Domonique Foxworth casually mentions Dak Prescott’s mom on First Take, oblivious that she died of cancer in 2013
Prescott's mother died of cancer in 2013 and probably should have not been mentioned
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Stephen A. Smith says MLB would’ve suspended players for sign-stealing if more of them were black
"If the league was a majority black league, there's no way in hell that players would've been granted immunity."
Undisputed’s best day ever Friday drew 52 percent of First Take’s audience that day, illustrating the gulf between the shows
Undisputed's 366,000 viewers Friday was a record for that show, but it was only 52 percent of the 700,000 viewers First Take drew then.
Stephen A. Smith brings up Israel-Palestine on “no politics” ESPN, Molly Qerim quickly rushes to commercial break
"I would remind you that, throughout this world, one of the things that exists is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I don't see folks outside the Jewish community talking about that too often."
Stephen A. Smith’s latest NFL blunder is twice mixing up the Yankees’ Luke Voit and the Jets’ Luke Falk
"The only people that are worse than him are, I think, if I remember correctly, Cam Newton and Luke Voit. And Cam Newton is hurt, and Luke Voit, I didn't even know who the hell he was until guys got injured."
Tim Tebow’s defense of the NCAA’s model drew plenty of criticism from his ESPN colleagues
Tebow's points missed the mark for a lot of his fellow ESPN personalities.
Carl Lewis calls out Max Kellerman over saying track stars are failed football and basketball players
"You take your privilege filled with failure, and troll just for attention."
After leaving Turner, Rosalyn Gold-Onwude will be hosting a series of First Take shows on ESPN
This is the first part of Gold-Onwude's "next chapter" post-Turner, but it's unclear what else she'll be doing, and whether that will be at ESPN or not.
Tom Brady takes dig at ESPN’s Max Kellerman over ‘going to fall off a cliff’ comment from 2016
In 2016, Max Kellerman said that Tom Brady is "going to fall off a cliff" and "be a bum in short order."
ESPN calls LaVar Ball comment to Molly Qerim “completely inappropriate,” but will that mean they’ll no longer enable him? Doubtful.
"LaVar, can I switch gears with you because I have a question here?" "You can switch gears with me any time."
Jay Williams walks off the set, represents all humankind trapped in the middle of an insane First Take debate
Max Kellerman's take upset Williams so much he walked off.
ESPN created some drama around the Lakers-LeBron relationship, and LeBron promptly shut it down
“That. Is. Not. Truuuue! It's not true at all!”
Will Cain is bringing “balance” to ESPN again, this time with a controversial take in defense of Kate Smith
"It's an absolute and utter fool's errand to go back through history, decades, someone who's been passed away for 30 years, incidents that occurred eight decades ago, and apply modern historical standards to something you can almost reach a century."
Dwayne Haskins’ First Take appearance saw Stephen A. Smith switch from doubling down to “I was an ignorant fool”
"Me, I was an ignorant fool. I had to go back and watch the tapes. My bad."
After David Levy’s exit, First Take-loving CNN president Jeff Zucker is expected to add oversight of Turner Sports
In 2017, Zucker spoke to The New York Times about his love of sports and about First Take's influence on CNN's programming.
