Skip Bayless, Stephen A. Smith to reunite for a

Skip Bayless is returning to ESPN’s “First Take” — but for a very restricted time only.

Bayless will be a part of Stephen A. Smith on Friday’s episode of the favored sports activities debate show in what the community describes as “a one-time reunion” between the 2 males who haven’t hosted this system together in almost 10 years.

Bayless appeared on “First Take” from the show’s inception in 2007 until he left ESPN in 2016. Smith has remained on “First Take,” which he at the moment hosts with Shae Cornette.

It was Smith’s thought to deliver back Bayless as a particular visitor, according to a individual acquainted with the state of affairs but not licensed to focus on it publicly.

After leaving ESPN, Bayless joined Fox Sports, where he co-hosted equally formatted show “Undisputed” — for a lot of the time with co-host Shannon Sharpe — from 2016- to 2024. He at the moment hosts a podcast, “The Skip Bayless Show,” and is a common contributor on the digital sports activities show “The Arena: Gridiron,” starring Gilbert Arenas.

In 2024, Smith addressed rumors of Bayless presumably re-joining “First Take.”

“Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith, together as partners, working across from each other on a debate show, is over,” Smith said on his podcast. “It’s been over. And this is not the first time I’ve said it. There’s no negativity or shade being thrown on Skip Bayless. I have moved on.”