Sports media news:

Looks like Kubena is a Texas native and has spent the entirety of his career working in the south. Linkedin says he graduated from The University of Texas in 2015, then worked in Beaumont/Port Arthur*, Little Rock, and Baton Rouge before moving to the Houston Chronicle in 2021.

Kubena is replacing Zach Berman and Bo Wulf, who left The Athletic (now with ads) for PHLY last month along with Charlie O’Connor. The current group of Athletic writers is Matt Gelb on the Phils, Kevin Kurz on the Flyers, Kubena on the Eagles, and nobody on the Sixers. Let’s give Brooks a warm Philadelphia welcome.

*Port Arthur is home to the great UGK. Real southern hip hop with Pimp C (RIP) and Bun B.