Author, LLOYD MCNEIL'S LAST RIDE, HOW LUCKY. Writer, @nymag @MLB @washingtonpost @theathletic @griersonleitch. Founder, Deadspin. Illini. Mattoonian.
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This was a very, very cool thing to get to see in person.
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The nice folks at @nytimes asked me to watch UFC Freedom 250 and write about it, so I did. It made me want to kick someone in the chest. nytimes.com/2026/06/15/opini…
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For @NYMag, I wrote about history, and believing, and New York. nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…
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I was delighted to talk World Cup, and all the madness surrounding it, with Kara Swisher, alongside the great @Bachscore and @tariqpanja. youtu.be/CtMrswnaXck?si=aXTJ…
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I wrote about movies for young people, by young people, from every generation. williamfleitch.substack.com/…
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On the ZL Show Finals preview, I (speaking from experience) talk about my personal 180 on "bandwagon" or "fair weather" fans.
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For @NYMag, I put together a guide for bandwagon Knicks fans. nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…
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For @NYMag, I put together a guide for bandwagon Knicks fans. nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…
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I wrote about "Star Wars" movies not really mattering any more, and how that happened. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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The paperback version of LLOYD MCNEIL'S LAST RIDE is out today. It is a good book that I am proud of, and I think if you have not read it, you would like it. You can buy it wherever books are sold, and also here: harpercollins.com/products/l…
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“Next Thursday night, CBS will air Stephen Colbert’s final episode of ’The Late Show.‘ It will be emotional, but it will also be tangled in the tension of our fraught era,” @williamfleitch writes. wapo.st/4wvx3zw
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I wrote about how “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” never quite became the show you—and, I suspect, its host—initially hoped it would be.
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For @washingtonpost, I wrote about the overwhelming box office success of "Michael." What it means, and what it doesn't. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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For @washingtonpost, I wrote about the overwhelming box office success of "Michael." What it means, and what it doesn't. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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"In these tumultuous times, I find myself looking for release any time I can find it."
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Thought the U.S. Olympic hockey drama was messy? Just wait until Trump’s World Cup, Will Leitch writes. nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…
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For @nymag, I wrote about curling, and the end of a world that cares about rules.
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