“Stephen A. Smith, the host of “First Take” on ESPN, is the most visible sports personality in America. His opinions,and the dramatic delivery of those takes, have made him enough of a cultural institution that he’s been parodied by“Saturday Night Live”and profiled by the New Yorker. Smith is also the author of a new memoir, “Straight Shooter,”out Tuesday, in which he details how he reached such heights. Smith writes of growing up poor in Queens, the son ofWest Indian immigrants, with a father who was unfaithful to his mother and unsupportive of him throughout his life. He also writes of losing his first TV show at ESPN and the long climb back….”
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