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First Take

Hour 1: First Take Live from Fanatics Fest!

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.05.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

We are live at Fanatics Fest in New York City with Stephen A. Smith, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, and Ryan Clark as they debate if Dak Prescott and the Cowboys should be getting a deal done soon. Plus, the crew tells us who will start more games for the Steelers this year: Russell Wilson or Justin Fields? Jay Williams joins the show to tell us which Christmas Day NBA game he's looking forward to most and we debate how impressive Team USA Men's Basketball's Olympic gold medal run was. Paulo Banchero is with us as he talks about the upcoming season and gives us his all-time Duke starting 5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good Friday.

0:04.0

Good morning everybody.

0:07.0

We're in New York City, but a different location.

0:12.0

Let me explain.

0:14.0

First take is live from Fanatics Fest at the Javitt Center in New York City and what a crowd we have.

0:21.3

New York Stand Up. Fanatics Express is a brand new three day fan event featuring the largest

0:26.6

collection of athletes, leagues, teams, collectibles, and memorabilia.

0:29.9

This is the ultimate experience for sports fans and collectors of all ages and we're

0:34.4

excited to be a small part of these festivities. All right let me welcome in the

0:40.2

team look who's here everybody the one and only Stephen A Smith give it up

0:47.6

No one knows New York like Christopher Mad Dog Russo, and Super Bowl Champ,

0:56.5

Pivot Fame, our guy, Ryan Clark,

0:59.0

our seas in the building.

1:02.4

I also want to mention that Jay Will will be stopping by.

1:06.1

Paolo Ban Caro's gonna be here and actor comedian Druski so we're gonna have a good time.

1:10.9

You know I just want to say it's a beautiful, beautiful thing to be here.

1:18.0

In case y'all don't know, my man Michael Rubin, the man for fanatics,

1:22.9

he's got a white party every summer

1:25.1

that this brother showed up to just now.

1:27.5

I didn't need to be there,

1:29.2

because I knew I was gonna be here with you.

1:31.8

I just wanna let y' you know that.

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