Skip Bayless is an American sports columnist, commentator, and television personality. He is well-known for his work as a commentator on the ESPN2 show First Take with Stephen A. Smith, a show which he left in June 2016. Bayless debuted his show Skip and Shannon: Undisputed with Shannon Sharpe on Fox Sports 1 on September 6, 2016.
Bayless in 2014
Bayless (left) with Stephen A. Smith and Cari Champion during a First Take broadcast at McGuire Air Force Base in 2014
First Take is an American sports talk television program on ESPN. Episodes air daily Monday through Friday, with the live episode airing from 10 am ET until noon, with reruns from noon to 2 pm ET on ESPN2 and from 2 to 4 pm ET on ESPNews.
Skip Bayless (left), Dana Jacobson (center), and guest Jay Feely (right) at an outdoor broadcast of the show at Disney's Hollywood Studios in 2010
Stephen A. Smith (left), Cari Champion (center), and Bayless (right) during a broadcast at McGuire Air Force Base in 2014
Smith (left), Molly Qerim (center), and Max Kellerman (right) during a live broadcast from Joint Base Charleston in 2016