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Stephen A. Smith Accuses ESPN Coworker Of Becoming 'More Evil'

Originally posted on The Spun | By Tzvi Machlin | Last updated May 27, 2025 3:55 PM ET

ESPN's Stephen A. Smith is seemingly always finding new terms to clap back at people who get on his nerves. This week he decided to call out a coworker for being "more evil" than he once was.

It was ESPN's Chris Canty who got under Smith's skin by suggesting that he may have jinxed the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals by supporting them. Canty mused that Smith's years and years of mocking the Dallas Cowboys are causing him to suffer karmic justice.

Smith wasn't having it though. In response to Canty's comments, Smith declared that Canty has "gotten more evil" and gone from being "this nice big teddy bear" to trolling him. He pledged to "get him" someday soon.

“It’s that damn Chris Canty, I’m telling you right now, he does a phenomenal job for us on ESPN Radio every morning,” Smith began. “But ever since he got that damn radio show, he’s gotten more evil. That’s what he’s done. That’s what he turned into. Chris Canty used to be this nice big teddy bear…and then all of a sudden, he gets the morning radio show and he is just slicing and dicing people up – calling folks frauds and everything like that. And now he’s trolling me. I’m gonna get him.”

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This is hardly the first time that Smith and Canty have butted heads or Smith's first time calling Canty out personally.

He's previously remarked on Canty's "hostility" during his morning radio show and suggested it could have a "detrimental effect" on his positivity.

But Smith has also made it clear he thinks very highly of Canty. He's said that he's proud of the work the former Super Bowl-winning defensive tackle has done on the radio through the years.

Canty played 11 years in the NFL, the first four of which came with the Dallas Cowboys. Since Smith is ESPN's foremost hater of all things Cowboys, Canty and Smith often clash over America's Team.

Canty went on to win a Super Bowl with the New York Giants in 2011, and parlayed his success with the Giants into radio work in New York City after his career ended.

This article first appeared on The Spun and was syndicated with permission.

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