Michael Smith Biography

Fast Facts

• Attended Loyola University in New Orleans
• Graduated from McDonogh No․ 35 Senior High School, and while playing for the school's football team, he faced off against New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning
• Began his journalism career by covering the New England Patriots for the Boston Globe
• Was involved in a reported August 2013 altercation with former "Numbers Never Lie" co-host Hugh Douglas, leading to the Douglas' dismissal by ESPN
• Best known as a sports reporter and commentator, most recently for ESPN and ESPN2's "Numbers Never Lie․"
• Has been both a guest and guest-host for ESPN Radio's "Mike and Mike in the Morning․"
• Is a senior writer for ESPN․com, and has appeared as a panelist and commentator on ESPN programs such as "Around the Horn․"
• Began co-hosting a podcast, "His & Hers," with Jemele Hill