About

Accountant by Day. Sports Writer by Night.

Bay Area kid. Grew up watching the Warriors through the bad years and the Giants through the good ones. Graduated from Sonoma State University with a double major in Accounting and Management. Spent time at a Big 4 firm, in private equity consulting, and doing specialized family office work before I figured out that the thing I actually wanted to write about was sports.

Beyond the Box Score is what happens when you spend your days reading financial statements and your nights watching games. The money is always the story underneath the story. Stadium deals. Player contracts. Media rights. Franchise valuations. The decisions that look like sports decisions are almost always business decisions first, and I think fans deserve someone explaining both at the same time.

I started writing about sports as a senior in high school. A friend ran a sports blog called The Foul Language and I wrote my first piece for it before I ever set foot in a college classroom. Two of those articles are still on this site. The voice is rougher and the takes are looser but the instinct was the same: something interesting is happening here and I want to explain why it matters.

Currently based in San Francisco. Moving to New York in summer 2026.

Get in touch

loneill2003@icloud.com