ESPN First Take with Stephen A. Smith and Shannon Sharpe to broadcast at Savannah State
It looks like ESPN's popular sports talk show "First Take" starring Stephen A. Smith and Savannah State alumnus and Pro Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe will broadcast a show from Savannah State on Nov. 6.
Smith first broached the subject with Sharpe on his podcast "The Stephen A. Smith Show" three weeks ago, and Sharp immediately agreed it would be a great way to show where he came from.
"I'm not good with that, I'm great with that," Sharpe to Smith on the podcast when he was asked if he'd like to do the show from SSU. "This might be the best news because it's an opportunity for me, and an opportunity for everyone else to see where I matriculated at, where I earned my degree from — Savannah State University."
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Sharpe named a few of his professors who had an impact on him and said he hoped they could make it to attend the broadcast.
"I want people to see that these people had a hand in Shannon Sharpe becoming who I became... For me to only be on 'First Take' for a month and have something like this — for you to put something like this in motion. Words don't do it proper justice for what this means to me, for one of Savannah State's own to come back on a platform like 'First Take' and for everyone to see what I was able to become. It all started at Savannah State almost 40 years ago, I'm humbled beyond humbled."
Smith is an HBCU graduate himself, having earned his degree from Winston-Salem State University, and a broadcast from that North Carolina campus is set for Nov. 7.
A publicist reached out to the Savannah Morning News with details about the shows on Thursday.
Dennis Knight covers sports for the Savannah Morning News. Contact him at Dknight@savannahnow.com. Twitter: @DennisKnightSMN
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