ESPN's First Take will hit the road throughout the 2025 college football season. The weekday debate show has ventured beyond ...

NFL legends turned head coaches Michael Vick and DeSean Jackson will draw ESPN to host First Take on their campuses.

ESPN appears to have made a decision on Monica McNutt following her embarrassing "First Take" blunder last week. McNutt, ...

N ORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – ESPN’s First Take is set to host a live broadcast at Norfolk State University Thursday, Aug. 28, ahead ...

Norfolk State University will be on the national stage later this month when ESPN’s hit show First Take broadcasts live from Echols Hall. The popular sports debate show, hosted by Stephen A. Smith and ...

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. […] ...

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 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 ...

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.

“First Take” is no small property, for the record — the former “Cold Pizza” became one of the network’s top performers and most important platforms.

Stephen A. Smith hosted First Take with Bayless for four years up until Bayless left ESPN for Fox Sports in 2016. The pair have taken subtle jabs at each other on their television shows and ...