GEORGE ADDO JNR and GARY AL-SMITH Commentary Combo |Full Story|

For any pair of boots to fit snugly and make the wearer feel great, both feet must fill them well. And that’s exactly what JoyNews have got in George Addo Jr and Gary Al-Smith.

When it comes to finding exciting journalistic duos, it’s a delicate thing, because such combos rely heavily on chemistry, which is not easy to achieve. Indeed, such alliances are even rarer among sports journalists, mainly because the art is so personality driven – and examples abound of hard it is to match two strong egos to operate as a successful tag team.

But there have been some good ones in the past.

Who could forget the Martin Tyler – Andy Gray combination that delighted global football audiences for years? Or, before them, Ian St John and Jimmy Greaves between the 1970s until the early 1990s on British television and radio? Ghanaian sports journalism history has struggled to find such natural combinations, but two readily spring to mind: Kwabena Agyapong (who was an excellent sports journalist before becoming a politician) and Paapa Painstil of the late 1980s GBC days; and the exciting Kofi Asare Brako – Charles Osei Asibey duo of Peace FM’s Power Sports.

For the last four to five years, the local media scene has seen the rise of another dynamic duo again, in Gary and George. The Showbiz has previously – in 2016 and 2018 – profiled George Addo Jnr as Ghana’s best English commentator, while the African Union of Broadcasters has also described him as “a future household name across the continent” after his superb work at the last African Cup.

Al-Smith is well-read and well-travelled, and his inferences to everything from current affairs, history, geopolitics, literature and the sciences provide JoyNews and Joy FM audiences with insightful background. Their synergy keeps the audience guessing.”

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