Sports Frog

I have hated Stephen A. Smith from the very first time I ever viewed him on ESPN. I had never heard of him before and did not know he was a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. It also didn't help his case that he was the replacement for David Aldridge (who I thoroughly enjoyed).

ESPN brass thought so highly of Screaming A. that they gave him his own TV show on ESPN2. Of course the show lasted as long as Lindsey Lohan's sobriety because the ratings were equivalent to, and this is a direct quote, the amount of viewers equal to pets accidentally turning on the remote.

Fresh off of being fired from the Philadelphia Inquirer, Mr Smith has started his own blog. In the words of Aaron Gleeman "....it's a shame that he's now besmirching the good name of bloggers everywhere. I liked it a whole lot better when horrible newspaper columnists just made fun of bloggers."

Additionally Mr. Smith is being vilified, mocked and verbally raped in the comments section on his own blog. Here are a few samples.

• Remember that time you said the Chargers should kick a field goal on third down because if you miss, you can just kick it again on fourth down?

That was awesome. I hope this blog is that awesome too.

• anytime you speak, i have to find the remote and lower the volume on my tv by about half. i hate you for that.

• To subscribe to the Offline version of the Blog do I need to do anything besides unplug my internet connection?

• Didn't you just tear into bloggers last month, saying that they undermine true professionals like yourself?

• Are all your posts going to show up 12 days after you've written them?

Because that would make sense.

• So stupidity comes in an online format now? Terrific.