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Staff editor Piellucci departs The Athletic

June 18, 2021

Posted by Mariam Ahmed

Mike Piellucc

Staff editor, NBA Mike Piellucci has left his post at The Athletic.

Piellucci joined in 2019 as a staff editor overseeing editorial operations, determining editorial strategy and writing feature stories for The Athletic’s Dallas-Fort Worth vertical.

Prior to that, he was managing editor at Front Office Sports. He has also worked freelance for The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, The Ringer and Bleacher Report.

In addition, he has also written for Los Angeles Magazine, Deadspin, SB Nation, SLAM, Rivals.com and Sports on Earth.

He has also worked at Vice Sports, The Classical and Fox Sports in an editorial capacity and has also served as a producer at Vice World of Sports.

Piellucci is a M.A. in journalism from University of Southern California.

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