About

Almar Reyes

Almar Reyes is a dedicated sports journalist and co-host of the baseball podcast Saturday Sliders. With over two years of experience as a contributor for Fansided, Almar specializes in covering baseball, the Seattle Seahawks, and the Edmonton Oilers bringing a unique blend of analysis and enthusiasm to his work. His articles can be found on 12thmanrising.com and oilonwhyte.com, where he offers in-depth insights and commentary. Known for his passion and expertise, Almar consistently delivers engaging content for sports fans.

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Jonathan Eig

Jonathan Eig has been studying pop culture as both a fan and scholar for five decades. After 20+ years teaching and writing about movies for websites like Huffpost and Curnblog, he began working as a site contributor for Riggo's Rag in 2020. More recently, he has begun contributing to 12th Man Rising because Seattle keeps beating Washington in the playoffs. When he is not writing about football, you can usually find him at a concert and/or serving as a contributor to AudioPhix, where he has been writing music columns since 2023, or checking out the latest Netflix offerings, which he writes about on Netflix Life.

Luke Allen

12th Man Rising Contributor. Seattle sports fan. Law student. @coldwunz on Twitter/X.

Leigh Oleszczak

Leigh has covered the NFL and NFL Draft for 10 years on KC Kingdom, NFL Spin Zone, FanSided, and other sites. She has also covered MLB, college football, and basketball, as well as the TV show Survivor.

Lee Vowell

Lee Vowell covers the Seattle Seahawks, music, Netflix, and tennis for FanSided and has been a part of FanSided since 2017. You can catch Lee's writing at 12thManRising.com, AudioPhix.com, NetflixLife.com, and LobandSmash.com. Lee was also poet of the month for the Free Verse Poetry Journal in 2001 (though he promises there is no original poetry in any of his articles).

Mike Luciano

Mike Luciano is an NFL staff writer for FanSided with a lifetime of expertise in all 32 teams, including the Las Vegas Raiders. He began his journey at Minute Media in 2020 and has since edited and written thousands of articles covering everything from the NFL Draft to the Super Bowl and free agency. Mike's work has been featured on Bleacher Report, Sports Illustrated, FanSided.com, and other outlets. Hot takes can be found on Twitter @ByMikeLuciano.

Michael Thompson

An avid fan of the Zags, Seahawks, Sooners, Kraken, and Seattle Mariners, Michael is more likely to think about the what-ifs and stress over who could beat his teams, rather than enjoying the games.

Todd Vandenberg

Todd Vandenberg has been a baseball fan since the Tigers Mickey Lolich won game seven of the 1968 World Series against Bob Gibson and the Cardinals, a football fan since witnessing the Miami Dolphins 16-10 win over the J-E-T-S in December of 1970, a fan of the Seahawks since Pete Carroll arrived in 2010, and a movie fan since his big brother took him to the drive--in for Godzilla vs The Thing. Yes, little Todd was disappointed that the "Thing" was a giant moth, and not James Arness as a walking carrot. He's written for 12thManRising since 2017 and joined Netflix Life in 2024. He's currently dabbling with a screenplay about Garo Ypremian kicking a touchdown.