I’m Alex Kirshner, a freelance writer based in Los Angeles. I have written a lot about sports, and frequently about non-sports, at a lot of different places: Slate, The Atlantic, GQ, The Guardian, FiveThirtyEight, Men’s Journal, The Ringer, VICE, Baseball Prospectus, and more. Before starting my freelance career, I spent about seven years in various roles at Vox Media and SB Nation. I co-host Split Zone Duo, a podcast about college football and the many forces that shape its weird, sprawling, American landscape. Subscribe wherever you get podcasts, and find bonus shows on Substack. Below are a few samples from my freelance writing portfolio:

Writing and Reporting

• The Death of Tupperware, Slate, September 23, 2024
• Caitlin Clark Is Just The Beginning, The Atlantic, March 19, 2024
• “If You’re Cynical About That, You’re Watching the Wrong Show”: How Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit Forged the Sweetest Bromance in Sports, GQ, 28 December, 2023
• How Michigan Became the University of Jim Harbaugh, The Ringer, 21 November, 2023
• How Offshore Oddsmakers Made a Killing off Gullible Trump Supporters, Slate, December 17, 2020
• Which Home Runs Violated Baseball’s Unwritten Rules The Most?, FiveThirtyEight, June 14, 2021
• West Virginia vs. Pitt 2007: ‘We Blew It Against the S****est F***ing Team in the F***ing World’, SB Nation, July 27, 2017

Media Appearances

• Hang Up and Listen, Slate, recurring
• The Paul Finebaum Show, ESPN, February 9, 2024
• The Right Time With Bomani Jones, ESPN, February 3, 2021
• 1A, National Public Radio, January 27, 2021
• Fox 5 New York, January 27, 2021

Recording Split Zone Duo LIVE in Houston on January 6, 2024, with Steven Godfrey and Richard Johnson.