The former NFL player said Thursday that he will "step aside temporarily" from his duties at ESPN.

Shannon Sharpe was absent from ESPN's First Take for the second day in a row after the NFL Hall of Famer was sued for sexual assault.

Embattled ESPN personality and former NFL great Shannon Sharpe was accused of choking a female production assistant while he was a co-host on FS1’s “Undisputed,” according to Front Office...