Curt Smith (author)
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Curt Smith | |
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Caledonia, New York | |
Occupation | Author, radio and television host |
Alma mater | State University of New York at Geneseo |
Subject | Baseball |
Notable works | Voices of the Game |
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Curt Smith (born March 20, 1951, in
Biography
Smith is a 1973 graduate of
Currently Smith hosts the weekly Perspectives series on Rochester, New York's NPR affiliate WXXI. The show deals with politics, pop culture, sports, and other topics. Smith also hosts the twice-weekly Talking Point show on Rochester's CBS affiliate WROC, where he spars with co-hosts on political and other issues.
Smith is the author of eleven books: Voices of Summer, What Baseball Means to Me, Voices of The Game, Storied Stadiums, Windows on the White House, Our House, Of Mikes and Men, Long Time Gone, A Fine Sense of the Ridiculous, America's Dizzy Dean and The Storytellers. Perhaps his best known book is Voices of The Game, which recounts the history of baseball broadcasting from KDKA's first Pittsburgh Pirates broadcast in 1921 to today's enormous media coverage of the game. A three-part documentary was also made based on the book and has aired on ESPN.[1][2] His writing style has been highly praised by pundits like Bob Costas, but he has also been criticized for overly florid and sometimes tangled prose.
Smith lives in Rochester with his wife Sarah and their two children. He writes columns for the Messenger-Post newspapers in upstate