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Despite his laid back demeanor, could you imagine that French Montana used to fanute the hoops back in the day? Back in his younger days, Frenchie used to run with famed New York City hoops squad “The Gauchos” from The Bronx. The Gauchos produced such NBA talent as Stephon Marbury, Kenny Anderson, Mark Jackson and […]

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T.I. returned to ESPN’s First Take today to debate with the likes of Skip Bayless, Stephen A. Smith and Cari Champion. The Kang of the south got on the debate desk to talk about this past week’s games in football. 

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ESPN premiered Benji last night, the sad and cautionary tale of star basketball player Ben Wilson from the Southside of Chicago. The Simeon High School product, which also produced Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose, was gunned down on the eve of his senior season during a November day when he left school to escort his girlfriend home.

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Frequent ESPN guest and sports enthusiast, Wale, made his way via satellite to First Take this morning with Skip Bayless, Stephen A. Smith and Cari Champion. 

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The honorable Bernard “Bun B” Freeman took his talents to Bristol, Connecticut this morning and chopped it up with Skip Bayless, Stephen A. Smith, Eric Mangini and the lovely Cari Champion this morning on First Take. 

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This is one of those things where you are supposed to be mad, but you probably won’t be if you understand Jay Bilas. You see, every morning the former Duke Blue Devil and current College Basketball Analyst tweets out a daily lyric from his favorite artist, Young Jeezy, followed by “I gotta go to work.” 

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“You got champagne taste, but you only got beer money,” says Herman Edwards. “That’s not good!” Tonight’s latest 30 For 30 special via ESPN Films is titled “Broke” and will spotlight the financial struggles of professional athletes. Considering the amount of schadenfreude that goes down when athletes that have it all squander their fortunes on […]

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A few days ago, we caught footage of Wale and Stalley of Maybach Music Group working on a new theme song for ESPN’s First Take, produced by Amadeus. Today, the song made it’s debut on the “Worldwide Leader In Sports” with Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith. 

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2 Chainz is now one of the most popular and successful artists in the game right now, but the lanky rapper was once a budding basketball star out of Atlanta, GA. Tity Boi, real name Tauheed Epps, was a star forward out of North Clayton High School in College Park, Ga. ESPN recently found some vintage […]

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Atlanta resident, T.I., took a seat on ESPN’s First Take today to talk sports with Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith. The Kang of the south talked to Tip about former Atlanta Falcons hero, Michael Vick, and his injury prone seasons. Skip Bayless also talks to T.I. about the electricity that Vick used to bring to the […]

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Powerhouse sports network ESPN is known for having hosts and analysts who drop the occasional Hip-Hop reference or two. Over the years and throughout their vast array of programming, rappers have graced the studios with their presence and sports expertise. ESPN’s collegiate sports offshoot station “The U” (also known as ESPNU) is taking things one […]

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2 Chainz career revival continues on its phoenix-like rise as he took a seat alongside Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith on ESPN’s First Take. Tity Boi also got to promote his new album Based On A T.R.U. Story and even gave Skip a chain. Check it out down below.