Tag: First Take

Keyshawn Johnson dipped into his bag of impressions for at least one session talking about the Yankees. There he impersonated Chris "Mad Dog" Russo...

“I’ve never ran before, so there was no way I was going to start with this book.”

"I don’t like that guy on my screen! I want Stephen A. Smith on this show every day.”

"While he spent most of the day on a boat alongside Molly Qerim and Michael Irvin, Smith did receive his fair share of ribbing."

ESPN announced Smith will be returning to First Take on Monday, August 15th.

"Mad Dog, stop screaming at me now, bro. For the last time, you're gonna stop screaming at me," Clark interrupted.

"You're gonna make me cry! Now go to a break or something," Russo said.

"In his nearly 20-minute speech, Dick Vitale promised the audience that he was not going to give up on Valvano's dream of putting an end to cancer."

"Is your point that Danny Ainge might be following the same blueprint in Utah that he executed in Boston? Because that’s a really good point. And instead of letting everyone twist themselves dizzy try to get there, why don’t you, I don’t know, say what you mean in the fewest words possible. That’s kind of the whole idea of effective communication."

"I've been at ESPN for twelve years and one of the big differences from when I started to now is just how much analysis they have, the producers and the decision makers have on what people are watching and they respond to."