For my final report i wanted to talk about my favorite ESPn reporter Stephen A smith. Smith has been a reporter with espn for the last 6-7 years he comes from hollis, queens NYC, and is a dead hard NY fan. His love of competition is what makes him such a great reporter. he has been working as a reporter for the past 16 years.After graduating from Winston-Salem State University, Smith’s journalism career began as a high school sportswriter at the New York Daily News in the summer of 1993. He has a love sports so much that he has been a dominate member in the african American community over the last almost 2 decades. He has cover everything from college basketball, football to now his dream job of covering the National Basketball association. He was the beat writer for the Philadelphia Basketball team to then become the General Columnist at ESPN in late 2003. Becoming only the 21th african american to do so at the time. He inspires me to go out everyday and give it my all because he comes from the same place I do and has the chance to go out and do something great with his life. He currently works on two radio hows for ESPN, and sits in and talks on the set about the NBA. i tweet him almost everyday about who inspires him but i guess he doesn't have the time to tweet me back. All in all I look up to him and home i can do just half of the things that he has been able to accomplish.