{"id":230537,"date":"2025-09-16T05:06:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T05:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/230537\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T05:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T05:06:13","slug":"first-take-host-molly-qerim-leaving-espn-in-stunner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/230537\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;First Take&#8217; host Molly Qerim leaving ESPN in stunner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Molly Qerim\u2019s last take at ESPN will be coming soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The host of the popular program \u201cFirst Take\u201d is leaving the show and the network at the end of the year, she announced Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter much reflection, I\u2019ve decided it\u2019s time to close this incredible chapter and step away from First Take,\u201d Qerim wrote in a post on her Instagram Story. \u201cHosting this show has been one of the greatest honors of my career. Every morning, I had the privilege of sharing the desk with some of the most brilliant, passionate, and entertaining voices in sports \u2014 and with all of you, the best fans in the world.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37123245\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1998464643.jpg\" alt=\"Molly Qerim \" class=\"wp-image-37123245\"  \/>Molly Qerim is leaving ESPN at the end of the year.  FilmMagic<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so grateful for what this journey has given me: lifelong friendships, unforgettable memories, and the chance to be part of something truly special. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for welcoming me into your homes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ESPN offered Qerim a new contract, but she opted to move on from the network she has worked at since 2006, when she started with the digital\/mobile team, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2025\/09\/15\/sources-molly-qerim-moving-on-from-espn-first-take\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Sports Business Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Qerim has been the host of \u201cFirst Take\u201d since 2015, when she started as the fill-in host that summer and later became the permanent host after Cari Champion moved over to host SportsCenter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66699219;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37123371\" width=\"394\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1397796478.jpg\" alt=\"Molly Qerim\" class=\"wp-image-37123371\"  \/>Molly Qerim WireImage<\/p>\n<p>Qerim suggested that there was more news to come in her Instagram Story, writing, \u201cStay tuned\u201d toward the end of her message.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t immediately clear what Qerim\u2019s next move would be after she leaves the network at the end of the year or when her final show on ESPN will be.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Prior to ESPN, she worked at NFL Network and CBS Sports Network.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Qerim is a Connecticut native and she graduated from the University of Connecticut.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Molly Qerim\u2019s last take at ESPN will be coming soon.\u00a0 The host of the popular program \u201cFirst Take\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":230538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[5723,61332,62,1486,3581,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-230537","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-espn","9":"tag-molly-qerim","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-sports-entertainment","12":"tag-sports-media","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115212241158286049","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}