Our Team
At Basketball Insiders, we strive to offer engaging articles that capture our readers’ interest while meeting their informational and emotional needs. Over the last five years, our unwavering commitment to our gradual teaching method has led us to continually improve our content, ensuring the best online how-to experience.
Nick Raffoul
Sports Editor
Following his graduation with an Honors in Business Administration, Nick redirected his focus from conventional stocks and bonds to the world of sports team performance investments. He employs a unique blend of advanced statistics and historical data to construct intricate sports investment models, pinpointing value opportunities and consistently yielding profits. Nick's contributions extend beyond a single platform, as his work can be discovered on outlets such as Pistons Powered, Winners And Whiners, and numerous other publications.
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Dylan Williams
Sports Editor
Dylan is a contributor to Basketball Insiders. He earned a bachelor's degree in Communication with a minor in Journalism from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. In his free time, Dylan enjoys watching sports and collecting sneakers.
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Joe Halliday
Poker Analyst
Joe has been writing full-time about online poker and other forms of gambling since 2016. He has written hundreds of reviews, How-To guides, strategy tips and more, about sports betting, casino gaming, and poker. In his own time Joe is a keen sports bettor, with a particular focus on football, the NBA, and the NFL. He also enjoys playing poker, with Texas Hold'em being his variant of choice.
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Jackson Holland
Sports Editor
Jackson Holland is an experienced sports writer and handicapper based in Pennsylvania. He worked part-time at a racetrack and casino while majoring in English Literature at college, and that inspired a passion for gambling. Holland spent a decade as a journalist working for a variety of regional newspapers before joining the sports betting industry. He writes long-form betting guides for Basketball Insiders, Augusta Free Press and various other publications.
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Vivek Jacob
Sports Editor
Vivek Jacob is a freelance sports writer with over seven years experience. During this time, he has written for outlets including The Athletic, Yahoo Sports, Sportsnet, CBC, and Complex. Primarily covering the NBA, Vivek also covers tennis, soccer, and cricket.
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Alan Kendall
Sports Editor
Alan Kendall joined Basketball Insiders in January, 2023 with over fifteen years of experience writing about online sports betting. He is an experienced writer with a strong interest in the NBA, NFL, NHL and UFC. Alan brings a wealth of knowledge to every piece he contributes to and has written for many publications including Augusta Free Press and The Sports Daily.
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Wendy Prinsloo
Sports Editor
Wendy is an expert in online casino reviews, poker, blackjack and slot games, and she has created many informative and factual articles on these topics for various websites in the last two years. She writes for Sportslens and The Sports Daily, among others. She became a part of the Basketball Insiders writing team in December 2022.
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Karina Allan
Sports Editor
After more than a decade working in sports and casino journalism, Karina has the inside scoop on everything from sports betting laws, gambling strategy, where the value on the Puck Line is, and everything in-between. Her insights into the biggest sports and inner workings of offshore casinos have landed her on the coveted pages of Augusta Free Press and The Sports Daily.
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Jonathan Askew
Sports Editor
Jonathan has been working within the iGaming sector since 2007. After graduating with a BA Hons in Marketing from Northumbria University, he's been able to set up his own online content business, working with some of the biggest brands in the iGaming sector. Outside of work he enjoys any type of sports, especially cricket, golf, football and darts.
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Mike Austin
Sports Editor
Micheal Austin is a professional writer and an extensive researcher of gambling legislation. He has vast experience writing about sport and casino. He has contributed to a wide range of gambling sites and news outlets, including August Free Press, Business2Community, Sports Lens, Sports Talk Philly and The Sports Daily.
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Vlad Grindu
Poker Expert
Vlad is a gambling expert with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He specializes in iGaming and online poker, having played his fair share of cash games and tournaments over the years, while also reviewing countless events in the pro poker circuit. Vlad has provided expert guides for known publications, such as Casino.org and Covers, and can be found grinding at the best poker sites every now and then.
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Macaela Becker
Sports Editor
Macaela is a casino gaming specialist with over two years of experience writing informative articles and guides about online poker and slot games. She has been writing about online casino gaming in the US for Basketball Insiders since December 2022 and has also contributed to other sites, including The Sports Daily and Sports Lens in the past.
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Jeremy Olson
Sports Editor
Jeremy Olson has been writing about online gambling since 2006. He started out covering online poker and eventually transitioned to casino games and sports betting.
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Michael Graw
Sports Editor
Michael is based on Washington and has written for a variety of major online publications. He has an in depth knowledge of the US gambling market and writes state betting guides and sportsbook reviews for Basketballinsiders.
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Kyle Curran
Sports Editor
Kyle Curran is an expert in basketball and also writes about football (soccer), darts, combat sports, and American football. Also is a former newsreader for local radio stations in the UK working for Derbyshire Media Company. And formerly worked for Prost International as an accredited journalist and editor covering the Premier League and EFL.
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James Wright
Sports Editor
James is a professional copywriter with over 10 years of experience, specializing in online gambling, including sports betting and casino. He's also a huge sports fan, happy watching anything from March Madness to obscure lower league English soccer. Other interests include movies, food, and travel.
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Harrison Broom
Sports Editor
Harrison, an experienced copywriter, combines his love for sports and writing at Basketball Insiders. He started his career at the FA (Football Association) writing e-newsletters and web copy for regional governing bodies. Today, he uses his experience and knowledge of the sports betting industry to create in-depth guides, articles, and reviews to help our readers get the most out of their sports betting experiences.
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