About

Alexis Farinacci

Alexis is FanSided’s Site Expert for Bolts By the Bay covering the Tampa Bay Lightning, along with a contributor for FanSided’s Hail Florida Hail covering the Florida Gators. She also writes for Metsmerised Online covering the New York Mets. Alexis has previously worked for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Tampa Bay Tarpons (New York Yankees spring training) and Fort Myers Miracle (Minnesota Twins spring training). Having previously lived and worked in Tampa, FL., Alexis has attended numerous Tampa Bay Lightning games in person and has collaborated on promotions with their front office staff during her time with the Tampa Tarpons. She has been in the sports industry since 2017 and has been writing professionally since 2020. When she’s not writing, Alexis is an olympic weightlifting athlete who trains and competes competitively. Most recently she even qualified for the Master’s World Championships.

Benjamin Henderson

Benjamin Henderson is a lifelong Florida native and is the site expert for Hail Florida Hail and is a contributor with All You Can Heat.

Braulio Perez

Braulio Perez is a Senior NCAA Editor for FanSided, joining Minute Media in 2017 after 2.5 years at the Newark Star-Ledger as a high school sports reporter and 2.5 years at the Lynden Tribune as sports editor. While with the Lynden Tribune, Perez was named the Sports Writer of the Year in 2012 for his division by the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association. At the Star-Ledger, he also assisted in coverage of college football recruiting. Perez's focus has been on college football recruiting, high school sports, the NFL, NCAA and English Premier League. He is also a regular contributor for 247Sports' Cougfan.com.

Ericka Brockish

Ericka Brockish is a national college sports writer for FanSided, and has been covering football, basketball, and other sports for 4 years. She is a University of Central Florida graduate with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Sports Business Management.

Josh Yourish

Josh Yourish is a national college sports writer for FanSided covering football and basketball. Josh is a college football awards voter, FWAA, and USBWAA member, who has been covering both sports for two years. Prior to his current role, Josh spent two years as a sports betting writer for Minute Media with a specialty in college football and college basketball. He is a graduate of George Mason University and a Pittsburgh native.

Matthew Conner

Matthew is a national college sports writer for FanSided, and has been covering football, basketball and other sports for ten years. Matthew is a graduate of Texas Tech University with a Bachelor's of Science in Human Development. Matthew is also an avid photographer who loves spending time in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

Robert Devlin

Sam Fariss