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Mar 7th
‘Mad Dog’ Stuns First Take Colleagues When He Lists Curling As One of the Hardest Sports on the Planet: ‘An Impossible Sport to Play’
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ESPN’s JJ Redick Lashes Out After Doc Rivers Rant Goes Viral and Calls Out the Fans: Do They ‘Actually Want to Be Educated Or Not?’
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Feb 21st
JJ Redick Torches Milwaukee Bucks Coach Doc Rivers Over Recent Comments: ‘There’s Never Accountability With That Guy!’
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‘An Absolute Travesty!’ Stephen A. Smith Goes OFF on NBA Players for ‘Flagrant Lack of Effort’ in All-Star Game
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Feb 19th
‘Mad Dog’ Rages at 55 Seconds of Taylor Swift Coverage During Super Bowl LVIII: ‘It Is a Football Game!’
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Feb 14th
Stephen A. Smith Buries 49ers Coach for Not Knowing OT Rules in Super Bowl: ‘A Smear on the Entire Organization’
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Feb 12th
Stephen A. Smith Slams Lone Media Member Who Didn’t Vote for Ravens QB Lamar Jackson for MVP: ‘That Was a Stupid, Homer Vote’
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Feb 9th
‘He Was a Scrub in the NFL!’ Stephen A. Smith and Mad Dog Roast ESPN Colleague Who Tore it Up in Pro Bowl Exhibition
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Feb 5th
‘Mad Dog’ Russo Shreds NFL for ‘Stupid’ Decision to Make Playoff Game a Peacock Exclusive for $110 Million: ‘That Is Being a Pig!’
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Jan 10th
‘I Gotta Keep an Eye on You’: First Take Crew Stunned by Dan Orlovsky Sniffing Molly Qerim’s Shoe
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Jan 2nd
‘Mad Dog’ Russo Takes Over for Stephen A. Smith on First Take and Immediately Roasts Him by Bringing Up a Baseball Player from the 1920s
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Dec 27th
‘I Will Smack the Sh*t Outta That Dude’: Shaquille O’Neal Fires Back at ‘Mad Dog’ Russo Calling Him the Fifth-Best Center in NBA History
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Dec 23rd
‘Mad Dog’ Russo Goes Off on Florida State Football Players for Skipping Bowl Game After Complaining About Playoff Snub
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Dec 20th
Stephen A. Smith Goes Off After Warriors Coach Calls Him Out for Steph Curry Critique: ‘I’m Disgusted With Him’
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Dec 15th
Viewership Gap Between Stephen A. Smith’s First Take and Skip Bayless’ Undisputed Continues to Widen: Report
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Dec 14th
Stephen A. Smith Goes Attacks Zion Williamson’s Weight Amid Speculation He’s Struggling to Stay in Shape: Word Is ‘He’ll Eat the Table’
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Dec 11th
‘Mad Dog’ Russo Compares Japanese Baseball Star Shohei Ohtani’s Free Agency Secrecy to the Creation of the Atomic Bomb
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Dec 6th
Pat McAfee Name Drops People ESPN Recently Laid Off in Wild, Profane Cameo on First Take
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Dec 5th
WATCH: ‘Mad Dog’ Russo, During ESPN Hit, Evidently Triggered a Weird Apple FaceTime Feature With a Hand Gesture
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Dec 4th
Stephen A. Smith Introduces Excessive New Rules While He Fills in for Molly Qerim as the Host of First Take
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Nov 16th
‘Mad Dog’ Russo Beside Himself After His Bookie Convinced Him to Bet Against His Own Son: ‘God, Strike Me Down!’
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Nov 8th
First Take Spent Just 6 Minutes Talking About the Texas Rangers’ Historic World Series Run
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