Max Kellerman leaving First Take to join ESPN Radio morning show
Max Kellerman attends the 2021 Sports Humanitarian Awards on July 12 in New York City. Credit: Getty Images/Dimitrios Kambouris
Max Kellerman will leave the sports debate show "First Take" and join ESPN Radio’s national morning show alongside Keyshawn Johnson and Jay Williams on Sept. 7, ESPN announced on Tuesday.
The move is part of a realignment of ESPN’s national radio lineup that takes effect next month and includes the midday show hosted by Alan Hahn and Bart Scott expanding by an hour to noon to 3 p.m., effective on Sept. 27.
Former Giants defensive lineman Chris Canty will join Mike Golic for a national afternoon show.
ESPN New York traditionally has featured a mixture of local and national programming. ESPN did not announce what the local New York schedule will look like in the wake of the national tweaks coming next month.
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, returned in 1985 after a detour to Alaska and has been here since, specializing in high schools, college basketball, the NFL and most recently sports media and business.
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