Jacob Wolf

Chief Reporter & Investigative Lead for Dot Esports. A lifelong gamer, Jacob worked at ESPN for four and half years as a staff writer in its esports section. In 2018, the Esports Awards named Jacob its Journalist of the Year.

Hard will play for Echo Fox today

Following visa issues, one of Echo Fox’s starting members returns to Summoner’s Rift today for the North American League Championship Series (LCS)

Jacob Wolf - Feb 6, 2016 3:14 pm2018-08-13T04:41:25-05:00

League of Legends

Bizzarro Flame retires from Smash

One of Super Smash Bros

Jacob Wolf - Feb 2, 2016 9:59 am2018-08-31T05:48:21-05:00

General

Martin Shkreli allegedly owes tens of thousands to former players and associates in esports

Martin Shkreli painted himself as a transformative figure in esports

Jacob Wolf - Feb 1, 2016 1:29 pm2018-08-13T04:41:21-05:00

League of Legends

Hungrybox takes down Mang0 to win PAX Arena

Some of the world’s best Super Smash Bros

Jacob Wolf - Jan 31, 2016 4:49 pm2016-01-31T22:49:00-05:00

General

These are the 8 teams that will compete at IEM Katowice

After three weeks of professional League of Legends competition in 2016, we finally know the eight teams that will compete at the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) World Championship

Jacob Wolf - Jan 29, 2016 4:17 pm2018-08-13T04:41:37-05:00

League of Legends

Ryu may sit out H2K’s game against Team Vitality tomorrow

In what's becoming one of the biggest ongoing issues with player visas in esports history, another star player in Europe may be ruled ineligible to play in the League Championship Series (LCS) tomorrow

Jacob Wolf - Jan 27, 2016 2:00 pm2018-08-13T04:41:31-05:00

General

BetongJocke to replace k0u on Giants

Giants Gaming is having one of their roughest League Championship Series (LCS) splits yet, with four losses to start off the season

Jacob Wolf - Jan 25, 2016 1:19 pm2018-08-13T04:41:37-05:00

General

Froggen, kfo, and Hard will not play for Echo Fox today

League Championship Series (LCS) newcomer Echo Fox will use three new substitute players in today’s match against Team Liquid, after forfeiting yesterday due to player visa issues

Jacob Wolf - Jan 24, 2016 12:43 pm2018-08-13T04:41:36-05:00

General

Luminosity Gaming takes down Astralis, will meet Na`Vi in DreamHack Leipzig final

With only one day of DreamHack’s inaugural Leipzig event left, tomorrow’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive grand final is shaping up to be a big one

Jacob Wolf - Jan 23, 2016 9:26 pm2018-08-13T04:41:33-05:00

Counter-Strike

FaZe Clan acquires G2 Esports CS:GO team

With an influx of new Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournaments and leagues just around the corner, popular Call of Duty organizations are buying into the rival industry in hopes to market their brands to a wider audience

Jacob Wolf - Jan 20, 2016 8:23 pm2018-08-13T04:41:35-05:00

Counter-Strike