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First Take

Hour 2: Spur of The Moment

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.05.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Hour 2 starts with Stephen A. raving about Victor Wembanyama. Can he win his first MVP this season? Nico Fired - Shams joins to give us the lowdown on who is truly at fault for the Mavs trading Luka Doncic. It's Fluid! - Stephen A. gives us his top 5 NFL teams after week 10. CC and Jeff disagree! Big Blue Blues - Who should be the Giants next head coach? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is definitely a Super Tuesday.

0:03.1

ESPN men's basketball doubleheader.

0:05.1

We start with the Bluegrass State rivalry between 9th ranked Kentucky and 11th ranked Louisville at 8 Eastern.

0:10.9

Then number 23 Creighton and number 21 Gonzaga.

0:14.2

It's all available on the all new ESPN app.

0:24.4

I does. SPN app. Hi, this is Matt Sergeant Rico Anderson out of the 177 Fighter Wing, Atlantic City, New

0:28.8

Jersey, home of the Jersey Devils.

0:30.7

I'd like to give a big shout out to my wife, Dr. Malika Anderson, and our two beautiful kids,

0:35.0

Christian and Devin.

0:36.8

Go birds! E, A, G, L, E, S and Devin, go birds.

0:37.8

E-A-G-L-E-S-E-E-E-E-O.

0:44.7

I love it.

0:45.2

Welcome back to first take on this Veterans Day, just a really special day around the country.

0:49.1

Jeff, what does Veterans Day mean to you?

0:51.1

Oh, it means the world.

0:51.9

I just want to say to all the veterans who have served our great country. Thank you for selflessly serving. Every man and woman who's served in our U.S. military, we can't tell you and say thank you loud enough. We appreciate your sacrifice, what you and your families go through to protect our country. God bless you and best to all. It means the world to me.

1:11.5

And all my family members who are vets, I love you, and I can't tell you. Thank you enough. And it's especially important, first of all, I echo those sentiments, 1,000 percent. And secondly, is especially important enough to say it on a day like today, considering the times that we've been living in, you know, how we just sit up there and having to deal with a shutdown and how we were hearing noise about even military veterans not being paid to something,

1:30.3

which is one of the most inexcusable things that should ever happen in this country.

1:34.6

And one of the things that I think is important to mention is that this is distinct and separate and apart from Memorial Day.

1:39.8

That's right.

1:40.1

Memorial Day is a day to celebrate and honor those who died serving our country.

1:45.8

But we need to honor those who are still alive and still serve in our country.

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