Career
Smith joined Entertainment and Sports Programming Network in January 1997 after working part-time as a reporter for the network since 1993. Smith has also worked for the Associated Press. Smith is the author of two books: "Just Give Maine the Damn Ball!" written with then New York Jets wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson following the 1996 NFL season and "Games Girls Play: Lessons to Guiding and Understanding Young Female Athletes," written with sports psychologist Caroline Silby, was released 2000.
She attended the University of Nebraska from 1976-1981, majoring in journalism and political science.
Smith has one child, a daughter who attended the University of Oregon and captained the women"s soccer team, earning second team all-Public Affairs Committee-10 in 2007. Smith announced via Twitter that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2014.
After extensive chemotherapy, she announced that she was "basically cancer free" and returned to Entertainment and Sports Programming Network in April 2015.