He hosted an interview show titled SportsCenter Presents: Marty Smith’s America.

[4] Smith started his career with The Roanoke Times covering high school sports and the New River Valley Speedway, while still attending college.

As a senior, he was assigned by The Washington Post to be the beat writer for Virginia Tech football.

In 2015 the podcast was promoted to a regular weekend time slot on ESPN Radio and in 2018 a TV version of the show began on the SEC Network.

Smith covered Euro 2016 for ESPN including flying out to Iceland.