Gina Hinojosa, Greg Abbott and a college sports bill on Straight Shooter
Six uploads went up, five of them on October 1, as Stephen A. Smith spent the week on Texas politics and the Protect College Sports Act.
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Stephen A. to Trump: “What Do Black Athletes Have to Lose?”
What does Stephen A. Smith talk about when he steps away from the sports desk? This week, mostly the people who run sports, and the people who want to run Texas. His channel is the home of Straight Shooter, the SiriusXM show his about text bills as him taking on culture, politics and society, and five of his six uploads arrived on the same day, October 1.
The most watched of them puts an old Trump line to a new use. In "Stephen A. to Trump: 'What Do Black Athletes Have to Lose?'" he goes through the Protect College Sports Act, asks who actually had a seat at the White House roundtable on college sports, and sets the limits proposed for players beside the salaries and buyouts paid to coaches. Senator Cory Booker's criticism of the bill gets its own chapter. In the comments, the idea that keeps coming back is a union for college athletes, and a few sharp-eyed viewers point out that some of the Trump footage looks a good deal older than this fall.
The video still gathering views fastest, though, is a sit-down with Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for governor of Texas. She talks about schools, electricity bills, data centers and why she wants Greg Abbott on a debate stage, and Stephen A. pushes back on her $1,500 household payment and on Joe Biden's border record. A second, shorter cut on Texas money went up alongside it.
The channel itself had a calmer stretch: about 690,000 views over seven days, a little under its usual daily pace, with the subscriber count holding still. Among the political commentators around his size, Trish Regan, Keith Edwards and The Damage Report are pulling the biggest crowds, and Don Lemon is running well above his usual pace, while Stephen A. sits among the quieter channels in the group this time.
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- Channel
- Stephen A. Smith
- Subscribers
- 1,410,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 691,831
- Videos published this week
- 6
- Video published
- October 1, 2026
- Video views so far
- 65,479
- Views on its first day
- 51,814
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