Sports Writing

Rivals.com

For more than three years, Bobby Deren has for the Rivals.com network of Yahoo Sports. Yahoo Sports is one of the most visited sports websites in the world as Deren’s articles receive over 100,000 hits per week. Deren has covered Rutgers football and basketball, Division 1 recruiting, the NFL Draft as well as the NFL Combine. Now a senior writer, Deren also makes frequent appearances on numerous television and radio shows insight offering his insight and expertise.

Deren’s daily features as part of the Yahoo Sports network can be found here: rutgers.rivals.com

Magazine Articles

Deren has written numerous freelance articles for various sports magazines, but his articles have also been featured in entertainment and musical publications as well. Deren has also previously worked as a staff writer for various sports websites. Deren’s resume includes being the lead writer for a mixed martial arts website and he has also spent time writing for a other various sports based websites.

I grew up playing sports and never envisioned that I would make my living writing about sports. But it really is an enjoyable way to keep a roof over my head. I get paid to go watch football and basketball and I never dread going to work. I always feel sorry for people who look miserable on their way in to work. But I am not one of those unfortunate souls. How could I really complain about getting paid to watch a ball game and then writing about it?