With the door slammed shut on Shannon Sharpe's return to ESPN, the network seems intent on finding a suitable sports figure ...

Molly Qerim wasn't leading the charge for "First Take" this Friday morning. The longtime ESPN host had the day off for ...

Stephen A. Smith values a strong opinion more than the right opinion, and he instills that into the contributors he puts on First Take. Dan Orlovsky recently joined the Awful Announcing Podcast, where ...

Stephen A. Smith playfully roasts ESPN colleague Kevin Clark on First Take, sparking laughs with a lighthearted joke.

The First Take crew discussed the Cowboys ahead of the 2025 NFL season, but didn't realize a clip they showed was from a ...

Stephen A. Smith Clarifies That He’d Like Shannon Sharpe On ‘First Take’ But Not As A Full-Time Co-Host Bill DiFilippo Associate Editor Instagram Twitter June 7, 2023 ...

According to the network, August was the 13th consecutive month that First Take achieved year-over-year viewership growth, notching a 22 percent increase from 2022 with an average of 391,000 viewers.

First Take wouldn’t be the same without their support.” The year-to-year ratings growth streak comes despite ESPN, like most other cable outlets, continuing to lose subscribers.

Newton will make his First Take debut Friday, Oct. 11 during a live taping at Tennessee State University as part of the program’s HBCU roadshow. […] ...

Stephen A. Smith kicked off Thursday’s edition of First Take by announcing the worst-kept secret in all of sports media. After previously shooting down a report that Shannon Sharpe would join ...