Patrick Hruby
Writer, editor, and journalist
Welcome! I’m a journalist, a communications consultant, a fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, and author of the Hreal Sports newsletter. I’ve worked as an editor or writer for VICE, ESPN, Sports on Earth, and The Washington Times, and I’ve contributed to a number of publications including The Atlantic, Deadspin, The Guardian,
The Los Angeles Times,
The Washington Post, and Washingtonian. I've also taught journalism at my undergraduate alma mater, Georgetown University.
You often can hear me on talk radio and podcasts, and I’ve appeared on ESPN, MSNBC, and other television networks. I’ve covered a wide variety of sports (and non-sports) related subjects, including the racial injustice of big-time college sports; the man behind the myth of Dock Ellis' LSD no-hitter; the (losing) War on Rats in our nation’s capital; and how ballpark food hijacks your brain. (Don’t panic). I hold a master’s degree from Northwestern University and live with my lovely wife, Saphira, and the world’s greatest golden retriever in Washington, D.C.