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Guidelines for Authors

We are always glad to hear from writers who know their sport. These guidelines explain what we look for, how a piece gets from draft to published, and what we expect from everyone who writes for us.

Becoming an author

Author accounts are by invitation. To apply, send us a message with the sports you want to cover, a sentence or two about your background, and a link to something you have written. Published work helps, but a good sample matters more than a long résumé.

Writing for this site is unpaid. In return, you get a public author page with your name and bio, and a readership that cares about the details.

What we publish

Every article belongs to one sport (hockey, football, basketball or baseball) and one section:

  • Analysis: games, trades and trends, backed by evidence.
  • Fantasy: rankings, sleepers and lineup advice that readers can act on.
  • Prospects: players in the minors, juniors and college ranks.
  • Injuries: who is hurt, for how long, and what it means.

We prefer a clear argument to a recap. Readers can get the score anywhere, so tell them something they did not already know, and why it matters.

Standards

  • Write your own work. Submissions must be original and not published elsewhere. Do not submit text produced by an AI tool as your own writing.
  • Get the facts right. Check names, numbers and dates. Credit other outlets when you rely on their reporting, and link to the source where you can.
  • Be careful with injuries. Report what is confirmed, and label speculation clearly. Do not speculate about a player's private medical details.
  • Disclose conflicts of interest. Tell your editor about any connection to a team, player, agent, or sportsbook or fantasy operator that you write about.
  • No betting tips or paid promotion. We do not publish sponsored content disguised as editorial, or articles that promote a sportsbook or tipping service.
  • Be fair. Criticize decisions and performances as hard as they deserve, but not people's character or families.

Preparing your article

  • Headline: specific and accurate. It should promise only what the piece delivers.
  • Excerpt: a summary of up to 500 characters. It is what everyone sees before a paywall, and what appears in search results.
  • Tags: tag each player and team the article is really about, so that it appears on their pages.
  • Image: upload only images you have the right to use, up to 5 MB, with a short description for readers who cannot see it.
  • Video or podcast: add a secure (https) link if the piece has one.

From draft to published

  1. Write and save your article as a draft for as long as you need.
  2. Submit it for review when it is ready. An editor will read it and may make small corrections.
  3. You will get an email either when it is published or scheduled, or when the editor asks for changes, with notes on what to fix.
  4. Make the changes and submit it again.

Editors have the final say on what is published and when, and on which articles are free to read or for members only. Submitting an article does not guarantee that it will run.

Your rights

You keep the copyright in your work. By submitting an article, you give us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to publish, edit, promote and keep it on the site. See our terms of use for details.

After publication

Stay with your piece for a day or two if you can: readers often have questions in the comments. If you or a reader finds an error, tell your editor so that it can be corrected.