Denzel Washington is doing press for his upcoming movie, "Highest 2 Lowest," but he made some time for the sports world, too.

ESPN’s ‘First Take’ Marks 12 Months of Year-to-Year Ratings Growth (Exclusive) The morning show's July audience was up 26 percent vs. the same month in 2022.

ESPN’s studio lineup of morning shows finished its best year ever in 2023. Per a pair of releases on Thursday, both First Take and Get Up hit record viewership this past year.

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.

A few months ago, one of the most polarizing personalities in sports analysis jumped ships, as First Take presenter Skip Bayless said goodbye to his ESPN2 home for the lower-rated pastures of Fox ...

ESPN host Monica McNutt mistook Druski's Barry Sanders' jersey as that of Cleveland Browns rookie Shedeur Sanders.

Pete Alonso broke the New York Mets franchise record for home runs on Tuesday night. A day later, it was Gary Cohen’s call of ...

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.

Indeed, as part of a new schedule, ESPN this week launched “First Take Extra,” a half-hour “highlights” show that offers the best of the original morning conversation, at 3:30 p.m. Earlier ...

ESPN today announced Tim Tebow as one of the initial debate partners on Stephen A. Smith’s First Take. Tebow, who was cut from the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars in his latest pro sports comeback ...

BRISTOL, Conn. — In the bid to build the perfect sports talk show, competition abounds — from the Web, talk radio and, most important, from established ESPN shows such as “Pardon the ...