Welcome to Poor Sportsmanship. Lower your expectations.

Sports deserve serious attention. The people writing about them could stand to take themselves a little less seriously.

That’s the idea behind Poor Sportsmanship, a home for bad takes and worse manners. We’re here for the games, the decisions, and the arguments that don’t end when the broadcast does.

What you’ll find here

The games, the grudges, and predictions we’ll eventually have to explain. The Lineup brings together our stories as we publish them.

Then there’s Below the Belt, our weekly signature show. Sports arguments that should’ve stayed in the group chat. We take on the sports arguments worth having, bring receipts, and answer for our own bad takes.

Our editorial policy is simple: know ball, write well, and don’t sound like a press release. We take the sports seriously. Ourselves, considerably less so.

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