"You're finally awake" is a tough bar to clear, but leaning into the unexplored branches of the series lore is a good start ...

During the final 10 games between Illinois coach Brad Underwood and former Iowa boss Fran McCaffery, the Illini won nine.

The three-part limited series, arriving Jan. 27, will feature 35 years of rare archive and new interviews with members Gary ...

PULLMAN – Last winter, when coach Jimmy Rogers left South Dakota State for WSU, he wasn’t doing so with the intent of getting the Iowa State job. At least not so quickly. That’s what Rogers said on ...

Molly Qerim still hasn’t announced any future plans after she abruptly left First Take and ESPN. She did, however, just drop a fire vacation fit from a beach in Abu Dhabi. The 41-year-old Qerim ...

Molly Qerim left ESPN and First Take back in September and has barely been heard from since while being replaced on the show next to Stephen A. Smith. A former ESPN star explains what happened. The 41 ...

ESPN's debate show "First Take" will broadcast live from Bethune-Cookman University on Thursday, Nov. 20. The show is part of a four-stop tour of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

The all-new intro sequence for Apple TV was made with practical effects and shot in-camera, Ad Age reports. Rather than using digital techniques, the new sequence was made by shooting large glass ...

Stephen A. Smith has landed a big-name “First Take” colleague. The company dropped a huge announcement on Wednesday, revealing that former NBA point guard Kenny Smith has signed a multi-year agreement ...

What a way for the new host of First Take to start. Shae Peppler Cornette had her first day on the ESPN debate show after the network chose her to replace Molly Qerim, but it happened to be one of the ...

A new era of “First Take” has officially begun. Shae Cornette made her anticipated debut Monday as the show’s new host, weeks after ESPN announced she would succeed Molly Qerim, who abruptly left the ...

Shae Cornette made her debut as the host of First Take on Monday, November 3. She joined the show after Molly Qerim’s exit in September. Cornette’s first episode was in front of a live audience in ...