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Stephen A. Smith Tightens Grip On ESPN’s ‘First Take’: Max Kellerman Departs For Larger Radio Role As Rotating Co-Hosts Get Set To Spar

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ESPN host Stephen A. Smith is tightening his grip on daytime talk mainstay First Take, as co-host Max Kellerman is departing the show and making way for rotating co-hosts.Kellerman had appeared on the show alongside Smith and Molly Qerim Rose since July 2016.

Soon after Kellerman boarded as co-host, the show was upgraded from ESPN2 to ESPN, where it has been a steady ratings draw and a defining tentpole of the network’s daytime hot-take factory.

Kellerman replaced Skip Bayless, who decamped for FS1.The change in personnel on First Take, which had been speculated about in recent days, was made official today by the Disney-owned sports network.

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