After five years together, Bayless left the ESPN show in 2016. Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless reunited on Friday's First Take. The duo were on-air partners for years, before Bayless left the ESPN ...

ESPN’s “First Take” broadcast from Alamo Plaza the morning after Game 1 drew Spurs and Knicks fans into a downtown Finals ...

Skip Bayless will return to ESPN's 'First Take' this Friday for a one-day reunion with Stephen A. Smith, marking his first mainstream sports media appearance since a 2025 workplace misconduct lawsuit ...

Skip Bayless returned to First Take and instantly sparked chaos by ranking LeBron James ninth all-time, drawing a strong reaction from Stephen A. Smith. It’s kind of hard to imagine Stephen A. Smith ...

The legendary sports debate duo of Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith are returning to ESPN’s “First Take,” but only for one day. Bayless and Smith will embrace debate this Friday, ESPN announced ...

After about a 10-year hiatus, Skip Bayless was back on ESPN’s First Take battling against his familiar foe, Stephen A. Smith. From debating where LeBron James ranks on the list of all-time NBA greats, ...

For the first time in nearly a decade, Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith will debate each other on ESPN’s "First Take" this Friday. On Monday, the network announced Bayless will join Smith for a ...

Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless are back embracing debate together, and it's like they never stopped arguing. For years, the duo revolutionized sports talk shows with First Take, and a decade after ...