Will Leitch Leaves for New York Magazine, but He'd Like to Be Deadspin's Tom Brokaw

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Blogadoches: Remembering Jim McKay
Published 6/7/2008 by PUNTE at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... HUB has had it up to here with all the Frank McCourt abuse. MJD finished up his catalog of favorite helmets at SHUTDOWN CORNER . THE FOOTIE wants to know: which country has the hottest soccer fans? WALKOFF WALK had way too much fun with the MLB draft. Does your significant other hate sports? Maybe the LADIES… can help you with that. Greg Oden went to a Kanye West concert and discussed it on his YARDBARKER blog. More info from FANHOUSE about the abrupt announcement from Will Leitch .

Sunday 06/08 (Very) Quickie
Published 6/8/2008 by DanShanoff.com (noreply@blogger.com) at Dan Shanoff
... MDS interviews Leitch about his Deadspin departure: You probably won't get more in-depth insight into this story than this post here, if you're interested. ...

This interview with AOL Fanhouse's Michael ... [Announcements]
Published 6/9/2008 by Will Leitch at Deadspin
... This interview with AOL Fanhouse's Michael David Smith — who, yes, was briefly our roommate in college — might answer some of your lingering post-resignation letter questions. If you had any, which we doubt. [The Fanhouse] ...

Will Leitch leaves; historians scramble to analyze impact
Published 6/9/2008 by Neil Best at Watchdog
... Here is an interview that tells you everything you ever wanted to know about Will Leitch's decision to leave Deadspin, and much more. ...

Morning Constitutional: Another Reason Why Grown Men Shouldn't Bring Gloves to Games
Published 6/9/2008 at The Sporting Blog
... | The Beautiful Game I don't know much about soccer, but apparently we should be quite pleased that the U.S. was able to score zero goals against Argentina yesterday. Will Leitch Leaves for New York Magazine | FanHouse Deadspin's Will Leitch gives his exit interview to MDS. ...

Throwing it around
Published 6/9/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (TheNaturalMevs) at Diamond Hoggers
... -File this under blogging news, Deadspin's Will Leitch granted Fanhouse an interview. [AOL Fanhouse] ...

SPORTING NEWS WILL RE-LAUNCH IN SEPTEMBER
Published 6/10/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
...   The Sporting News Daily will debut on July 23. “People know the brand, they just know it as an old brand, something their father read,” publisher Ed Baker told the New York Times .  “We’re creating a new Sporting News , modernizing and contemporizing it in a way that makes sense for today’s rabid die-hard sports fan.” Contributors will include former Cowboys quarterback and FOX analyst Troy Aikman, former MLB pitcher Ron Darling, Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner, and soon-to-be-former  Deadspin editor Will Leitch, who actually worked for Sporting News before ...

Published 6/13/2008 by Aaron (noreply@blogger.com) at AaronGleeman.com