Qerim has been the host of "First Take" since 2015. She does an excellent job handling some of the most unpredictable ...

Shannon Sharpe, the former NFL star who was a commentator on ESPN's 'First Take,' will not return to the show. The decision ...

Shannon Sharpe was fired from ESPN in July 2025 after he settled a $50 million rape and sexual assault lawsuit. Here's ...

ESPN plans to use a rotation of in-house analysts to replace Kellerman on First Take. That means Kendrick Perkins, Jay Williams, Kimberley Martin, Jalen Rose, and the other analysts who have ...

ESPN has cut ties with NFL Hall of Famer and media analyst Shannon Sharpe less than two weeks after he settled a lawsuit in ...

ESPN host Molly Qerim issued an apology for an embarrassing blunder on "First Take" on Tuesday morning, July 22. The popular morning debate show was unsurprisingly talking about the Dallas Cowboys, as ...

The NFL Hall of Famer was let go from ESPN last week after settling a bombshell $50 million lawsuit that accused him of rape.

Shannon Sharpe is ready to give his "First Take." The Pro Football Hall of Famer will be joining the ESPN morning show this fall, squaring off against Stephen A. Smith, the New York Post reported.

"First Take" anchor Stephen A. Smith said ESPN colleagues who were laid off "deserved better." "ESPN just the other day laid off about 20 members of its on-air talent," Smith said on "The Stephen ...

“First Take,” which airs on ESPN2, will move on up to regular ol’ ESPN next year. The Stephen A. Smith-Max Kellerman debate program will basically swap spots with “SportsCenter ...

Nothing keeps Stephen A. Smith from saying what he wants on ESPN’s popular “First Take.” Except for faulty wi-fi. Magic Johnson joined the late-morning show on May 4, ready to hash it out ...

Kellerman is expected to be removed from ESPN’s “First Take,” the show in which he and Stephen A. Smith verbally battle each other for hot-take supremacy, sources confirmed.