smith's poor take on First Take. Smith was later suspended for that take and he apologized. Beadle, whose contract at SiriusXM runs through August, admits "there's no love lost" between her and Smith. Then she really laid into him."I don't respect him. I don't respect his work. He doesn't like me. This goes back to the Ray Rice stuff. He made some really piggish comments on the air. I responded; he got suspended for [a week]," Beadle said. "I think that was sort of the beginning of the end for anything. I just don't respect him. I think he gets things wrong all the time. I'm not talking about opinions; those can never be wrong. But factually, when you spread yourself so thin, it's hard to be right. Not a fan.' In the end, Beadle admits that the move boils down to business and the harsh reality that business can also be cruel, even to the most successful and popular figures. 'It's a reminder: We're just all pieces of shit to someone," the former YES Network host says. "If you forgot, there it is.' Michelle Beadle Slams Stephen A. Smith After He Takes Over Her Radio Timeslot first appeared on Men's Journal on Jun 5, 2025
Daily Record
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Astonishing Rory McIlroy PGA Championship omen proves he can still win amid shock driver report
The Northern Irishman is nine behind at Quail Hollow but won from the exact same position a decade ago and can do it again Trailing Rory McIlroy has an astonishing omen at his back which proves he can still win the PGA Championship from the back of the pack. The Northern Irishman starts the weekend at Quail Hollow nine shots behind leader Jhonattan Vegas having made the cut on the number at one-over par. McIlroy looks to have no chance of backing-up his Masters win, but, astonishingly, exactly the same set of circumstances and scores were in place 15 years ago on the same course as McIlroy won his first-ever PGA Tour event. At the 2010 Wells Fargo Championship, the youngster scrambled into the weekend on the cutline as he trailed leader Billy Mayfair by nine, the same as he is now behind Vegas. McIlroy's opening rounds of 72 and 73 in 2010 had him toiling at the rear of the field, but he turned it around over the final two rounds in staggering fashion. The kid shot 66 on Saturday and a course-record 62 on Sunday to take the title from exactly the same spot he finds himself in as he prepares to go out with Xander Schauffele at 1.25pm UK time. McIlroy is the centre of attention of this week and it has been claimed he had to change his driver just prior to hitting a poor starting 74. According to a new report from PGA Tour SiriusXM Radio's Taylor Zarzour, the driver McIlroy planned to use in the tournament was deemed non-conforming and he was not allowed to use it. The five-time major Analyst and former professional golfer Johnson Wagner revealed details of the testing as he said: 'The USGA conducts these tests pretty much every week out here on professional golf. They test it across all aspects of the face of the driver. "Drivers fail all the time. Every single week somebody's driver fails and it is by no fault of the player, they don't know how to do it. It is a sophisticated testing system. 'And when you're a player like Rory McIlroy that hits the ball as hard as he does the face naturally thins out. It's unfortunate that it happened the weekend of a major and that it maybe cost him a few shots yesterday. He did nothing wrong.'
USA Today
14-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Listen: Mike Tirico calls Rory McIlroy's historic Masters win on SiriusXM radio
Listen: Mike Tirico calls Rory McIlroy's historic Masters win on SiriusXM radio Show Caption Hide Caption Rory McIlroy wins Masters and completes Grand Slam Rory McIlroy wins the Masters at last, overcoming a rollercoaster final round to complete the career Grand Slam. For millions of television viewers, Jim Nantz's call of Rory McIlroy finally winning the Masters provided an iconic soundtrack to an incredibly memorable moment in golf history. "The long journey is over. McIlroy has his masterpiece," Nantz said as the now five-time major champion dropped to his knees in tears. With the victory, McIlroy became only the sixth golfer to complete the career Grand Slam by winning each of the four major tournaments at least once. Meanwhile, another familiar voice to golf fans was chronicling the action on radio. "Rory ... back and through. And he's made it! He's done it!!" exclaimed NBC Sports' Mike Tirico, who was handling the play-by-play duties on SiriusXM Radio. "It's a Grand Slam roar at Augusta National! Rory McIlroy, on his knees, bent down in emotion, clutching his head. He's won the Masters. He's won all the Grand Slam events. He's the sixth in the history of the game to enter golf's ... greatest ... group." If you thought Jim Nantz had an incredible call of Rory McIlroy's last hole to win The Masters, listen to this call by Mike Tirico on SiriusXM Masters Radio Channel 92 as he calls the moment Rory claimed Masters glory and the grand slam #TheMasters2025 #themasters — Braydyn Lents (@LentsBraydyn) April 14, 2025 While Nantz allowed the CBS television pictures to tell the story, Tirico gave his radio audience a vivid description of how McIlroy was overcome by emotion in the moments after sinking the winning putt. As McIlroy shook hands with runner-up Justin Rose, Tirico also made sure to remind listeners that Rose had lost in a playoff at Augusta National once before. From 2008 to 2016, Tirico was part of ESPN's Masters TV coverage of the tournament's first two rounds. He has been a staple of NBC's golf coverage since moving to the network in 2016.
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Collin Morikawa throws 'shade' at Lucas Glover's AimPoint attack with this suggestion
Lucas Glover wants the PGA Tour to ban AimPoint. Collin Morikawa says not so fast. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday at the Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines, Morikawa defended the popular green-reading method, which he uses, while cheekily countering Glover's sentiment. 'I have nothing against Lucas, but if we're banning AimPoint, I think we should ban long putters as well,' Morikawa said with a big smile, eliciting some laughter from inside the interview room. 'I don't know. I guess no one has said it, right?' Glover, who putts with a broomstick, commented on slow play a couple weeks ago on his PGA Tour SiriusXM Radio show, and offered eight solutions to speed up rounds, including getting rid of AimPoint, which involves players using both their feet to feel the slope of the green and then using your fingers and eyes to determine what line to start the putt on. 'Statistically, [AimPoint] hasn't helped anybody make more putts since its inception on the PGA Tour. Statistics have borne that out,' Glover said. 'It's also kind of rude to be up near the hole, stomping around figuring out where the break is in your feet. It needs to be banned. It takes forever.' Morikawa understands Glover's concern about spike marks around the hole, and he admits that if done improperly or untimely, AimPoint can take longer. But he fully disagrees that AimPoint is not helpful, and he went on to provide a thoughtful defense of the system. 'From my perspective, AimPoint has 1,000 percent helped me,' Morikawa said. 'I listen to the announcers sometimes during play, and they say, 'Why would you AimPoint this, this and that?' It gets a basis of how I read a putt and how I start my lines. It's just like reading something from behind the hole or behind the ball, that's how I'm getting my general read for that. I don't think people understand how AimPoint works to really say this is right or wrong. 'Does it slow down play? I think there are some players that maybe do it in the wrong spots. And sometimes, look, I'll admit it, maybe I can't get in when I want to, so it adds a couple more seconds. But I know that, and I'm aware of that. I think players need to be aware if they're slow or not, right? Like let people know who is slow and do something about it, right?' Which brings Morikawa to his ideas for solving the slow-play conundrum. Morikawa pointed to the LPGA's recent changes to its pace-of-play policy, which is less forgiving as it pertains to penalties, as a model for improving the PGA Tour's sluggish pace. In Morikawa's opinion, not enough slow PGA Tour players are being fined or penalized. The last slow-play penalty in an official PGA Tour event? The team of Brian Campbell and Miguel Angel Carballo at the 2017 Zurich Classic. 'It's just like the NBA, like the technicals, right?' Morikawa said. 'Some guys are OK with getting fined every week for T's. If guys are OK getting technicals and getting penalties out here on Tour because they're slow, so be it.' But if that's the case, Morikawa wouldn't mind those violators being publicly exposed. 'It's not going to be that bad if you let a list out,' Morikawa said. Other than that, Morikawa says, golf is just inherently slow – and banning AimPoint definitely isn't going to change that. So, what does he have against long putters? Nothing, he was just "throwing shade" back at Glover. 'I'm protecting my AimPoint guys, right?' Morikawa answered. 'There's guys that long putt and have AimPoint. I don't have any beef. I don't have anything wrong with putting like that, I just had to protect my AimPoint guys.' Is that all? 'But, you know, there's some type of anchoring with like…' Morikawa added, while using his hands to imitate using a broomstick. He then paused briefly before wrapping up the thought: 'It's different.' Another big smile.
