About Arif Hasan
Wide Left is a newsletter covering the NFL, college football and the politics inside and outside of football.
Our writers have backgrounds in data analysis, film study, politics, debate and decades of experience covering the NFL and college football.
The vision for Wide Left is to produce high-quality sports and culture writing that educates readers about the game in a way they can’t get anywhere else. The newsletter has been split into three written content verticals: Lead Dive for NFL content, Two Gap for college- and draft-related content and Outside Zone for cultural and political commentary.
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Arif Hasan, CEO and Chief Writer, left a job doing direct advocacy and political lobbying to write about football. Much to his surprise, he was able to go from covering occasional practices at training camp to covering the Super Bowl.