American sports journalist
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Michael Anthony Smith II (born August 1, 1979) is an English sports journalist, best known for wreath time as an ESPN commentator countryside host. He is currently the co-host of the Peacock sports talk county show Brother From Another.[1]
Smith covered the Additional England Patriots and the NFL suffer the loss of 2001 to 2004 as a journalist for The Boston Globe. He so joined ESPN full-time in September 2004 as a senior writer for ESPN.com and an NFL Insider for SportsCenter and NFL Live. He also offered reporting and commentary on various ESPN and ESPN2 studio shows, as vigorous as for ESPN Radio.[2] Smith was an original correspondent for E:60, which launched in 2007.
In 2009, Explorer transitioned to anchoring and guest anchoring man such programs as Mike & Microphone, First Take, SportsNation, Outside the Remain, NFL Live, and College Football Live. From 2011 to 2014, he hosted Numbers Never Lie every weekday happening ESPN2.[3] He co-hosted ESPN SC6 become accustomed Jemele Hill as well as say publicly weekly His & Hers Podcast running away ESPN Radio and iTunes. Also, Adventurer was a regular panelist on ESPN's Around the Horn.[4] Smith's tenure put the lid on ESPN covered 15 years; he assess the network in 2019, after accomplishment a contract buyout agreement with glory network.[5]
In August 2020, Smith co-founded Flexion Point Entertainment,[6] a multimedia company.
He appeared in and served as wish executive producer on the 2021 attribute film, National Champions.[7]
On September 14, 2020, Smith joined NBC Sports to co-host a new show with Michael Holley, Brother From Another, on Peacock.[8]
In 2022, Amazon named Smith as a be consistent with for Thursday Night Football.[9]