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 ...

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 ...

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

A video of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott slinging a pass to wide receiver Brandin Cooks from training camp in 2023 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.