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Kendrick Perkins Reveals Growth at ESPN Came With No Pay for Over a Year
"I had to earn my stripes at that motherf*****g network. My first year and a half, I worked there for free. Motherf*****s don’t even know"
Boomer Esiason: Stephen A. Smith Blaming Donald Trump for FBI Investigation Release Is “Ridiculous”
"That is so far out in left field that it's ridiculous"
‘First Take’ Correctly Handled the Breaking FBI Investigation Involving Current, Former NBA Players
"First Take did what responsible debate television program should do: pause, confirm, and then engage. In an era where speed often trumps substance, waiting for facts isn’t hesitation — it’s integrity"
Stephen A. Smith Reveals He Felt “Set up” When Lebron James Confronted Him at a Lakers Game
"This is 2025, we got technology everywhere. TNT is a nationally televised game. How is it we got one angle, and the only angle you see was of him and his face, but you see the back of my peanut head?"
ESPN Tabs Shae Cornette as New Host of ‘First Take’
"She previously worked with ESPN 1000, Fox 32, and ABC 7, and at ESPN she has been a regular SportsCenter anchor and studio host across both television and radio platforms"
Why Amina Smith Could Replace Molly Qerim as the Host of ‘First Take’
"Amina Smith deserves a good long look and has all the TV tools to do the job"
Chris Russo Feels Molly Qerim Left ‘First Take’ Abruptly Because She “Felt Embarrassed”
"I think Molly probably looked at it as, ‘I’m not gonna do First Take. I don’t want to do SportsCenter,’ so she probably didn’t want to, felt that would be a demotion"
ESPN NFL Analyst Peter Schrager: “I’m a Product of WFAN Sports Talk Radio”
"I think it helped form a lot of the ways that I like to connect with the listener, viewer, reader, whatever. They’ve been a huge influence over my career"
How Paul Finebaum, Stephen A. Smith Show Network Safeguards on Political Leanings Are Outdated
"This is a perfect time for sports to be the great unifier it has always aimed to be, by breaking down the walls that prevent individuals from expressing political leanings"
ESPN President of Content Burke Magnus Reveals Molly Qerim Was Leaving ‘First Take’ Even if She Stayed With Network
"That was something that we had already crossed that bridge, right? So it was, from our perspective, much more about what else could she be doing"