Substacks recommended by Michael Hendricks

Recommended by Michael Hendricks

Read Rodge

By Rodger Sherman

Rodger Sherman tells you what's weird about the sports you love and what to love about weird sports.

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

PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT

By Pablo Torre

Subscribe, free, to find out what it is.

Neil’s Substack

By Neil Paine

Analytical but narrative -- blending the past and future of sportswriting

Neil's one of the best doing it -- prolific coverage of so many angles to so many sports, and he keeps it all fun.

- Michael Hendricks

SubMakk

By Rebecca Makkai

Rebecca Makkai's Substack: mostly writing and books! but also Zillow, true crime, etymology, food, general inanity

🏀 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

Huddle Up

By Joe Pompliano

The business and money behind sports.

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

🚨 JoeBlogs has moved! We’re no longer publishing here — come join us at joeposnanski.com for all the latest posts, some joy, and the friendliest community on the internet.