About

Braulio Perez

Braulio Perez is a Senior NCAA Editor for FanSided, joining Minute Media in 2017 after 2.5 years at the Newark Star-Ledger as a high school sports reporter and 2.5 years at the Lynden Tribune as sports editor. While with the Lynden Tribune, Perez was named the Sports Writer of the Year in 2012 for his division by the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association. At the Star-Ledger, he also assisted in coverage of college football recruiting. Perez's focus has been on college football recruiting, high school sports, the NFL, NCAA and English Premier League. He is also a regular contributor for 247Sports' Cougfan.com.

Josh Yourish

Josh Yourish is a national college sports writer for FanSided covering football and basketball. Josh is a college football awards voter, FWAA, and USBWAA member, who has been covering Penn State and Georgia football and basketball for two years. Prior to his current role, Josh spent two years as a sports betting writer for Minute Media with a specialty in college football and college basketball. He is a graduate of George Mason University and a Pittsburgh native.

Luke Santangelo

Luke Santangelo is a Contributor for Slap the Sign, where he started covering the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in 2024. He received a Bachelor of Science in Sports Media in 2023 from Oklahoma State University. Luke has been part of sports journalism since 2020. His career has also included coverage of USA Boxing and Oklahoma State Cowboys, but has always been a die-hard Irish fan since he was just six years old. Luke's strengths and coverage will include in-depth game analysis, social media content creation, and his perspective on Notre Dame football and basketball. During his time at Oklahoma State, Luke won third place in the Oklahoma Broadcast Education Association Awards for a show he produced. Outside of covering Notre Dame, Luke enjoys playing basketball, working out and spending time with friends and family.

Mark Mincolelli

Oliver Vandervoort

Oliver is the Site Expert for three sites in Fansided's Network. He covers the Nebraska Cornhuskers at HuskerCorner, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Slap The Sign and the Utah Utes on Hoyo's Revenge. Needless to say, his fall Saturdays are more than a little busy.

Sam Fariss

Sam Fariss is a staff writer for our NCAA team. She attended the University of Oregon (Go Ducks) where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. Sam has covered college football and other collegiate sports for six years now. Her favorite teams are the Ducks (of course) and the Texas Longhorns because she was raised in Austin!

Ty Scheiner