1st and 10 (ESPN TV series)
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| Genre | Sports talk and debate |
| Starring | Jay Crawford Skip Bayless guest panelists |
| Country of origin |  United States |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Original channel | ESPN (2003-) |
| Original run | October 20, 2003 – Present |
1st and 10 is a sports talk and debate television program spun off from ESPN2's Cold Pizza morning show.
It is both a segment during Cold Pizza, a two-hour program broadcast on the American cable television network ESPN2, each weekday at 10:00 AM and noon ET and a standalone program on ESPN at 3:00 PM each afternoon. The show is similar in format to ESPN's other afternoon sports talk programs Jim Rome Is Burning, Around the Horn, and Pardon the Interruption.
What makes this show different from the others is that there are two panelists who talk about topics without any scoring system (as on Horn) or set amount of time given to a topic (PTI). Also, there are no "theme" segments or interviews with athletes and celebrities (several of the other shows), nor do either of the panelists face "elimination" at the end of a segment (also a feature of Horn).
The program is hosted by Jay Crawford and features sports columnist Skip Bayless. Woody Paige, another columnist, was a founding co-host, but has left the show. Dana Jacobson, Cold Pizza co-host, takes over the segments (and the spin-off show) when Crawford is away.
On December 21, 2006, Bayless was the host and the brothers who make up the 2 Live Stews (Doug and Ryan Stewart) were on either side of him. On February 20, 2007, neither Crawford nor Jacobson were in the Cold Pizza studio and Josh Elliott was the host.
The program is filmed in New York City, New York, but has sometimes gone on location.
During the show/segment, Bayless and another panelist discuss and debate ten items of significant sports news daily, with the full program ultimately divided into four segments, termed, as in American football, whence comes also the program's title, downs. Viewer e-mail is often read at the beginning of each segment and incorporated into discussion.
Crawford joined ESPN as co-host of Cold Pizza in 2003 having previously served as director of sports programming at WFTS-TV in Tampa, Florida. Paige, having frequently been a panelist on ESPN's Around the Horn whilst on the staff of the Denver Post, for which he had worked for more than thirty years, left the Post in 2004 to become a full-time employee of ESPN; however, he left the show on November 28, 2006 to return to the Post. Bayless, formerly a columnist for the Dallas Morning News, Miami Herald, and San Jose Mercury News, also left print journalism to join ESPN in 2004.
It is assumed that the show will use guest panelists indefinitely, eventually finding a permanent replacement for Paige, who has left New York City for Denver, Colorado.
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[edit] Guest panelists
[edit] Since Paige's departure
- Roy S. Johnson, Sports Illustrated (Nov. 29, 30 and Dec. 1, 18, 25-29, 2006; Feb. 12-16, 2007)
- Marty McNeal, Sacramento Bee (December 4-8, 2006)
- Mark Cannizzaro, New York Post (Dec. 11, 2006; Feb. 19-23 and 26, 2007)
- Jay Feely, Miami Dolphins placekicker (played for New York Giants in 2006) (Dec. 12 and 19, 2006; Jan. 29 and 30 and March 1 and 2, 2007)
- Tony Massarotti, Boston Herald (December 13-15, 2006)
- 2 Live Stews (Doug and Ryan Stewart) (Dec. 20 and 21, 2006; Feb. 1, 2007)
- Ray Buchanan, former NFL cornerback and Cold Pizza contributor (December 22, 2006)
- Patrick McEnroe, former tennis pro and TV analyst (January 1-5 and March 5-9, 2007)
- Chris Broussard, NBA beat writer for ESPN The Magazine (January 9-12, 2007)
- Rob Parker, Detroit News (January 15-19, 2007)
- Pat Forde, ESPN.com (January 22-26, 2007)
- Kordell Stewart, former NFL quarterback (January 31, 2007)
- Four guest panelists, one for each down, on February 2, 2007 (in order: Bob Glauber, Newsday; Bill Bellamy, actor and comedian; Floyd Mayweather, Jr., boxer; Lomas Brown, former NFL offensive tackle and Cold Pizza contributor)
- Greg Anthony, ESPN NBA analyst (February 5-9 and March 19-23, 2007)
- Tim Smith, New York Daily News (February 12-16, 2007)
- Damon Hack, New York Times (Feb. 27 and 28 and Mar. 26-30, 2007)
- Jemele Hill, ESPN.com (March 12-16, 2007)
NOTES: The Dec. 4, 11, 18, 25 and Jan. 1 episodes were seen only on ESPN2 as part of Cold Pizza. No show aired on Jan. 8 due to a mysterious smell, resembling a gas leak, that forced evacuation of the studio from where the show originates. Bayless did not appear from Feb. 12-16.
[edit] Before Paige's departure
[edit] Running themes
- Toward the end of the 2006 season, Bayless refused to say the name of the Philadelphia Eagles NFL team, or any of the names of their players, on the air, believing that he would jinx them.
- Bayless is known to take shots at Terrell Owens whenever possible, referring to him by the name "Terribly Overrated" or "Team Obliterator", a play on his nickname of "T.O." and his past incidents with the San Francisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles. He often refers to Minnesota Timberwolves player Kevin Garnett as "Kevin Gar-Nott" for his lack of showing up during big games and moments. In addition he refuses to call Lebron James by his nickname "King James"; insetead he calls him Prince James.
