George Smith is the main evening anchor at ABC in Madison, WI and was a national correspondent for ESPN for 10 years. We talk about his role in ESPN's team coverage of the Kobe Bryant rape case and his subsequent interviews with Bryant, his experience at the 2008 Olympics with Team USA Basketball, and how ESPN had already started to lean into an "embrace debate" culture by the time he left.

George Smith is the main evening anchor at ABC in Madison, WI and was a national correspondent for ESPN for 10 years. We talk about his role in ESPN's team coverage of the Kobe Bryant rape case and his subsequent interviews with Bryant, his experience at the 2008 Olympics with Team USA Basketball, and how ESPN had already started to lean into an "embrace debate" culture by the time he left.

George Smith is the main evening anchor at ABC in Madison, WI and was a national correspondent for ESPN for 10 years. We talk about his role in ESPN's team coverage of the Kobe Bryant rape case and his subsequent interviews with Bryant, his experience at the 2008 Olympics with Team USA Basketball, and how ESPN had already started to lean into an "embrace debate" culture by the time he left.

George Smith | ABC Madison Anchor and Former ESPN Correspondent

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George Smith | ABC Madison Anchor and Former ESPN Correspondent

George Smith | ABC Madison Anchor and Former ESPN Correspondent