Michael Smith

ESPN.com Senior Writer / E:60 Correspondent

Michael Smith joined ESPN in July 2004 as a National Football League senior writer for ESPN.com, covering league news and major events such as the NFL Draft, NFL Playoffs and the Super Bowl. He is also a correspondent for E:60, ESPN’s first multi-themed prime-time newsmagazine program, which debuts Tuesday, Oct. 16.

Smith regularly appears on ESPN studio programs as an NFL reporter and insider, including SportsCenter and NFL Live. He is also a panelist on Around the Horn and periodically serves as co-host on Pardon the Interruption and ESPN Radio’s Mike and Mike in the Morning.

Prior to joining ESPN on a full-time basis, Smith was a reporter for the Boston Globe (2001-2004) where he served as the paper’s NFL and New England Patriots beat writer. He covered the Patriots in their first two of three Super Bowl victories – 2002 (XXXVI) and 2004 (XXXVIII).

Smith began his journalism career while a student at Loyola University in New Orleans serving as a sports reporter and copy editor for the New Orleans Times-Picayune. He received a bachelor of science degree in mass communication in 2001.

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