is a sports media outsider turned insider turned Substacker.
This is a fun one. We talk:
His journey from Salon to ESPN to the Athletic to Substack.
Why criticism capture is more dangerous than audience capture
Why he picked a battle over his coverage of the Cavindar twins
Prediction markets vs sports betting and Ethan’s philosophy of “how-did-that-work-out?-ism”
Ethan Strauss: "Don't apologize"