Michael Smith

@Ourand_Puck I’m just glad you got a haircut.

This was a first for me. I spent the morning on Capitol Hill testifying on sports media rights.

One of the most brilliant sunsets I’ve ever seen in Waxhaw NC.

John and I started at SBJ the same week in June2006. Ever since, we’ve been best of friends, working together on stories, setting new records for double bylines and breaking a lot of news. He’s as good as they come, both as a friend and reporter. All the best on his new venture.

In tonight's SBJ College, I share that I'm stepping away from the college beat to focus on my health beginning next month. I was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2014. Couldn't ask for more support from SBJ's marvelous leadership. sportsbusinessjournal.com/SB-Blogs/Newsl…

Revenue sharing is almost certainly coming to college sports, but what the model actually looks like is anyone's guess. A deep dive on rev-sharing and the reckoning coming for the entire enterprise sooner than later sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2023/…

Fergie!! Those were some good years at App.

SBJ: How Mack Brown, epic financial backing have UNC football on the upswing;

RevelXP is expected to name Wes Day as its new CEO, @SBJ has learned. Day previously worked as the CEO of Dyehard Fan Supply and president of Teall Sports & Entertainment. sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2023/…

𝐀 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐧𝐞 🏈 First 2-time Walter Payton Award winner 🏈 First D1 player with 10,000 passing yds & 4,000 rushing yds 🏈 Only 4-time All-American in program history 🏈 2-time FCS national champion 🏈 Beat Michigan #GoApp

𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 14. 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑. We are excited to announce that Armanti Edwards' No. 14 will be retired at the Nov. 25 game vs. Georgia Southern! 📰 goapp.st/3OH21zy #GoApp

The Big Get this week: Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark. @AndrewMarchand and I taped the interview today. It will post Wednesday morning. It's a good one. Subscribe to the Marchand & Ourand Sports Media Podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

@bportnoy15 @SBJ Yessir, let's go! ... SBJ just got a lot better. Welcome, Ben.

~Some personal news~ This is my final week at The State. Next week, I’m joining Sports Business Journal (@SBJ) as its new college sports reporter. Taking on a national role is a lifelong dream, but I want to use this time to thank everyone who’s made Columbia feel like home

#AppNation, join us in welcoming Colson Smith to the Mountaineer family! #GoApp

ACC @theACC brings on @Wasserman and its creative agency Laundry Service @247LS for strategic branding. sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Closing-…

@McLean26 Congrats Damion, good playing.

77 - 1st time breaking 80!

BREAKING: Allegacy Federal Credit Union acquired the naming rights to Wake Forest's football stadium 🏈 The school called the deal the largest corporate partnership in Wake Forest’s history, but did not reveal the terms. Read more from @SmittySBJ ⬇️

More Wake Forest @WakeFB news: Allegacy Federal Credit Union buys naming rights to football stadium. Deacons will play in Allegacy Stadium beginning this season. WF calls it the largest corporate partnership in school history.

Pete Bevacqua is leaving NBC Sports to become Notre Dame's Athletic Director. Longtime AD Jack Swarbrick will participate in a lengthy transition period that runs until next year. Story coming on @SBJ.

@Ourand_SBJ @DanGaleJr @_EdScott I can be there in 8 hours from Charlotte!!

@DanGaleJr @_EdScott I had a friend who turned me onto it a couple of months ago, and I've been dying to get back there.

One of the two best crabcakes I’ve had in my life.