Eric Smith (sportscaster)
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| Team(s) | Toronto Raptors |
| Official site(s) | www.nba.com/raptors |
| Genre(s) | color commentary |
| Sports | Basketball |
Eric Smith (born 1970s) is a Canadian sportscaster on Fan 590 in Toronto. He is the colour analyst for Toronto Raptors radio broadcasts as well as a full time sports talk radio host of his own show.
Smith works alongside play-by-play announcer, Paul Jones.
Smith also serves as the host of the pre-game, half-time, and post-game shows on the Raptors radio broadcasts and he fills the role of Raptors beat reporter for the Fan 590 as well.
In addition to those duties, Smith hosts a weekly basketball show on the Fan 590, Hoops, which used to be simulcast on Raptors NBA TV.
Smith and Jones appeared together on another show on Raptors NBA TV, Double Dribble from 2004–2009
Smith has been working at the Fan 590 and covering the Raptors in some capacity for more than 10 years. He used to work for Global TV sports as well, as their Raptors/NBA analyst. He can now be seen regularly throughout Toronto and Canada on various programs and networks like The Grill Room (SUN TV), Off The Record (TSN), and CBC Newsworld.
Smith has a regular blog on the Fan 590's website and he also blogs 3–4 days per week for the Toronto Raptors website.
[edit] References
- "Personalities - Eric Smith". CJCL (AM)/Fan 590. Archived from the original on 2008-01-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20080110081215/http://www.fan590.com/station_info/jock_bios.jsp. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
- "Hockey is still our game, but another sport is making a full-court press". Toronto Star. 2007-04-22. http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/205882. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
[edit] External links
- "The Eric Smith Show" page on FAN 590.com
- Eric Smith's blog on Fan 590
- Eric Smith's blog on the Toronto Raptors website
- Eric Smith on Twitter
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