New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel was doing his weekly appearance on The Greg Hill Show when the topic of Stephen A. Smith and First Take arose. What came next from Vrabel was both hilarious and respectable.

When reminded that First Take is the No. 1 morning show in sports television, Vrabel reacted with light incredulity.

“Is it?” Vrabel rhetorically asked. “I find that hard to believe. It’s not the SportsCenter that I grew up with.

Touché, Coach Vrabel. We all miss the SportsCenter of yesteryear, when the program actually showed highlights for most the hour and felt no need to engage in clickbait-fueled drama narratives that have little to do with the sports we love.

The success of First Take in many ways encapsulates the new era of sports television, for better o

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