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

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 ...

The fact-checkers at ESPN's First Take might have a scolding coming their way after the way the show was apparently duped on ...

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

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.

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 ...

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. […] ...