It moves the sportscaster past Mike Greenberg’s annual salary of $6.5 million, ESPN’s previous known highest salary. The 52-year-old appeared to celebrate his deal with a tweet on Friday.
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Negotiations between Smith and ESPN reportedly began in April.
From the Post:
Smith joined ESPN in 2005, working as a weekday radio host while also writing for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The New York City native has 4.5 million Twitter followers and has been a mainstay on “First Take” for almost eight years.
