Substacks recommended by Tim Edwards

Recommended by Tim Edwards

ZANE SIMON

By Zane Simon

Combat sports news, editorials and more from longtime sports reporter Zane Simon.

Blaine Henry’s The Fight Library

Combat Sports Analysis

The MMA Draw Newsletter

By Nate Wilcox

The game behind the fights

My home. Where we cover MMA and combat sports like no one else dares.

- Tim Edwards

BASKETBALL FEELINGS

By Katie Heindl

Reconciling life with basketball. Ft. long-form essays examining the sport's off-court intersections, guest writers, and a podcast.

Katie Heindl is my favourite voice in basketball writing. They manage to entwine the specific and universal in a manner that never fails to hit me in the feelings.

- Tim Edwards

Sports Politika

By Karim Zidan

Unfiltered news, investigative reporting, and unique perspectives at the intersection of sports, power and politics.

No one covers the intersection of sports and politics like Karim Zidan. You've read his work on combat sports for years, via Bloody Elbow, The Guardian and The New York Times, but now he's unleashed and casting his expert eye of sports far beyond the ring and cage.

- Tim Edwards

Hey Not The Face!

By John S. Nash

A newsletter and podcast covering the business of face-punching!

Sumo Kaboom

About all things sumo.

Dan Tom MMA

Pre and post-fight MMA content in the form of picks, plays and technical analysis. Longtime MMA analyst and host of The Protect Ya' Neck Podcast.

Thrill Shot

By Scott

on going for it

MMA Vivisection & 6th Round

By Zane Simon

The one and only home of the MMA Vivisection, 6th Round post-fight show, and MMA Depressed-us podcasts, hosted by Zane Simon w/ Connor Ruebusch, Eddie Mercado and special guest Phil Mackenzie

Oliver Bateman Does the Work

By Oliver Lee Bateman

A hub for the work of the Internet's "King of Content" covering culture, politics, labor, and athletics with a perspective informed by decades of work in marketing, sales, and the rotted-out carcass of academia.

Look What You Made Me Do

By Eugene S. Robinson

From the frontlines to the backline: All Eugene S. Robinson, All the time

The Fighting Life

By Ben Fowlkes

More or less weekly musings about whatever, man. Sometimes dovetailing with my long sports writing career focused on the world of professional fighting. Mostly other stuff, though.

Sumo Stats

By Mary Pat Campbell

Sumo Statistics by Meep, aka Mary Pat Campbell, an American actuary who is doing her own brand of sumo analysis. I love the joy of sumo, so Ura is my favorite rikishi. Hakkeyoi!

Ozeki Analytics

A data driven sumo site

Time Limit

By Jack Wannan

Time Limit is a pro wrestling column that focuses on NJPW, TJPW, and whatever else catches my attention.

Like NJPW? Jack's your man for intelligent and thought-provoking coverage of Japanese pro wrestling scene.

- Tim Edwards

Level Change Podcast

By Stephie Haynes

Combat sports commentary with a twist of sarcasm and a spritz of snark. Hosted by Stephie Haynes and Victor Rodriguez.

Fantasy Basho

Fantasy Basho is your new favorite fantasy game and the best way to get into sumo. Powered by Fantasizr. Fantasizr.com/Fantasy-Basho-Natsu-2026

Hybrid Shoot

By Jonathan Snowden

Opinion, history and commentary from a veteran of the media trenches. Boxing. MMA. Pro Wrestling. Miscellany.

Latest MMA News

My thoughts on the latest MMA news and a bunch of things that interest me... and maybe some random thoughts

Babyface v. Heel

By David Bixenspan

David Bixenspan's newsletter about pro wrestling, including original reporting, story roundups, and a new weekly podcast centering on a historic pro wrestling story in the law and crime realm.

Three Nine Press

By Tim Zee

TTRPG development log, updates and (perhaps) finished games.

The Soap Box Score

By mookiealexander

Mookie Alexander's Substack page. Don't worry, this isn't paywalled, but it is a place where I'll write stuff that otherwise wouldn't make it to SBNation.com or Field Gulls.