@williamfleitch
Author, LLOYD MCNEIL'S LAST RIDE, HOW LUCKY, THE TIME HAS COME. Contributing Editor, New York. Columnist, The Washington Post & The Athletic. Writer, MLB. Critic, Grierson & Leitch. Founder, Deadspin. Illini. Mattoonian. https://williamfleitch.substack.com
For @nymag.com, I wrote a long piece about how, in the wake of the Team USA hockey mess, the president is primed to ruin the World Cup and the Summer Olympics for everybody, from fans to organizers to the athletes themselves. nymag.com/intelligence...
For @nymag.com, I wrote a long piece about how, in the wake of the Team USA hockey mess, the president is primed to ruin the World Cup and the Summer Olympics for everybody, from fans to organizers to the athletes themselves. nymag.com/intelligence...
Oh, no big deal, you just mentioned it. Do whatever you'd like! (and we're not old, none of us!)
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Wow, I haven't looked at that page in a long time! It all looks pretty correct to me, albeit maybe a little outdated. I might make the website williamfleitch.substack.com rather than griersonleitch.com though.
Right? As long as you can still find your laughter, you'll never grow old. (Even if all your skin has rotten away, apparently.)
To bring back another Old Social Media Guy term: Blocked, and Reported.
At least he is only 17!
Not knowing anyone in the Lollapalooza lineup is the first sign that you're now the Cryptkeeper, but watching Manny Ramirez's SON hit a homer officially has me ready to spend the rest of my days ingesting solely tapioca and Werther's Originals.
This is probably the right move.
I keep thinking this. And yet.
Literally the first joke I ever made in print, my freshman year at the Daily Illini, was that Orel Hershiser and Steve Sax should marry so we could have Orel Sax-Hershiser.
Congratulations, man!
This is indeed helpful context!
For @nymag, I wrote about curling, and the end of a world that cares about rules. nymag.com/intelligence...
Those are very, very strong words. We shall see!
It's always wonderful, whatever the context.
Finally I have a use for all these muskets. (Note: I might be a little confused by which weapons were used for which war.)
Also please treat Ayo well we love him.
Who wouldn’t?
I could not possibly agree more. They could barely lift their heads by the midway point of the second half.
President Trump didn’t attend the Super Bowl this year. And Will Leitch writes that at Levi’s Stadium, the whole production — highlighted by Bad Bunny’s halftime show — felt packed with stuff Trump would hate,
Had an absolutely miserable night in every way … and still scored 16 on 16 shots. That’s as bad as he can play, and his basement is still kinda efficient.
Every broadcast should do this.
They should have sent a poet.
I spoke with Chuck Klosterman about his new book "Football." nymag.com/intelligence...
Rest in peace to one of the great bloggers and the de facto mayor of Philadelphia. It was my honor and pleasure to work with him. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
DEFINITELY very cool to quote Woody Allen but he *does* have a good joke about this from his Keaton AFI tribute:
"If you’ve ever had a colonoscopy, they give you an injection and you’re out. And it’s black and peaceful, and nice. And so death is like a colonoscopy. The problem is life is the prep."
