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Shannon Sharpe Will Join First Take Twice A Week With Stephen A. Smith

Shannon Sharpe Joining Stephen A. Smith on ESPN's First Take

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[...]
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Saturday Night Live: ESPN First Take Responds to SNL's Late-Night Take

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[...]
First Take, Stephen A. Smith & Max Kellerman Part of ESPN Problem

First Take, Stephen A. Smith & Max Kellerman Part of ESPN Problem

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[...]