ESPN’s Joe Fortenbaugh, who co-hosts “Carlin vs. Joe” weekdays from 12-3 p.m. ET on ESPN Radio, called out Stephen A. Smith on Thursday over his new show that will now compete in that time slot in a back-and-forth that alternated between joking and serious tones.

I don’t respect him. I don’t respect his work. He doesn’t like me,’ Michelle Beadle said about Stephen A. Smith earlier this week. ‘I think he gets things wrong all the time’

In terms of public relations faceplants, SiriusXM might have just set a new bar. And it’s not just that they fired Michelle Beadle and Cody Decker this week — it’s the way they went about it. It takes real effort to lose the benefit of the doubt this quickly,