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Shannon
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Shannon
Sharpe
tops
Complex’s
sports
personalities
list
and
opens
up
about
his
path
to
the
top
including
trying
to
change
his
speech.
During
troubling
times
and
uncomfortable
changes
when
you
finally
reflect
you
appreciate
the
journey
and
the
lessons.
For
Shannon
Sharpe,
he
has
successfully
exited
FS1’s
UNDISPUTED
which
was
all
he
knew
for
seven
years.
Additionally,
it
was
his
first
big
jump
into
sports
broadcasting.
On
the
flip
side
of
the
harsh
exit
that
was
labeled
as
“pushing
him
out“,
he
landed
on
his
feet.
He
now
has
several
podcasts
in
partnership
with
Colin
Cowherd
and
is
now
a
part
of
the
ESPN
family.
According
to
Complex,
this
makes
for
a
great
story
and
landed
him
as
their
#1
most
entertaining
sports
personality
of
2023.
During
his
interview
with
Complex,
Sharpe
touched
on
his
former
goal
of
changing
the
way
he
talks
for
his
journey
in
broadcasting.
“I
went
to
so
many
speech
therapists
and
pathologists
trying
to
change
the
way
I
talk.
And
then
I
just
realized
that’s
not
who
I
am,”
Sharpe
said.
“The
listening
audience,
the
viewing
audience
is
never
gonna
believe
this
is
who
I
am.
They’ve
heard
me
speak
enough
to
know
what
I
sound
like
and
how
I
should
sound.
And
once
I
went
back
to
being
who
I
was,
my
authentic
self,
it
seemingly
took
off
for
me
from
there.”
One
thing
about
Shannon
that
will
never
change
is
that
he
is
a
country
boy
from
Georgia.
Also,
no
matter
what
happens
or
where
life
takes
him
that
won’t
change.
I
think
we
all
can
agree
that
everything
in
his
life
that
makes
him
Uncle
Shay
Shay
is
why
we
love
him.
