Alex Kirshner

Los Angeles

Writer, Editor and Digital Specialist at Freelance

Co-Host at Split Zone Duo

Co-Host at Split Zone Duo Podcast

CFB podcasts @SplitZoneDuo. Contributing writer @Slate. Freelancing all over

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Articles

University of Michigan’s president tried to appease Trump. The outcome was a disaster.

2 days ago | slate.com | Alex Kirshner

School By Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Santa Ono’s career blew up on Tuesday, and so did the illusion that the presidents of the most powerful universities in the country can preserve themselves by pandering to Donald Trump. Ono was president of the University of Michigan from 2022 until last month, when he resigned to pursue the same job at the University of Florida.
CFB Lunch Break: Off, Wisconsin?

3 days ago | splitzoneduo.com | Alex Kirshner |Richard Johnson

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Which FBS Running Back Will Do the Best Impression of Ashton Jeanty in 2025?

3 days ago | theanalyst.com | Alex Kirshner

It feels nearlyimpossible for someone to match the exploits of former Boise Staterunning back Ashton Jeanty. But the FBS has someplayers who will give it a run this season – literally – whiletrying to shift the national picture in a way that’s notanticipated. Who will be the next Ashton Jeanty in the 2025 college footballseason? The short answer is easy: Nobody will.
Thunder, Pacers, Panthers, Oilers in our NBA, NHL Finals preview.

4 days ago | slate.com | Ben Lindbergh |Alex Kirshner |Lindsay Gibbs

How the championship series for both the NBA and NHL have taken shape. Choose your preferred player: For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks! Check your phone for a link to finish setting up your feed. Please enter a valid phone number.
Come see us live in Raleigh on August 23

1 week ago | splitzoneduo.com | Alex Kirshner

Hello! We hope you have gotten everything you wanted out of this holiday week. In case you’ve missed it, make sure you check out our subscriber show, a retrospective on the 2010 coach carousel with Godfrey, Richard, and Alex. We’ll be back in our normal cadence of episode releases next week. The three of us go on the road about once a year, and this season, our live show will be August 23 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Anatomy of a Coaching Carousel: 2010

1 week ago | splitzoneduo.com | Steven Godfrey |Richard Johnson |Alex Kirshner

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -37:08Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Godfrey, Richard, and Alex present the second episode in our “Anatomy of a Coaching Carousel” series. This show covers the new college football head coaches for the 2010 season.
Elon’s Twitter Purchase Turned Out to Be a Great Investment—but Not for the Reasons You Think

1 week ago | slate.com | Alex Kirshner

The Industry By Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Through a stroke of good fortune, Elon Musk’s otherwise disastrous purchase of Twitter has turned into one of the great business acquisitions of all time. Buying control of a president was a start. What if the deal bought him something even more valuable? Musk’s purchase of Twitter, which closed in the fall of 2022, has undergone an odyssey.
Caitlin Clark Mania Reaches New Heights as WNBA Season Tips Off.

1 week ago | slate.com | Ben Lindbergh |Alex Kirshner |Lindsay Gibbs

The hype around Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever hasn’t broken, but are they truly contenders? Choose your preferred player: For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks! Check your phone for a link to finish setting up your feed. Please enter a valid phone number.
French Open's post-Nadal era begins, plus NBA playoffs drama ramps back up

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Sam Settleman |Alex Kirshner

| This is The Pulse Newsletter 📣 The Athletic's daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! If you're up in time for F1 this morning (9 a.m. ET), enjoy having high-stakes sports on TV for the vast majority of the day. Slam Season: A new chapter in French Open historyFor the better part of the last two decades, you could count on one guarantee in the world of professional sports: Rafael Nadal ruling Roland Garros.
Premier League's biggest finale 'since forever,' plus Knicks on the brink

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Sam Settleman |Alex Kirshner

| This is The Pulse Newsletter 📣 The Athletic's daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Qualify for something special this weekend. Champions: Soccer's $200 million SundayThe Premier League title race has been over for a month, thanks to Liverpool's dominant season. But this final weekend is still one of the most suspenseful the league has ever had.