Will Leitch

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: www.harpercollins.com/products/llo...

For @theathletic.com, I wrote about Cody Campbell, and The Billionaire Problem(s). www.nytimes.com/athletic/772...

This very much ruled.

This week's episode is up earlier than usual because there's a lot to discuss. We tackle three big documentaries: "You Can See Everything" (spoiler-free) "Musk" "Once Upon a Time in Harlem" Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6L1y... We hope you're well.

This is very, very impressive.

For @washingtonpost.com, I wrote about Nathan Fielder's and Lance Oppenheim's "You Can See Everything," which is about Elizabeth Holmes, but is really about the chasm between actual truth and emotional truth, which in many ways is the story of our time. wapo.st/3WrxqNO

As a Cardinals fan it is hard to say this but this Brewers team has GOT IT, man.

For @theathletic.com, I, deep sigh, wrote about Arch again. www.nytimes.com/athletic/768...

For @theathletic.com, I, deep sigh, wrote about Arch again. www.nytimes.com/athletic/768...

Thirty years ago today. (This is the last thing I remember of my 21st birthday.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3HJ...

For @theathletic.com, I wrote about how much of a sad sack it makes you feel like to cheer for a middle-class college football team. www.nytimes.com/athletic/766...

Good book, this!

[ducks behind something] [slowly glances left, then right] [lowers voice to a nervous whisper] I kind of liked DIGGER? [sprints away]

Absolutely nailed it, Senator, go Cards. bsky.app/profile/atru...

I could not resist.

To celebrate our 500th episode, we each picked the 10 best films to come out since the podcast began. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4jpI... We couldn't have gotten to this milestone without you. Thanks for listening. Here's to another 500!

For @theathletic.com, I wrote a long piece about how college football fans are now expected to act like loyal, fawning, compliant ATMs ... or else. www.nytimes.com/athletic/761...

For @theathletic.com, I wrote a long piece about how college football fans are now expected to act like loyal, fawning, compliant ATMs ... or else. www.nytimes.com/athletic/761...

This is the first clip of Trump I've made it all the way through in months.

Every time Apple updates operating system, I know I'm going to have to add 45 minutes to my workday turning off all the AI stuff I didn't ask for and do not want. (And there's still stuff you can't get rid of no matter how hard you try.) Why I can't just say, "I've already paid you. So no, please."

For @washingtonpost.com, I wrote about how what Colin Kaepernick's protest, 10 years later, ended up having the exact opposite effect it was supposed to. (Gift Link.) www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

For @nymag.com, I spoke with Colin Kaepernick. nymag.com/intelligence...

For @theathletic.com, I kicked off Lane Hate Week with a look at how Lane Kiffin may understand us better than we understand ourselves. (Gift Link.) www.nytimes.com/athletic/759...

For @theathletic.com, I kicked off Lane Hate Week with a look at how Lane Kiffin may understand us better than we understand ourselves. (Gift Link.) www.nytimes.com/athletic/759...

Roger Simon was a proud alum of the University of Illinois and regularly came back to visit with Daily Illini students. I was honored to get to spend a very memorable late night talking shop and cracking jokes with him in the mid-'90s. He was outstanding. RIP. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/10/r...

This is a terrific piece on the US Open's "influencer problem" from @girinathan.bsky.social. (His book CHANGEOVER, about the Sinner-Alcaraz rivalry, is terrific as well. Even my 14-year-old son read it!) defector.com/the-state-of...

For @washingtonpost.com, I wrote about the indestructible Roger Goodell. (Gift Link.) wapo.st/4iVzHKq

Over at my (always free) newsletter, we have been having readers and writers delve into what makes their state great. I think Stephen Stetson's treatise on Alabama is pretty wonderful. williamfleitch.substack.com/p/volume-6-i...

For @theathletic.com, I wrote about how instant replay has just become one more thing that exists solely to make us angry. www.nytimes.com/athletic/757...

For @theathletic.com, I wrote about how instant replay has just become one more thing that exists solely to make us angry. www.nytimes.com/athletic/757...

I will be back writing weekly about college football for @theathletic.com against this year. My first piece is about Curt Cignetti. www.nytimes.com/athletic/754...

I will be back writing weekly about college football for @theathletic.com against this year. My first piece is about Curt Cignetti. www.nytimes.com/athletic/754...

Some of us talk about it WAYYYYYYY too much.

Great @williamfleitch.bsky.social column on why Andy Rooney was great & why doing what he did was nowhere as easy as he made it look. He was a fantastic writer and essayist Being a TV personality bothered him enormously That's why he'll be difficult to replace www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

We gave regularly to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which has been gifting free books to millions of children for more than 30 years. Just one of the amazing things she was a part of, and something palpably touched our, and many other, lives. You can still donate. donate.imaginationlibrary.com

I also don't know how to say this in a way that isn't snotty, so I'll just say what he said: If you are worried about "sounding like AI," you've already lost.