About me
I'm Julien. I run Sports Wire Network out of the East Bay in California. My favorite sports teams are Paris St-Germain (football), the Boston Red Sox, the New England Patriots, the San Francisco Giants, the Golden State Warriors and the San Francisco 49ers.
I started this in late 2025 because I was tired of juggling fifteen browser tabs to keep up with my teams — beat writers on social, the official team site, two local sports radio sites, The Athletic, ESPN, and whatever was bookmarked from the last "where do I read about the Sharks?" rabbit hole.
The fix I wanted didn't exist. So I built it: one regional page per market, every team that matters to that market, every article from every trusted source, refreshed every fifteen minutes. No paywall summaries, no clickbait headlines, no autoplay video ads.
The gift guides came later. They're the same instinct applied to merchandise: cut through the SEO noise and surface the picks an actual fan would want.
What Sports Wire Network is
A regional sports news aggregator. Eight markets live today — Bay Area, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas–Fort Worth, Boston & New England, and Miami & South Florida — covering 80+ teams across the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, NWSL, WNBA, and major college programs (NCAAF, NCAAB).
The platform pulls from 800+ curated sources: official team sites, beat reporters, local newspapers, fan blogs, and major national outlets. Every article links back to the original publisher — credit goes to the journalist who did the work, and the click goes to their site. We don't republish copy, we don't paywall summaries behind teaser headlines, and we don't bury the lede under three paragraphs of SEO filler. Just headlines, sources, timestamps.
What we cover
Two things, sized very differently:
- News aggregation — all 80+ teams across all 8 regions, every league listed above. Updated every fifteen minutes.
- Gift guides — currently NFL only. About 17 guides per team (Father's Day, Mother's Day, tailgating, fan cave, gifts for him/her, ultimate fan, collectibles, golf, and more), rolling out team by team. Live on 49ers and NY Giants now. Cowboys, Bears, Patriots, Dolphins, Rams, Chargers, Eagles, and Jets are coming soon. MLB teams to follow.
Editorial principles
A few things I won't compromise on, on either side of the site:
- Original sources get the click. Every aggregated article links back to the publisher. We don't lift copy. We don't paraphrase paywalled reporting to dodge the paywall.
- No clickbait. The headline is the actual story.
- No hot takes for engagement. Built for fans who want to read what's happening, not what some affiliate site thinks should happen.
- No sports gambling promotion. No sportsbook affiliate links, no betting odds widgets, no gambling banner ads. Anywhere on the site.
- Affiliate revenue does not shape editorial decisions. Gift guide picks follow the methodology below — they aren't chosen by commission rate. News articles are aggregated programmatically across all 800+ sources; banner ads on news pages don't influence which articles appear.
How I build the gift guides
Every guide on Sports Wire Network follows the same process — published openly because affiliate sites should explain how their picks are actually made:
- Start with the full Fanatics catalog for the team. As of Spring 2026, that's about 3,800 items per major NFL team.
- Filter against Fanatics' top-sellers signal — a curated list of about 50,000 SKUs Fanatics has identified as historically high-velocity. Sections lead with these so guides aren't just my opinions.
- Editorial fill-in for what velocity misses — heritage jerseys, current-roster autographs, recent-design items, Topps NOW cards, brand crossovers like Margaritaville and Chubbies that won't show up in volume data yet.
- One "top pick" per section — usually the best fit for most readers, not the most expensive. The full price range stays visible.
- Hero pick per guide — the single item I'd hand someone if they only had 30 seconds.
Why my picks aren't random
Before Sports Wire Network, I spent nine years selling sports memorabilia and vintage collectibles on eBay through Paris Supply Group LLC — vintage pennants, sports cards, postcards, team collectibles. Top Rated Seller status since 2017, and a lot of evenings spent looking at what sells, what sits, and what fans actually pay for versus what marketing copy says they should.
That experience shapes how I write the guides. When I recommend a product, it's grounded in what I've actually watched move on the secondary market — and when I flag a sizing, fit, or material caveat, it's usually because I've fielded that exact buyer question before.
Background
- Sports Wire Network, founder and editor (2025–present)
- Paris Supply Group LLC, owner-operator (2017–present) — eBay sports memorabilia, vintage collectibles, 45,000+ listings, Top Rated Seller since 2017
- Software QA, 13 years at Adobe and Near Me — taught me that methodology and verification matter more than opinions
- Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate (2024)
- Tableau Desktop Specialist (2024) — I build my own inventory dashboards for the eBay business
- Born in Boston, raised in Paris, in the Bay Area since 1999 — lifelong sports follower
Affiliate disclosure
Sports Wire Network earns commissions when readers purchase through affiliate links on the site. We use Fanatics through Impact.com for officially licensed team merchandise and Amazon Associates for select items. Affiliate links appear in our gift guides as well as in display banners on news pages.
Affiliate revenue does not influence which items I recommend in the gift guides. Every pick is one I'd buy from the catalog myself; the methodology section above explains exactly how picks are chosen. I never accept payment from manufacturers or retailers in exchange for placement, and I disclose this on every guide page in addition to here.
Contact
I read every email. Allow 1–2 business days for a response.