[7] Roth began his career writing and editing content for the backs of Topps baseball, basketball, and football trading cards.
[12] At Deadspin, in addition to contributing written pieces, Roth hosted a show called Let's Remember Some Guys, in which he used sports trading cards to reminisce about ballplayers from past generations.
His essay "Downward Spiral," originally published in The Baffler, was included in The Best American Sports Writing 2018.
In particular, writers had been instructed to "stick to sports," despite the fact that Roth's political commentary was often among the site's most-read content.
He has also written a number of editorials about Donald Trump, describing him in 2020 as "America's petty, TV-addled, and increasingly degenerate president.