Sam Robinson

Writer

Sam Robinson is a sportswriter from Kansas City, Missouri. He primarily covers the NFL for Yardbarker. Moving from wildly injury-prone sprinter in the aughts to reporter in the 2010s, Sam set up camp in three time zones covering everything from high school water polo to Division II national championship games. He has since settled in as the husband of a track and field coach, concentrating on the NFL. Boasting an unhealthy interest in the league’s history and fashion trends, Sam is the lead writer for Pro Football Rumors and has written about the sport for Yardbarker since 2018. In addition to working as a writer/editor for a few newspapers – the Cleveland Plain Dealer and St. Joseph (Missouri) News-Press, to name two – in a former life that included some awkward awards-show hosting gigs thankfully inaccessible online, Sam has written about the Olympics for The Athletic.

EXPERTISE:

NFL, track and field, boxing

Twitter/X: @srobinson25

Muck Rack: sam-robinson

The Athletic: Sam's Author Page

September 11, 2018 | NFL

25 legendary NFL teams that never won the Super Bowl

Some franchises' best efforts have not led to victory parades or even Super Bowl berths. Because of untimely injuries, unfortunate circumstances, or myriad other reasons, many teams' plans throughout NFL history have not produced the desired result.

September 5, 2018 | NFL

Ranking every Super Bowl champion's title defense

We now have 56 Super Bowl champions. Here is how the previous Super Bowl winners' follow-up teams stack up historically.

September 4, 2018 | NFL

2018 NFL Divisional previews

The 2018 NFL season is just about upon us, and over the last week, we previewed all eight divisions to see which teams are contenders and which are pretenders.

August 30, 2018 | NFL

2018 NFL division preview: NFC West

The 2018 NFL season is just about upon us, so this week we are previewing all eight divisions to see which teams are contenders and which are pretenders.

August 30, 2018 | NFL

2018 NFL division preview: AFC West

The 2018 NFL season is just about upon us, so this week we are previewing all eight divisions to see which teams are contenders and which are pretenders.

August 29, 2018 | NFL

2018 NFL division preview: NFC South

The 2018 NFL season is just about upon us, so this week we are previewing all eight divisions to see which teams are contenders and which are pretenders.

August 29, 2018 | NFL

2018 NFL division preview: AFC South

The 2018 NFL season is just about upon us, so this week we are previewing all eight divisions to see which teams are contenders and which are pretenders.

August 28, 2018 | NFL

2018 NFL division preview: NFC North

The 2018 NFL season is just about upon us, so this week, we are previewing all eight divisions to see which teams are contenders and which are pretenders.

August 28, 2018 | NFL

2018 NFL division preview: AFC North

The 2018 NFL season is just about upon us, so this week, we are previewing all eight divisions to see which teams are contenders and which are pretenders.

August 27, 2018 | NFL

2018 NFL division preview: NFC East

The 2018 NFL season is just about upon us, so this week, we are previewing all eight divisions to see which teams are contenders and which are pretenders.

August 27, 2018 | NFL

2018 NFL division preview: AFC East

The 2018 NFL season is just about upon us, so this week,we are previewing all eight divisions to see which teams are contenders and which are pretenders.

August 24, 2018 | Chicago Bears

The 2018 Bears may be bad, but also a lot of fun to watch

An NFC top tier that’s maybe three times as deep as the AFC’s looks almost certain to exclude quality teams from the playoffs this season. Even the NFC teams that book wild card spots will, barring major injuries, be threats to win Super Bowl LIII.

August 22, 2018 | NFL

What exactly are the Oakland Raiders doing?

No division looks harder to decipher than the AFC West. Each franchise appears set to deploy a higher-variance operation compared to last season. The two-time reigning champion Chiefs ditched their high-floor quarterback for a talented wild card, but Patrick Mahomes likely won’t be a sure thing in 2018.