For better or for worse, Stephen A. Smith has had an indelible mark in the sports world for years, most notably in his daily appearances on talk shows on ESPN. But count Dan Le Batard, who worked for ESPN for a number of years, among those who aren’t convinced his impact has been positive.
In speaking on his South Beach Sessions show, Le Batard blamed ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith and his former First Take co-host Skip Bayless, who now works on Skip and Shannon: Undisputed on FS1, for the shift in the state of sports media.
“I hate what you two [Bayless and Smith] have done to sports television,” Le Batard said.
