Summary
Matt Rybaltowski is a senior investigative reporter at The Action Network. He is primarily responsible for long-form feature coverage on complex sports betting scandals.He also provides coverage on finance, M&A, official sports league data, artificial intelligence, and other technological developments in the expanding sports betting market. Matt has broken major stories on the Jontay Porter scandal, Fanatics’ acquisition of PointsBet U.S., Isaiah Rodgers’ violation of the NFL’s gambling policy, and Sportradar’s investments in Russia during the Ukraine conflict.
Experience
Matt began his career with the South Bend Tribune in 2004, before working at the Henderson Home News outside Las Vegas and the Albany Times Union. He later spent four years at CBSSports.com covering the NFL as a beat writer for the Seahawks, Texans, and Titans. Matt also covered Vanderbilt basketball, Notre Dame football, and the Big East for the site.Outside of sports, Matt has covered equity, fixed income, FX, and oil markets for Investing.com. He also covered private equity, insurance, financial services, and the asset management space for S&P Global. Over his three decades in journalism, Matt has also written for The New York Times, Forbes, Reuters, and The Guardian, among others.
Education
Matt received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Rochester in political science. In 2008, he received a master’s degree from the Columbia School of Journalism.
