Top 10 Questions Regarding Stephen A. Smith's Column Getting Cancelled

Ed. Note: The Philadelphia Inquirer has announced that columnist, ESPN personality, Blackberry enthusiast and Cheeze Doodle devotee STEPHEN A. SMITH is "due to resume his career as a reporter," and that he was being stripped of his column.

But beyond the paper's snippy page about it, we have questions. Such as...

10) Stephen A. has a background in reporting?

9) Is SLAV-AH MED-VA-DANG-CO crank-calling him?

8) Did the Inquirer only do this once Allen Iverson was well and truly out of town?

7) How long will it take until Stephen notices he no longer has the gig?

6) Will the probable loss in income make him cut back on his love of Cheese Doodles?

5) Does this mean he'll have more time for Quite Frankly?

4) Will Inky sports columnist Phil Sheridan now use his CAPS LOCK more to make up the gap in VERY IMPORTANT DECLARATIVES?

3) Will Stephen take questions about this on his declining Philly street cred on his ESPN Radio show in New York City, or on his television appearances in Bristol, Connecticut?

2) Is there a half-baked racial angle to this that will allow someone (not naming names) to crank out 1000 words?

1) HOW ON THE EARTH CAN THE INQUIRER DO THIS? DON'T THEY REALIZE HE'S STEPHEN A. SMITH, AND EVERYTHING HE SAYS IS IMPORTANT!



AND THAT'S ALL WE NEED TO KNOW!

(H/t, Deadspin and the SAS Heckling Society of Gentlemen)