How Shams Charania, Stephen A. Smith Dominate the Same Sports Media Game
"when Jaylen Brown rolls his eyes at Stephen A. Smith, or Amazon talent groans at Shams Charania, they’re really arguing with the economics of modern sports media itself. " The post How Shams Charania, Stephen A.
Smith Dominate the Same Sports Media Game appeared first on Barrett Media.
The NBA spent years turning awards into television events. Shams Charania spent years turning himself into the fastest man in sports media. Last weekend, those two things finally crashed into each other.
The league and Amazon Prime had a plan. Build suspense, stretch out the drama and reveal Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as NBA MVP during Amazon’s playoff coverage tied to Game 7 between Cleveland and Detroit. Instead, ESPN’s Charania dropped the news hours earlier because that’s what he does.
He reports news first. Suddenly, sports media had its latest civil war. Amazon’s studio crew openly mocked Charania on-air.
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