ESPN’s Stephen A Smith opened Tuesday’s episode of ‘First Take’ without Molly Qerim at the desk, immediately addressing her decision to quit the network.

News of Molly’s departure from The Worldwide Leader In Sports broke late Monday night, as Sports Business Journal’s Austin Karp cited sources claiming Molly would leave the company after working there for nearly two decades.

“Molly Qerim, the host of ESPN’s ‘First Take’ since 2015, is leaving the network at the end of the year, sources tell SBJ,” Karp wrote.

He added that, “ESPN offered Qerim a contract, but she choose to move on.”

Qerim confirmed this shortly after, taking to her Instagram Story to reveal that she would indeed leave, although she was unhappy with the way the development dropped.

“Now that the news came out earlier t

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