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They didn’t even like each other at first - how First Take was really built

Long before viral debates and daily headlines, a tense partnership reshaped sports television. We revisit how Skip Bayless ...
WSMV

ESPN’s First Take coming to TSU for homecoming football game

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - ESPN’s popular talk show, First Take, is headed to Nashville for Tennessee State University’s homecoming football game. First Take with Stephen A. Smith, Molly Qerim and ...
Sports Illustrated

First Take Adds Four HBCU Football Campus Stops This Fall

Stephen A. Smith and Molly Qerim will take ESPN's First Take crew on a tour of four HBCU campuses this fall. The popular morning debate show will expand its on-site coverage of HBCU football at ...
The Virginian-Pilot

ESPN’s First Take set to come to Norfolk State for season opener

Norfolk State University will be on the national stage later this month when ESPN’s hit show First Take broadcasts live from Echols Hall. The popular sports debate show, hosted by Stephen A. Smith and ...
Awful Announcing

Skip Bayless recalls how Stephen A. Smith checked social media to judge ‘First Take’ debates

Skip Bayless once famously stated how he believed that Stephen A. Smith has the “greatest gift of gab” in the history of television. But according to Bayless, his longtime former colleague does take ...
Awful Announcing

Stephen A. Smith, Marcus Spears defend constant ‘GOAT’ debates: ‘It gets the most views’

Debates across eras in sports, such as the “GOAT” debate, have been discussed ad nauseam on sports debate shows like First Take. But no matter how tired the discussion may be for some, don’t expect ...
New York Post

Shae Cornette opens up about plans to make ‘First Take’ her own — and her relationships with Stephen A. Smith, Molly Qerim

Don’t expect Shae Cornette to tiptoe on the set of “First Take.” The former “SportsCenter” anchor plans to have her voice heard alongside Stephen A. Smith, who is executive producer and star of the ...