The first domino has dropped in the relaunch of FS1’s “Undisputed.” As The Post first reported, Shannon Sharpe left the program he’d co-hosted with Skip Bayless since 2016 after the NBA Finals in June. Bayless revealed on his podcast on Thursday that his friend, rapper Lil Wayne, will have a weekly segment on the show … Read more
Richard Sherman has emerged as a candidate to be Skip Bayless’ partner on FS1’s “Undisputed,” The Post has learned. In the wake of Shannon Sharpe leaving the program after seven years, FS1 is in the midst of finding Bayless’ new partner. The program is in its usual summer hiatus but will begin again at the … Read more
Pat McAfee had some deliberate words for one of his rival commentators during his opening monologue at the ESPYs. At the annual sports awards show, the new $85 million ESPN signee and ESPYs host slammed Skip Bayless for some of his most controversial behavior. “This year, we saw one of the most inspirational things in … Read more
Mase and Cam’Ron are daring Skip Bayless to change up his formula. As Bayless looks for a new debate opponent — or opponents — after Shannon Sharpe left FS1’s “Undisputed,” the two rappers spoke on their “It Is What It Is” podcast about wanting to see Bayless pitted against white partners. “He always tries to … Read more
Skip Bayless only has eyes for Charles Barkley as his next debate partner on “Undisputed.” In fact, the outspoken host is so eager to land the TNT personality as a “permanent” staple on the FS1 show — which saw the departure of Shannon Sharpe last month — that he’s willing to pay Barkley’s salary to … Read more
Skip Bayless wasn’t going to let Charles Barkley get away with dragging his name through the mud this time. On TNT’s coverage of “The Match” on Thursday night, a golf contest pitting Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson against Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, Barkley took a swing at Bayless’ recent “Undisputed” divorce with longtime Fox … Read more
It seems Shannon Sharpe won’t be away from the morning sports talk show circuit for long. The Hall of Fame tight end — who gave a tearful farewell during his final day on FS1’s “Undisputed” last Tuesday — revealed Monday that he will return to morning television “soon.” “l’m enjoying my early morning workouts, late … Read more
Skip Bayless tried to get some sleep Monday night before his “Undisputed” partner, Shannon Sharpe, recorded his final episode of the FS1 show the next day. But he couldn’t. He was “so torn up over what was happening” that even after the show was recorded, Bayless couldn’t even fall asleep. “To sum this up, on … Read more
Given Charles Barkley has been a nemesis of Skip Bayless for decades, it should come as no surprise the NBA great is reveling over Shannon Sharpe’s impending breakup with the “Undisputed” star. One day after The Post first reported that Sharpe and Fox Sports have reached a buyout agreement that will see the NFL Hall … Read more
Marcellus Wiley put the Shannon Sharpe and Skip Bayless cards on the table, and it seems it all boils down to a “power struggle” between the two “Undisputed” cohosts. Sharpe recently announced his parting ways with Bayless and Fox Sports, the parent company of Fox Sports 1 which airs the show, and his final show … Read more
The finger-pointing is already starting in the wake of the “Undisputed” breakup. Shortly after The Post’s Ryan Glasspiegel reported Wednesday that Shannon Sharpe will be exiting the FS1 series he co-hosts with Skip Bayless, fans took to Twitter to digest the seismic split and cast blame. “Good on Shannon Sharpe for getting away from Skip … Read more
Skip Bayless is trying to smooth things over with his wife. After the FS1 personality said Monday on “Undisputed” that his wife, Ernestine, wasn’t speaking to him because of an outburst over the Celtics’ Game 6 win against the Heat, Bayless apologized to her later that night as the Heat crushed the Celtics in Boston … Read more
The tension between Shannon Sharpe and Skip Bayless isn’t just for television. The co-hosts on FS1″s “Undisputed” went through a rough patch recently and eventually came face-to-face to work out their differences, Sharpe said Wednesday on SiriusXM’s “The Adam Schein Podcast” — adding that the pair aren’t close outside of the show. “We had a bad … Read more