Mike Sando - Senior NFL Writer, The Athletic

Mike Sando is a senior NFL writer at The Athletic, and he’s one of the most open-minded and analytically-minded national NFL writers, as well as a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s election committee. In this episode, we talk about…

- The Divisional Round and conference championship games
- Mike’s career path from Whitworth to ESPN to The Athletic
- How football data has changed over the past two decades
- How he uses stats and analytics in his writing
- Advice for aspiring journalists about media, analytics & other skills
- How teams’ use of data has evolved & what they can/will do with NGS data
- How numbers are used in the Hall of Fame election process
- His favorite Super Bowl experience

Show links
- Follow Mike on Twitter: @SandoNFL
- Mike’s writing at The Athletic
- Mike’s Divisional Round recap & title game preview
- Whitworth alumni profile

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