between the keys focuses on the human aspect of the sport of basketball.

staff

our writers

  • George Bagwell

    Founder of Between The Keys. Junior at the University of South Carolina and native of Charleston, South Carolina.

    George loves niche basketball narratives, possums, Pride and Prejudice (2005 film version), Terance Mann, asiago cheese on a bagel, cast nets, seasons 1-11 of Shameless, seasons 1-3 of Arrested Development, manatees, alligators, Arsenio Hall, and South Carolina women’s basketball.

  • Leviya Francesca

    Contributing Writer for Between The Keys.

    Leviya is a writer, researcher, and social media personality who lives in a studio apartment with her orange cat, Tango. As a grad student in NYU’s Media, Culture, and Communications program (and a lifelong fangirl), she wants to research and write about online fandom, both in sports and otherwise. She is obsessed with Fortnite, Trader Joe’s Samosas, public transportation, Sanrio, 45-minute-long YouTube videos, Greek mythology, rabbits, and Dario Šarić. She is sunshine and rainbows.

  • Will Tipton

    Contributing Writer for Between The Keys.

    Will is a junior at the University of South Carolina studying Finance with a minor in Sports and Entertainment Management. He is a big Wisconsin Badgers fan and loves anything to do with basketball.

  • Alex Lawson

    Alex is a data scientist, sports analyst, and writer based in and hailing from Baltimore, Maryland. A graduate of Yale University with a degree in statistics & data science, he loves Bulldogs, Terps, Mystics, and Spurs basketball as well as action movies, football (the Baltimore kind and the Toffee kind), karaoke, rocky beaches, volleyball, The Bachelor, and his dog, Maisy.

  • Phil Naessens

    Contributing Writer for Between The Keys.

    Phil Naessens spent nearly four decades as a resident tennis professional at famous resorts in Las Vegas, Nevada, Mykonos, Greece, Corfu, Greece, Dubai, Maine, South Dakota, and New York. Known as “Flash,” Phil is a respected sports handicapper, writer, retired tennis coach, and radio host. He is currently a freelance sports betting analyst at Covers. Phil is the author of Betting Baseball 101, Betting Football 101, Daily Fantasy Baseball 101: Winning Strategies for Daily Fantasy Baseball, and Tennis in a Flash: 10 Steps to Better Tennis. Phil’s expertise has led him to make guest appearances on various media outlets such as Sirius XM, ESPN, CBS, Fox Sports, Radio Europe, Armed Forces Radio, and local TV and radio shows in Cleveland.

  • Sarah Muñoz

    Contributing Writer and Engagement Director for Between The Keys.

    Sarah Muñoz is a sophomore at the University of South Carolina studying broadcast journalism with a sports media concentration and a minor in sport and entertainment's management. She is very passionate about NY Knicks basketball and women’s basketball!

  • Ben Pfeifer

    Ben is a basketball scout, writer and content creator from Los Angeles, California. He enjoys hoops of all levels but especially thinking about player development and young prospects. Ben is obsessed with Survivor (and is a future winner), charting his music, walking around the neighborhood and doom scrolling on Twitter.

  • Thilo Widder

    As the first person to graduate in Bennington College’s history with a focus in sports journalism, Thilo is on a lifelong mission to prove the claims of his thesis committee -- that every sports story had already been told before -- wrong. He has been published on both national and smaller scale projects for both SLAM Magazine and SB Nation. Despite that, he takes great joy in amalgamating his interests in music, film, food, politics, and, of course, sports into multimedia projects so eclectic they hurt to look at for too long.  

our graphic designers and social media team

  • Kennedy Silverman

    Graphic Designer for Between The Keys

    Kennedy Silverman is a sophomore at the University of South Carolina studying Sport and Entertainment Management with a minor in Sports Media. She is a huge Cowboys and Mavs fan and loves all things sports. In the fall, she will be starting an internship with the UofSC athletics department as a Creative Media intern!

  • Joseph Parker

    Graphic Designer for Between The Keys

    Joseph is a sports & betting content freelancer with eight years of experience in the field, specialising in social media management, copywriting and graphic design. From England, but a huge Golden State Warriors fan (originating from his love of Oakland legends Green Day), he’s also a loyal Barnsley FC supporter and a regular visitor of Oakwell. A music graduate of York St John University, Joseph is a guitar enthusiast who enjoys writing his own punk & soft rock tunes, playing Halo Infinite, ripping Pokémon card packs, and watching Kevon Looney offensive rebound compilations with his two Romanian rescue dogs…

  • Sarah Muñoz

    Contributing Writer and Engagement Director for Between The Keys.

    Sarah Muñoz is a sophomore at the University of South Carolina studying broadcast journalism with a sports media concentration and a minor in sport and entertainment's management. She is very passionate about NY Knicks basketball and women’s basketball!

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