Stephen A blogging, being mocked

Former

columnist

, who's been estranged from the paper since August when he was stripped of his column, has started his own

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, where the ESPN NBA analyst has been bombarded by hostile comments as

of Daily Examiner

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“I realize I’m a polarizing figure,” Smith tells Daulerio. “I want people to disagree with what I say. I want them to forget my persona for a second, or the fact that I appear to be a bit demonstrative or bombastic [on radio and television]. I want people to respond to the words coming out of my mouth or that I write as opposed to the persona. But once they start using the n-word and get derogatory, they won’t be on there anymore.”

Smith, who recently

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, has yet to comment on his status with the

, whose editor

, also no longer wishes to talk about Smith's status. Smith, who co-hosts an ESPN Radio show with former 610 WIP yakker

, was asked to stay with the paper as a reporter and took a lengthy unpaid leave instead. We're curious what the basketball broadcaster would have to say about Daulerio's

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against

and

yesterday.