ESPN’s signature morning debate show, First Take, featuring commentator and executive producer Stephen A. Smith and host Molly Qerim, today announced three live shows on-site at historically Black colleges and universities this fall.
Historic Morehouse College, Spelman College, and Clark Atlanta University make up one of the world’s oldest and largest associations of HBCUs. On this weekend, rivals Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta will face each other at B.T. Harvey Stadium in Atlanta.
First Take has a history of visiting HBCUs or supporting HBCU Week since 2019. The show has traveled to Winston-Salem State University (2023), home to alum Smith; Savannah State University (2023), home to alum Shannon Sharpe; and Florida A&M with comedian Kevin Hart and movie producer Will Packer (2021).
The show also celebrated HBCU Week at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in 2022 and at 76ers Fieldhouse in Wilmington, Delaware., in 2019.