Marty Smith
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Dad and husband. Be kind, work hard. The rest takes care of itself.
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My interview with Lane Kiffin prior to his departure from Oxford to Baton Rouge. •Why he chose LSU over Ole Miss •Why he wasn’t in Sunday’s Ole Miss team meeting •His response to not coaching Ole Miss in the playoff •Why this took so long •Peter Carroll’s important msg
Marty Smith2,988,100 次观看 • 9 个月前
“It’s okay to not be okay.” Watch as Gary Woodland details for me the post brain surgery PTSD that, some days, leaves him “face-down in bed crying that I don’t want to fight this anymore,” exhausted from “fighting the struggle of my brain shutting down, fighting the struggle of being hyper-vigilant, thinking people are trying to kill me.” In 2026, Woodland is possibly the best story in sports. His brutal honesty and transparency about the minute-by-minute fight against PTSD has helped countless people not feel alone in the struggle. Absolute warrior.
Marty Smith82,858 次观看 • 12 天前
NASCAR moves at 200 mph. But when someone is hurting, it stops to comfort. The NASCAR Family -- and it is indeed a family -- wrapped it arms around the Busch family, who Sunday sought comfort from grief at the place Kyle captivated us all. The racetrack. For SportsCenter, an essay on a 200 mph remembrance.
Marty Smith331,385 次观看 • 3 个月前
The pregame ceremony at the Sugar Bowl was beautiful. Roman -- a New Orleans icon -- and I were quite moved. The moment of silence for those lost and hurting. The National Anthem. The cheers for our nation. You pray for the right words to convey the emotion. We did our best.
Marty Smith973,518 次观看 • 1 年前
At the height of his opioid addiction, Scott Cochran told me he was snorting 50 pills a day. OxyContin and then fentanyl. As a strength coach at LSU and Bama, and then ST Coordinator at Georgia, Cochran won 8 total National Championships. He was elite and respected in the bright lights of big time college football. But in the shadows of solitude, he felt like a fraud. Now Scott Cochran tells us he’s nearly 19 months clean and back in the game — as a head coach for the first time — with a message: Recovery is real.
Marty Smith493,848 次观看 • 1 年前
I went to Oxford to sit down with Ole Miss Football quarterback Trinidad Chambliss. Rise to prominence. His coach leaving. Beating the Dawgs in the Sugar Bowl. Fighting the NCAA. Hell of a year. In describing the emotion of the legal back-and-forth towards his sixth-year of eligibility, he said: "It was like a slow death. Super long. A weight was lifted when it was finally cleared." Our piece:
Marty Smith166,152 次观看 • 4 个月前
On draft night, the cufflinks on Jack Bech’s shirt sleeves were engraved with his older brother’s fingerprints. Fitting. Because Tiger Bech’s fingerprints are all over his little brother’s football journey to the NFL. Jack Bech Las Vegas Raiders TCU Football NFL #SCFeatured
Marty Smith498,389 次观看 • 1 年前
Want to be inspired? Watch this piece. Michigan Football running back Blake Corum grew up on a farm in Nowhere, VA, with impossible dreams and indomitable will, forged on the land. Now he’s an All-American, and a pillar in the community. He exemplifies everything good about sports. I am better for knowing him. 2-Up 2-Down, young buck. For the V-A.
Marty Smith686,738 次观看 • 2 年前
