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Shannon Sharpe will debate Stephen A. Smith twice weekly on ‘First Take’

“First Take” will have a new wrinkle this Fall.

Shannon Sharpe will square off against Stephen A. Smith on Mondays and Tuesdays on the ESPN debate program during football season, The Post has learned.

As The Post first reported, Sharpe exited his partnership with Smith’s previous debate opponent, Skip Bayless, on FS1’s “Undisputed” after the NBA Finals in June.

Sharpe’s “First Take” role is in some ways full circle, as it was his guest appearances on the program with Bayless when the show aired on ESPN2 that convinced Bayless and former FS1 boss Jamie Horowitz that the chemistry would work as permanent partners.

Sharpe is also expected to soon find a landing spot for his popular “Club Shay Shay” podcast.

Sharpe and Smith had both publicly expressed interest in linking up.

Per NYPOST article