Jake Elman

Jake Elman arrives at LWOSports with over a decade of sports writing experience, dating back to freelance writing high school games as a high school student in the early 2010s. Jake later served as a college football beat writer for The Palm Beach Post and an NFL columnist for Sportscasting.com, also having bylines with UPI, MLB Advanced Media, and other respected outlets. A tortured New York Jets fan and slightly less-tortured New York Yankees fan, Jake earned his bachelor's degree from Florida Atlantic University long before their March Madness 2023 run. Raised in New York, Jake now lives in Florida with his dogs, Jack and Karma.

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Jim Brown: Ranking the Hall of Fame RB’s 5 Greatest Seasons

Even in his final years, Cleveland Browns legend Jim Brown managed to stand atop the mountain.  In the current sports talk climate where pundits and critics find eras or barometers to dismiss accomplishments of current or former players, Brown was the rare icon whose feats were never handwaved. Brown wasn’t Babe Ruth, who veteran MLB

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New York Yankees Trades: 3 Hitters the Bombers Must Add

Try as they might, the New York Yankees are never able to solve all of their problems via the trade market. Outside of first baseman Anthony Rizzo’s arrival in 2021, most of the Bronx Bombers’ midseason trade acquisitions in recent seasons have been mediocre at best, whether because of injuries or players simply not adjusting well to the pinstripes. 

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