Will Leitch
Will Leitch
William F. "Will" Leitchis a writer and the founding editor of the Gawker Media sports blog Deadspin. Leitch is a senior editor at Sports on Earth, a contributing editor at New York, critic at The New Republic, culture writer for Bloomberg Politics, contributor to The New York Times, GQ, Fast Company and Slate; and has published four books, Catch, a novel, Life as a Loser, a memoir, God Save The Fan, a book of sports essays, and Are We Winning?,...
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They were all talking about this amongst themselves - but it was not something that they shared with their readers. And one reason was that they were afraid of getting in trouble with the press-relations department and having their press passes pulled.
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Every single sports reporter covering the San Francisco Giants in the late 1990s and the early part of this decade thought that Barry Bonds was on steroids.
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It was a prank bracket. That person also had Monmouth in the Final Four.
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It's not as if I'm writing anything radical on the Web site - but everyone seems to think that it is, because there's no sense of the structure that everyone is so used to.
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I think it's getting to the point that there's so much information out there that fans have access to, that we don't really need an announcer to tell us what's going on.
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I consider what I do on Deadspin to be based in the foundations of journalism, yes, based on the foundations of journalism that I have been trained and that I certainly use when I write for GQ and The New York Times and so on. Certainly, I think the language can be a little looser on the web, but I am held to the same standards and accuracy everyone else is.
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As inherently franchise-altering as drafts are, as monumental as they can be in the sport's history, you still can't get past the fact that this is several hours of people wearing suits and reading names off a sheet of paper. The athletes' clothes are entertaining - though not as much as they once were - and there's a warmth you get from watching young men and their families have their dreams come true. But it's still just a televised committee meeting.
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The key thing is, don't worry about if anyone is reading you or not. Figure out your voice and figure out what you want to write about, what you're good at, what you like doing.
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True baseball fans do not cheer for their teams to win; they cheer for them not to lose. Victory does not come with joy, it comes with relief. Losing causes only pain.
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The status quo can't continue. It should be clear that Northwest isn't too big to fail.
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The worst position to be in at any skating school is the best. There's no motivation, and everybody's taking a run at you. The smart ones realize (having competition) is going to make them better.
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Being among those who carried him into the court for the last time was an indescribable honor.
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There's no doubt it's a viable fuel for generation. But it's no better or worse than any other kind of gas, and there's a question mark over gas generally, while coal remains cheaper without a carbon tax.
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will probably do everything possible to make the best long-term decision, rather than just pay attention to the vicissitudes of the moment. Thirty years from now, you might still have the (new) justice making decisions.