Neil Paine is a sportswriter and editor at The Messenger. He specializes in competitive sports, focusing on themes such as basketball, football, and baseball, while also exploring the business side of sports. Neil has been featured in prominent outlets including FiveThirtyEight, ESPN, and The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Neil Paine's coverage primarily focuses on sports, particularly the NFL, NBA, and college football. He often cites data and provides investment analysis in his articles. Thus, he would likely appreciate pitches that include statistical insights or expert commentary related to these specific sports leagues.
Given his emphasis on using data and providing investment analysis, Neil may be interested in receiving pitches from experts who can offer well-supported statistical analyses or forecasts within the context of the NFL, NBA, or college football. Pitching topics related to other sports like MLB might not align with his primary areas of focus as indicated by his article titles.
It is also important to note that Neil does not have a specified geographic focus but rather concentrates on various aspects of American professional and collegiate sports.
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Crunch time of the 2024-25 men's college basketball season has officially arrived, with about 50 days until the power-conference tournaments tip
By: Neil Paine
Will Georgia, Nebraska and VCU make the NCAA tournament? Even with Selection Sunday two months away, it's never too late for an early bubble watch.
By: Neil Paine
It's time for a long-overdue answering of reader questions.
All good things must eventually come to an end — but by putting off the inevitable, Pittsburgh now finds itself in an impossible situation.
A roundup of what I wrote, read, watched, etc. over the past week.
By: Neil Paine
After Championship Sunday, Buffalo searches for answers while Washington dreams big.
There are plenty of different ways to build a great NBA team. Some, such as the early-2000s Dallas Mavericks with Dirk Nowitzki, Michael
By: Neil Paine
Are the Knicks (offense) or the Magic (defense) the most imbalanced among potential playoff teams? How can they address their issues? Let's dig in.
After months of waiting for the dawn of a new season, the NASCAR Cup Series will fire up its engines for Sunday‘s Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (8 p.m.
Quinn Hughes, Cale Makar and Zach Werenski are a blueline trio unlike any we've seen before.
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