Stephen A Smith is an American journalist, sports television personality, and actor. Currently, he appears as a sports commentator on ESPN’s ‘First Take’ along with Max Kellerman and Molly Qerim. Also, he is an NBA analyst for the ESPN countdown and NBA broadcast.
Apart from a television commentator, he also hosts his current show on Chris Russo sports radio station. Previously, he had hosted the show The Stephen A. Smith and Ryan Ruocco show on ESPN Radio New York. As an actor, he has debuted with the ABC drama “General Hospital” as a television reporter in 2007. Let us scroll down to know more about the commentator.
Stephen A Smith: Bio, Family, Education
The television personality was born on 14 October 1967, in Bronx, New York City. He was born as the second youngest child of six siblings. He grew up in the Hollis section of Queens along with his elder sister. His mother Janet Smith died of cancer in 2017 and father was a manager of a hardware store. And his brother Basil died in a car accident.
Talking about his education, he had attended Thomas Edison High School in Queens. Later, he joined the Fashion Institute of Technology where he got a scholarship in basketball after a year. Then he went on to join Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina and played basketball under coach Clarence Gaines. During his University days, he wrote a column for the university paper, The News-Argus.
Stephen A Smith: Profession & Achievements
Smith began his career with the print media Winston-Salem Journal. In 1994, he has started work with Greensboro News and Record and the New York Daily News. After that, he worked as a writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. In 1999, he began his television career with CNN/SI. Then in 2005, he landed a job in ESPN as a host for the show “Quite Frankly with Stephen A Smith”.
In 2009, he became a host for Fox Sports Radio and Fox Sports Radio Morning Show. In 2012, he signed a deal with the show “First Take”. Besides, in 2007, he made his acting career with the television show “General Hospital”. Then he appeared in the movies and series like “I Think I Love My Wife” and series “The Little Voice in Your Stomach” in 2014.
Stephen A Smith: Personal Life, Wife, & Relationship
Smith is one of the celebrities who prefers to keep his personal life away from the median. He is particularly a private person when we discuss about his personal life and love life as well. He has never been known for his relationship with any person. Despite this, many people have been assuming his as gay. However, no response has come out from his side.
He was rumored to have a nine-year son back then but Smith has denied such a thing. Instead of involving in a relationship, he has stated that he was very close to his mother. She died on 1 June 2017 due to cancer and in tribute to her, he called her ‘best woman I had ever known”.
Stephen A Smith: Net Worth & Social Media Profiles
Stephen has been working in this industry since 1994. He has earned a huge net worth from his career. He has a net worth of over $ 10 million. He gathered this net worth as an ESPN analyst and get a salary of around $3.5 million. Whereas he earned millions of dollar from his Sirius show. Additionally, he also has signed a multi-year deal with ESPN in 2014.
The multi-talented personality can also be found on different social media like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. He has 1.4 million followers on Instagram. On Twitter, he has the account @stephenasmith with 3.95 million followers. Also, he uses the Facebook account @stephena with over 92.5K followers.
Stephen A Smith: Body Measurements
Smith is a tall guy with a height of 6 feet 1 inch or 1.85 meters. He has curly black hair and black eyes color. Besides this, there is no information on his body statics and body weight as well.
