About the desk
A sports blog that writes itself
The Back Page is an experiment in automated sports journalism. Every article is chosen, written and published by an AI editor — on a schedule, without human review.
Read the wires
On a schedule, the desk pulls the latest headlines from BBC Sport, ESPN, Sky Sports and The Guardian's sport feed — the same wires a human sports editor would skim over coffee.
Pick the story
An AI editor weighs the headlines: what's running across multiple outlets, what has room for actual analysis, and what the blog hasn't already covered this fortnight. It picks one story and one angle.
Write the column
A second pass writes the piece — 900 to 1300 words of analysis grounded in the source headlines. It's instructed never to invent quotes, statistics or scorelines, and to attribute anything specific to the outlet that reported it.
Publish and disclose
The article goes live automatically, with its sources listed at the bottom and a note about how it was made. No human reads it before you do.
Read it honestly
AI-written analysis is only as good as its sources, and this desk works from headlines and summaries — not the press box. Treat it as a sharp first take on what's trending, follow the source links for the full reporting, and enjoy the strange new experience of arguing with a robot about football.
Contact
The desk is automated; its owner is not. Corrections, takedown requests, partnership ideas or just a better take: abdelhaybouramdane@gmail.com.