
Marty Smith
@MartySmithESPN • 350,413 subscribers
Dad and husband. Be kind, work hard. The rest takes care of itself.
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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 Smith326,349 views • 10 days ago

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 Smith2,986,361 views • 6 months ago

Immediately after USA Hockey won gold, they used the platform to honor Johnny Gaudreau. A beautiful tribute to a fallen brother. His kind spirit is always with them. They carry him every day. Our ESPN piece on the life and legacy of Johnny Hockey, from one year ago.
Marty Smith636,304 views • 3 months ago

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 Smith164,841 views • 1 month ago

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 Smith973,493 views • 1 year ago

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 Smith493,684 views • 9 months ago
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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 Smith498,254 views • 1 year ago

Impossible to believe then. Impossible to believe now. 25 years have passed. After all that time, still impossible to define Dale Earnhardt — a common man who did uncommon things holding a steering wheel, and whose everyman appeal inspired us all. SportsCenter essay. #3Forever
Marty Smith121,461 views • 3 months ago

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 Smith686,692 views • 2 years ago
