The Sunday Long Read’s new biweekly newsletter, The Lineup, is all about the very best sportswriting on the Internet. Curated by Esquire Classic editor Alex Belth, The Lineup is co-piloted by LJ Rader of ArtButMakeItSports fame.

Meet Alex & LJ

Alex Belth is the editor of Esquire Classic and the Substack Newsletter, Dig This. The editor of celebrity profile anthology, What Makes Sammy Jr. Run?, he’s also a contributor to The Wall Street Journal book section.

LJ Rader runs the account ArtButMakeItSports and is a longtime Sports Data professional, with his sights now set on a new venture in the Women’s Volleyball space. He’s also the author of the book ArtButMakeItSports, Epic Matchups Where Art and Sports Collide.

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The Lineup Co-Founders: Don Van Natta Jr., Jacob Feldman, Étienne Lajoie, Alex Belth & LJ Rader

Editor/Curator: Alex Belth

Editor-At-Large: LJ Rader

Supervising Editor: Étienne Lajoie

Header: Nathaniel S. Butler