Mike Wells
Lecturer
Contact Information
Research and Creative Interests
- sports journalism
- sports broadcasting
- Gender and Sports
- social media
- Social media impact on tv news
- Sports and Race
- Sports Communication
- Sports Media
- Sports Media Effects
- sports writing
Biography
Mike Wells joined the Media School as a full-time faculty member in the summer of 2022 after spending the previous three springs as an adjunct in the Media School and nine years with ESPN as the Indianapolis Colts’ NFL Nation reporter.
Wells wrote for ESPN.com, appeared on ESPN’s SportsCenter and NFL Live, and was a frequent voice on ESPN Radio, where he will continue as a fill-in host. He also contributed to golf and NBA coverage for ESPN.com. Wells covered the NBA for 10 years—first the Minnesota Timberwolves for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, and then the Indiana Pacers for the Indianapolis Star. He also covered the Minnesota Vikings and the University of Minnesota men’s basketball team while also filling in on the paper’s coverage of Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League while at the Pioneer Press. Wells started his journalism career working for The Associated Press in Seattle in January 2000.
Wells graduated from Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Wash. He also is currently a school board member in the Brownsburg School District.