Hour 1: The King's Speech

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.0 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Stephen A. Smith and Brian Windhorst discuss a recent social media post by Kevin Durant’s manager, Rich Kleiman, criticizing the national sports media, as well as LeBron James's reaction. Kimberley A. Martin and Dan Orlovsky join the show to debate whether the Steelers are a top three team in the AFC. In addition, the crew discusses whether the Ravens have been underperforming lately. Lastly, things get heated in the studio over disagreements about whether or not former Giants QB Eli Manning should be considered a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:26.5	Good day. What's going on, everyone? Welcome into first take. Thank you for being with us.
0:30.7	Stephen A. Smith, Brian Winhorse. I'm Molly Karam. We will get into the NFL in just a bit, but we're going to tip things off here with the NBA.
0:37.6	Social media has infiltrated all levels of society, especially sports and sports media, right?
0:43.4	However, for LeBron James, the noise has gotten too loud, and he's decided to unplug.
0:48.4	I get it.
0:49.0	LeBron made two points yesterday on X.
0:50.7	Let me read those to you.
0:51.6	The first, simply saying amen to previous post by Kevin Durant's
0:56.0	longtime manager, Rich Kleinman, which read, quote, with so much hate and negativity in the world today,
1:00.7	it confuses me why some of the national sports media still thinks that the best way to cover sports
1:05.9	is through negative takes. We can all acknowledge that sports is the last part of society that
1:10.4	universally brings people together. So why can't that sports is the last part of society that universally brings
1:11.9	people together. So why can't the coverage do the same? It's only clickbait when you say it.
1:17.1	When the platform is so big, you can make the change and allow us all an escape from real life
1:22.0	negativity. I, for one, find it all a waste of breath. The Olympics in the JJ and Braun show was the future
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