Will Leitch Archive

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 Bissinger Vs. Leitch [Costas Now]
Bissinger Vs. Leitch [Costas Now]
So, here's the YouTube of last night's "Internet Media" segment from Costas Now. Special thanks go to Awful Announcing for pulling this together.
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 Of Jimmy Olson, Spittle And The Dying Of The Light [Hey That Went Well]
Of Jimmy Olson, Spittle And The Dying Of The Light [Hey That Went Well]
Here's the important thing to remember about Buzz Bissinger, and whatever the heck happened on "Costas Now" about two hours ago: Buzz is not alone. Sure, he might be metaphorically alone, raining spittle on the imaginary demons that clearly haunt ...
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 A Note From Your Editor
A Note From Your Editor
We started this site on September 8, 2005, with a simple headline: "Welcome to Deadspin. We Come With a Pure Heart and Mirthful Disposition." We think that's still pretty much true; we try to keep our disposition mirthful at all times. But sometimes ...
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 Who's Next? Odds on Deadspin's New Editor - FanHouse
Who's Next? Odds on Deadspin's New Editor - FanHouse
I'd love to put money on this -- c'mon, Bodog, make it happen!
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 Buzz Bissinger Freaks Out at Will Leitch
Buzz Bissinger Freaks Out at Will Leitch
Filed under: Featured Stories , The Word , Blogs H.G. "Buzz" Bissinger, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Friday Night Lights , appeared on a panel tonight alongside Deadspin blogger Will Leitch on Bob Costas 's HBO show. It did ...
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 Part IV: Featuring America's Favorite Sports Fella...Bill Simmons [The Will Leitch All-Star Blogebrity Roast!]
Part IV: Featuring America's Favorite Sports Fella...Bill Simmons [The Will Leitch All-Star Blogebrity Roast!]
Part 4 of our celebration of all things Leitch begins with a very, very special guest. He just got finished celebrating the Celtics’ 17th world title. I can’t wait to see it mentioned 83 times in one of his NFL columns 30 years from now. It’s ...
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A Few Words on "The Internet"
Okay. So. "Costas Now." Tonight, I was interviewed as part of that program's multi-part investigation of Sports and the Media. What followed the tape piece was a live discussion among Will Leitch of Deadspin, Buzz Bissinger of "Friday Night Lights" ...
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 Blog Huddle: Do Blogs Really Help Fans Get Closer to Athletes?
Blog Huddle: Do Blogs Really Help Fans Get Closer to Athletes?
As a part of BallHype's ongoing Spotlight Series , we asked several bloggers to participate in a roundtable on the issue of "humanizing athletes." Do drunk athlete photos bring fans closer to the players? Or has the blog age pushed them even further away? Tom Ziller moderated the panel, which included: Nik Richie, TheDirty.com Will Leitch, Deadspin Brooks Melchior, Sports ...
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 Who Has Been Buying Will Leitch Drinks?
Who Has Been Buying Will Leitch Drinks?
Ever notice that Deadspin seems to give the same blogs love over and over again?  I have, and decided to do some number-crunching to back a theory of mine: Deadspin has given more than 5 links to the following sports blogs since ...
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 Will Leitch Leaves for New York Magazine, but He'd Like to Be Deadspin's Tom Brokaw
Will Leitch Leaves for New York Magazine, but He'd Like to Be Deadspin's Tom Brokaw
Will Leitch explains why he's leaving Deadspin, what he'll do at New York Magazine, and what he'll miss most.
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 Just a Little Something For Will Leitch and The Starting Five Interviews Buzz Bissinger
Just a Little Something For Will Leitch and The Starting Five Interviews Buzz Bissinger
A poem for Will Leitch and a seriously compelling Buzz Bissinger interview.
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 ESPN Learns Its Lesson: No More Roasts
ESPN Learns Its Lesson: No More Roasts
Dana Jacobson has ruined the fun for everyone in Bristol. Thanks to her drunken -- yet still hilarious -- "F This, F That" speech during the roast of Fat Mike/Skinny Mike (where the hell is the video, anyway?), the Worldwide Leader has banned roasts. [quote="The Orlando Sentinel"] "We've had to adapt and I've made one change -- we're not doing any more roasts...
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 Is The Rest Of The World Now Realizing SportsCenter's Shortcomings?
Is The Rest Of The World Now Realizing SportsCenter's Shortcomings?
It always pains me to write these posts because Sports Center was the show that made me the diehard fan that I am today. Buuuut.....the show is struggggling, and struggling bad. According to Ad Age via Sports By Brooks ....advertising on SportsCenter is a joke.... At the same time, interested marketers ought to be wary of sponsor overload. During the course of 90 minutes, that same Friday ...
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 Our Interview With the Great Buzz Bissinger
Our Interview With the Great Buzz Bissinger
The past and future of sports writing coming face-to-face when Spencer Hall sits down for an in depth interview with Pulitzer Prize winning author and blogging anti-christ, Buzz Bissinger.
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Review: "God Save The Fan" by Will Leitch
Book Review: "God Save The Fan," by Will Leitch . Publish Date: January 22, 2008 by Harper Collins. We are living in a Golden Age of Fandom : Despite the Vick and Clemens scandals, Mitchell Reports and hundreds of other smaller scandals and ...
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 Exclusive  Interview with Bob Costas and Buzz Bissenger, What makes a good writer?
Exclusive Interview with Bob Costas and Buzz Bissenger, What makes a good writer?
Buzz Bissinger was recently on Costas Now on HBO. They ripped into Deadspins Will Leitch. Costas says he did not know Buzz would be so harsh, but it is obvious that he was a ringer. Costas is on record for not liking blogs. He is also on record for rethinking his stance on blogs. So, he brings in the left-hander Buzz to do his dirty work on his show. I personally ran into Buzz Bissinger

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