
Joseph Schiefelbein
Senior Editor US Sports
Joseph has more than three decades of experience as a sports editor and writer. As the executive sports editor of The Advocate, he led the expansion into New Orleans and Lafayette while improving content in print and online to win multiple national APSE awards every year. He has directed coverage for Super Bowls, NFL playoffs, College World Series, NBA All-Star Games, NBA playoffs, bowl games, BCS national championship games, Final Fours and HBCU sports. He’s also been a voter for the Heisman Trophy, the AP men’s basketball poll, the Naismith Award and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

John Maxwell
Senior Editor US Sports
John is a published writer with a passion for sports and all things historical. After growing up in Essex, England, he studied classics at Reading University and later graduated in psychology. A huge fan of Tottenham and Colchester United in football, John discovered US sports a little later in life and has been a staunch supporter of all Pittsburgh teams - the Steelers, Penguins and Pirates - for the last decade.

Stephanie Samuel
Senior Editor Combat Sports
An industry veteran for almost 30 years, Stephanie has covered a variety of sports - from WWE and MMA to football, cricket, tennis and golf. She spent 10 years working with and ghost writing columns for legends like Allan Border, Boris Becker, Ossie Ardiles, Prakash Padukone, and Zafar Iqbal, to name a few. When not dissecting the latest RAW or SmackDown, she can be found baking and reading, or trying to get some much-needed sleep!

Arvind Sriram
Senior Editor US Sports
A writer and editor with close to a decade's experience, Arvind's work has been published on Sky Sports, the BBC, the Guardian and other leading websites. He has attended multiple tennis Grand Slams and provided coverage for Super Bowls and the NBA playoffs. As a lifelong fan of Arsenal and the Indianapolis Colts, he has mastered the art of managing expectations and can convince anyone that finishing fourth is a moral victory. When not armchair quarterbacking, Arvind spends his time playing blitz chess online, watching air crash documentaries and smashing controllers after his latest Weekend League defeat.

Sandeep Banerjee
Senior Editor Esports and Gaming
Sandeep has covered sports news and live events for various websites, including ESPNStar and Tokyo 2020 for the Olympic Channel. Sandeep’s passion for gaming and technology was born when he got his Little Master TV game system back in 1993, and understanding the gamer's mindset is something that he prides himself on. In his spare time, Sandeep enjoys spending time with his family, firing up his gaming rig, or checking another movie or web series off his (alarmingly long) watchlist.

Rhythm Bhatia
Senior Editor
Rhythm has over four years of editorial and editorial management experience across the pop culture and motorsports verticals. An avid follower of F1, tennis and American pop culture, they pride themselves on their ability to transform information into objective, insightful and valuable content for the everyday reader. When not tackling editorial crises, they are often found immersing themselves in books and classical dance.

Shardul Sant
Senior Editor Football
A full-time post graduate in Marketing, Shardul has 4 years experience in the publishing industry, and 10 years working for multinationals such as Standard Chartered Bank and American Express. Shardul’s love for football started more than two decades ago, watching Manchester United dominate the Premier League in the 2000s. He is also extremely fond of analytics and loves predicting match results based on statistics.