Tag: First Take

"Focus on the damn finals. You ain't win it yet. You still got two to go"

"The space has the energy to match the bold conversations and big personalities our fans love."

"What happens to you in business is not what matters—how you react does matter."

"I feel bad for Molly because Russo then fires back."

"I’ll bet money they haven’t, but that’s not knocking them because I know having done our show, we didn’t lead 'SportsCenter' with the Pacers like ever unless they were playing another star-laden team."

"Stephen A. Smith, to his credit, is very talented, and by that talent, he is on ESPN, as we’ve discussed, he’s in a green-screen prison."

The reported viewership success across the NFL Draft coverage and studio programs comes after ESPN registered its strongest first-quarter viewership since 2017.

"Podcasts are a very intimate thing. It's an intimate one-to-one relationship with the listener. It makes sense to lean so heavily on the talent when you're marketing and presenting it.:

“At this juncture, I am electing to step aside temporarily from my ESPN duties.”

“You have a better chance to become President than monetizing your podcast if you're on the wrong side of an issue like this one,"