
Author, LLOYD MCNEIL'S LAST RIDE, HOW LUCKY. Writer, @nymag @MLB @washingtonpost @theathletic @griersonleitch. Founder, Deadspin. Illini. Mattoonian.
Athens, GA (via Mattoon, IL)
Joined January 2009
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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…
For @washingtonpost, 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
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For @TheAthletic, I, deep sigh, wrote about Arch again. nytimes.com/athletic/7684528…
For @TheAthletic, I, deep sigh, wrote about Arch again. nytimes.com/athletic/7684528…
For @TheAthletic, I wrote about how much of a sad sack it makes you feel like to cheer for a middle-class college football team. nytimes.com/athletic/7663675…
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To celebrate our 500th episode, we each picked the 10 best films to come out since the podcast began.
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We couldn't have gotten to this milestone without you. Thanks for listening. Here's to another 500!
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For @TheAthletic, I wrote a long piece about how college football fans are now expected to act like loyal, fawning, compliant ATMs ... or else.
nytimes.com/athletic/7618372…
For @TheAthletic, I wrote a long piece about how college football fans are now expected to act like loyal, fawning, compliant ATMs ... or else.
nytimes.com/athletic/7618372…
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For @TheAthletic, I kicked off Lane Hate Week with a look at how Lane Kiffin may understand us better than we understand ourselves. (Gift Link.)
nytimes.com/athletic/7594708…
For @TheAthletic, I kicked off Lane Hate Week with a look at how Lane Kiffin may understand us better than we understand ourselves. (Gift Link.)
nytimes.com/athletic/7594708…
For @washingtonpost, I wrote about the indestructible Roger Goodell. (Gift Link.)
wapo.st/4iVzHKq
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For @TheAthletic, I wrote about how instant replay has just become one more thing that exists solely to make us angry.
nytimes.com/athletic/7572339…
For @TheAthletic, I wrote about how instant replay has just become one more thing that exists solely to make us angry.
nytimes.com/athletic/7572339…
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I will be back writing weekly about college football for @TheAthletic again this year. My first piece is about Curt Cignetti. nytimes.com/athletic/7545508…
I will be back writing weekly about college football for @TheAthletic again this year. My first piece is about Curt Cignetti. nytimes.com/athletic/7545508…
To simultaneously appease Gen Alpha and the algorithm, I indulged in some aura farming and wrote about Andy Rooney for @washingtonpost. wapo.st/4gU4QfM
For @washingtonpost, I wrote about the simple, eternal pleasure of keeping score at a baseball game. wapo.st/46c6tPS
For my (always free) weekly newsletter, I wrote about Catherine Russell, the hardest-working woman on (and off) Broadway. williamfleitch.substack.com/…
I wrote about the bad soccer game for @nymag. nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…






