Substacks recommended by Michael Hendricks

Recommended by Michael Hendricks

Game Theory

By Alex Varghese

A bi-weekly deep dive into the wide world of sports.

Strong research and compelling voice meet for the kind of longreads you never regret spending the time on.

- Michael Hendricks

🏀 5x5 | Royce Webb

Fresh angles and insights in search of greater truths about basketball and a better version of the game — from Royce Webb, former ESPN NBA editor

Plot the Ball

By Ben Wylie

Using data to tell better stories about sport

Story Club with George Saunders

A place to explore the way the short story works.

My favorite writer doing his thing, characteristically warm throughout. Need I say more?

- Michael Hendricks

Substack Sports

By Austin Tedesco

A community for Substack's sports writers, podcasters, video creators and fans.

Impersonal Foul

By Madeline Hill

If Bravo and ESPN had a baby.

Huddle Up

By Joe Pompliano

A newsletter breaking down the business and money behind sports. Join 120,000+ subscribers.

The business of sports is much of what we do here too, but Huddle Up is able to cover so much more of it than we are, and they do a fantastic job of it at that.

- Michael Hendricks

JoeBlogs

By Joe Posnanski

Essays that brighten up your day from “Contemporary sports writing’s biggest star.”