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Though it's still expected to continue if Bayless departs, there are no loud rumblings (so far) regarding who could replace him. FIRST TAKE (Image: ESPN Screencap – Stephen A Smith and Skip Bayless) Of course, we know what you're thinking Wouldn't this be a great time for Bayless to return to ESPN for an on-air reunion with[...]

First Take will star the NFL Hall of Famer on Mondays and Tuesdays to debate Stephen A Smith on all the previous weekend's football stories This is after Sharpe left the other big debate show he was a part of, FS1's Undisputed, where he argued with Skip Bayless for years in June Shannon's podcast Club[...]

In the "Cut for Time" sketch that was released, Forte's Todd LeVane (from "Sportshorse") joins ESPN First Take co-hosts Molly Qerim (Chloe Fineman), Stephen A Smith (Chris Redd), and Michael Irvin (Kenan Thompson) to debate Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers But as we've come to love about "talking head" sports shows, it doesn't[...]

So were we surprised to learn that ESPN First Take host Stephen A Smith admitted to being a part of the process that led to his co-host Max Kellerman being removed from the show? Nope Because as ESPN has become the sports monolith that it's become, it's also become a little too much about the[...]