XFLBoard Contributors - XFL News and Discussion

Mark Nelson reports on XFL football for XFLBoard.com, and is the host of the XFL Xtra podcast. As the founder and owner of XFLBoard.com, he has been following the league since February 2000. Please feel free to contact Mark if you have an idea for a story, or to suggest a guest for the podcast. Email: mnelson@xflboard.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/4marknelson

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Greg Parks

Greg Parks is a columnist for Pro Wrestling Torch (pwtorch.com). He covers the XFL for XFLBoard.com. He has written extensively about the XFL. He resides in Naples, Florida. Follow him on Twitter @gregmparks.

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Moose Gibson

Moose Gibson has been involved with football long as he can remember, but no league does he love as much as the XFL. He is a huge fan of the Seattle Dragons, his favorite players are Brock Miller and Brandon Silvers. You can follow him on Twitter @midnightxmoose.

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Thomas Shanks

Lover of the game, and looking forward to Spring football. Reporting on the league in general.

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Sal Rico

My name is Salvador Rico Jr., but you can call me Sal Rico. I am a former SAGU University Pitcher and Head Pitching Coach, and now a Husband and Father to a wonderful, beautiful, amazing Family. I have lived in Houston, TX all my life, except for a brief 6 year stint where I lived in Dallas, TX. I cover the Houston Roughnecks and the XFL as a whole, and am excited to be working with XFLBoard.com and XFL News Hub.

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Mike Ellison

Mike has been writing with XFLBoard since the start of the 2020 season. He admires how sports come together in a great community and is excited to be part of it. Join him on Twitter for daily discussions and news as it happens.

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Jackson Conner

17-year-old football fan. Team Reporter for Seattle XFL.

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Mike Gambill

Mike Gambill has joined XFLBoard.com as a reporter for the Houston Roughnecks.

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Gavin Hayes

Gavin Hayes is a sports writer and photographer. His past work includes working for Amazin' Prospects covering the New York Mets minor league system, and formally covered the New York Jets and AFC East for Fan Source Network and Prime Time Sports Talk. He now joins the XFL Board staff with intentions to cover the New York Guardians and general XFL news. He can be contacted at ghayes1088@gmail.com , or Twitter/Instagram direct message. Business inquires only, please.

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Mark Zelakowski

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Justin Kelm

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Brendan Howe

Brendan is a senior converged journalism major at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania. Along with contributing to XFLBoard.com, he serves as the Sports Editor and has written over 130 stories for his school's award-winning student publication, The Rocket. He has also contributed to the newspaper's campus life section.

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MJ Hurley

Writer covering the LA Wildcats Host of "eXamining the XFL" Sports Communication Major, Political science, professional writing and journalism minor at Bradley University.

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Peter Schinkai

Peter Schinkai is a former sports reporter with the Kalamazoo Gazette, Roswell Daily Record and DeKalb Daily Chronicle. He also been part of two start-up sports organizations, and feel that the XFL has the foundation to be a lasting spring football league. This includes a tremendous market in LA. Follow him on Twitter at @xflschinkai.

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Nathan Woodside

Nathan Woodside is based in the Metro East suburbs of St. Louis. He has 15-plus years of experience reporting, editing, photographing and designing sports and news, on all platforms for outlets that include Hearst Newspapers and GateHouse Media. He was a sideline reporter and photographer for the St. Louis BattleHawks in 2020. He has collected multiple awards from the Illinois and Missouri Press Associations, as well as the Associated Press Media Editors of Illinois. Reach him on Twitter @nathanwoodside or at nathan_woodside@yahoo.com.

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Colin Gray

Colin is a 22-year-old Tampa native covering the Tampa Bay Vipers.

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Pat Traina

My name is Pat Traina. I started a website called Off The Gridiron in 2016 to provide football fans with up-to-date news and analysis and also host a weekly podcast. I'm excited for the XFL and for the opportunity at XFLBoard.com to provide fans with all of the latest news going on around the league.

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