Hour 2: Rising Rookies

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.0 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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0:50.4	we have the first game of the year on ESPN and the app number 22 Iowa State
0:55.2	squares off against number 17 Kansas State at noon Eastern in Dublin, Ireland.
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1:06.5	All right, good. Welcome to a fresh hour of first take, starting in the NFL, where else, where Michael Parsons is still without a contract extension.
1:17.3	How could that be?
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