Matt Hansen

Los Angeles

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Contributor @latimes. Graduate of @StanfordJourn. Team member @journosecurity. Former web editor @afronews and researcher @pressfreedom.

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Articles

Group ride etiquette: How to be a rider everyone loves

1 week ago | cyclingmagazine.ca | Matt Hansen

Group rides are a fun and important part of cycling. They give you the chance to learn, socialize, build confidence and improve fitness. And yes — despite the fun factor, they come with unwritten rules. When speed and egos mix, trouble can arise. To be the rider everyone looks forward to seeing, it’s important to follow proper etiquette. 1. Don’t ride erraticallyFrequently swerving or changing your line without warning makes everyone around you nervous.
'Shoutout to my mom' – Moneymaker Daytona champ wins big for family

1 week ago | poker.org | Matt Hansen

Sam Sternfield mostly plays "not hold'em" — a crude term for mixed games and Omaha — but he's not saying anything bad about no-limit hold'em after winning the Moneymaker Tour Main Event at Daytona Beach Racing & Card Club for $80,855. It's a big win at an important time and one he can share with his family in more ways than one.
The 2027 road worlds announced: An absolutely brutal course

1 week ago | cyclingmagazine.ca | Matt Hansen

The 2027 UCI road world championships in Haute-Savoie, France, are going to be very, very tough. The international governing body announced the route for the event, and it’s a doozie. The elite men’s road race will feature 20 laps of a 13.5-kilometre local circuit around Sallanches. Each lap includes the brutally steep Côte de Domancy. That climb might “only” be 2.5 km long, but with an average gradient of 9.4 per cent, it’s going to wear riders down fast.
When Binion's met ESPN: Letters from the 1987 WSOP

1 week ago | poker.org | Matt Hansen

In 1987, after several patchwork years of documentary shows on the CBS Sports Spectacular and syndicated television, Henri Bollinger contacted ESPN about airing a one-hour WSOP Main Event special on the up-and-coming cable sports network. “We’d like to explore the possibility of airing a one-hour or half-hour program on ESPN showing coverage of the climactic game of the 1987 World Series of Poker,” Bollinger wrote to David Ogrean, Program Manager at ESPN on February 24 of that year.
Beat the clock: Cheap Vegas tricks for your WSOP dinner break

1 week ago | poker.org | Matt Hansen

The dinner break at the World Series of Poker is a practice of patience and efficiency — a cruel dance against time and crowds to find food, eat it, and return before the next level starts. Thankfully for some, the WSOP has moved to the Las Vegas Strip where you can swing a PokerGO giveaway t-shirt and hit a world-class restaurant.
The Showdown: Frankie fights, Kabrhel delights

1 week ago | poker.org | Matt Hansen

It's Friday and the giant storybook has closed on another week in the poker world — but not before we throw it into reverse one more time for a look at the week that was on PokerOrg's The Showdown. Sarah Herring is here every week with the latest hot goss from around the poker world — all in about as much time as it takes to microwave a thawed burrito. Walk safely to the Play Button above to get into it right now. It's the minute-plus of the rest of your life. Grace for Frankie?
Maggie Coles-Lyster in the mix at Scheldeprijs

2 weeks ago | cyclingmagazine.ca | Matt Hansen

Elisa Balsamo triumphed in the Scheldeprijs on Wednesday, taking a victory in a sprint finish that saw her just edge out Charlotte Kool. Chiara Consonni came in third, and Maple Ridge, B.C.’s Maggie Coles-Lyster came in 11th. The race, a 130.3-kilometer Belgian classic, featured a northern loop toward the Netherlands before concluding with three laps on a local circuit in Schoten. The course included cobbled sections, including the Broekstraat.
Ontario government to backtrack on bike lane removal?

2 weeks ago | cyclingmagazine.ca | Matt Hansen

In a time when there’s plenty of bad news, cyclists might finally have something to celebrate. The Ontario government appears to be backing away from plans to remove bike lanes from major arterial roads in Toronto following discussions with the city. For months, the Ford government has pushed to eliminate lanes on Bloor, Yonge, and University.
Cherish Andrews leads poker couple to over $700K after four-way chop

2 weeks ago | poker.org | Matt Hansen

They say relationships are about compromise and $25K High Roller final tables are no exception after Cherish Andrews picked up the win on Tuesday in a four-way deal that included her partner Brock Wilson. The win in the $25K Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown High Roller netted the 2024 GPI Female Player of the Year over $408K and a second Seminole trophy. Andrews scored the biggest chunk of the prize pool after entering four-handed play with the largest stack.
When nature snap-calls: How to beat WSOP bathroom breaks

2 weeks ago | poker.org | Matt Hansen

Break time at the World Series of Poker can be stressful — especially when you have to go to the bathroom — and it never helps that the halls are filled with thousands of other people trying to do the same thing. We've learned a few things about taking care of business on break in what is now the fourth year of the WSOP at Horseshoe and Paris and a primer might be helpful for those who will be jumping into the fray on the Las Vegas Strip this summer.