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Will Leitch

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Are the Yankees Cheating or Just Good?

Are the Yankees Cheating or Just Good?
tuesday 3

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

Baseball’s invisible superstar

28.03.2025 20

Washington Post

Will Leitch

Who You Should Root For in March Madness (Not Auburn)

Who You Should Root For in March Madness (Not Auburn)
25.03.2025 5

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

Who You Should Root for in March Madness (not Auburn)

Who You Should Root for in March Madness (not Auburn)
25.03.2025 3

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

This March Madness comes in like a lion

18.03.2025 2

Washington Post

Will Leitch

6 Things to Know Before Finishing Your March Madness Bracket

6 Things to Know Before Finishing Your March Madness Bracket
18.03.2025 3

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

6 Things to Know Before Finishing Your March Madness Brackets

6 Things to Know Before Finishing Your March Madness Brackets
18.03.2025 6

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

It’s Only March, But the Yankees Are in Big Trouble

12.03.2025 4

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

It’s Only March, But the Yankees Are in Big Trouble

12.03.2025 9

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

The United States Is Becoming a Global Sports Supervillain

04.03.2025 4

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

The United States Is Becoming a Global Sports Supervillain

04.03.2025 5

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

Why ‘Anora’ should win best picture

02.03.2025 10

Washington Post

Will Leitch

Stephen A. Smith for President? Have We All Lost Our Minds?

26.02.2025 4

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

Stephen A. Smith for President? Have We All Lost Our Minds?

26.02.2025 30

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

The Luka Trade Finally Ended the NBA’s LeBron Era

19.02.2025 4

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

The Luka Trade Finally Ended the NBA’s LeBron Era

19.02.2025 4

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

The Super Bowl Was a Huge Party for Deranged Eagles Fans

10.02.2025 10

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

The Super Bowl Was a Huge Party for Deranged Eagles Fans

10.02.2025 10

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

The Super Bowl Is Desperately Trying to Keep Reality Away

07.02.2025 4

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

The Super Bowl Is Desperately Trying to Keep Reality Away

07.02.2025 3

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

The Bills’ Misery Has Reached a Torturous New Level

27.01.2025 9

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

College Football Will Ruin What Made This Season Great

21.01.2025 40

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

Who You Should Root For in the NFL Playoffs (Not the Chiefs)

15.01.2025 10

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

Who You Should Root For in the NFL Playoffs (Not the Chiefs)

15.01.2025 5

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

Watching Sports Now Requires a Spreadsheet and a Fortune

Back in 1993, Fox paid $1.58 billion to air NFC football games for the next four years. It was a staggering deal that helped solidify the NFL’s...

08.01.2025 6

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

Watching Sports Now Requires a Spreadsheet and a Fortune

Back in 1993, Fox paid $1.58 billion to air NFC football games for the next four years. It was a staggering deal that helped solidify the NFL’s...

08.01.2025 5

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

The 10 Biggest Sports Stories of 2024

Did you imagine being this exhausted as 2024 comes to a close? Heading into an election year like this one, I had imagined, once it was over, I’d...

27.12.2024 10

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

The 10 Biggest Sports Stories of 2024

Did you imagine being this exhausted as 2024 comes to a close? Heading into an election year like this one, I had imagined, once it was over, I’d...

27.12.2024 10

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

The 7 Most Important Athletes of 2024

Measured by sheer number of viewers, this might have been the most popular sports year in American history. More people watched the Super Bowl than...

24.12.2024 10

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

7 Takeaways From the Mets’ Blockbuster Juan Soto Signing

With the 15-year, $765 million contract they’ve given to Juan Soto, the New York Mets have shaken up baseball — and really all of sports — for many...

10.12.2024 3

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

7 Takeaways From the Mets’ Blockbuster Juan Soto Signing

With the 15-year, $765 million contract they’ve given to Juan Soto, the New York Mets have shaken up baseball — and really all of sports — for many...

09.12.2024 4

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

If the Mets Get Juan Soto, They Could Rule New York

When I moved to New York City in January 2000, the Yankees reigned so supreme that it felt like a rupture in the universe when they lost. And then...

03.12.2024 5

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

If the Mets Get Juan Soto, They Could Rule New York

When I moved to New York City in January 2000, the Yankees reigned so supreme that it felt like a rupture in the universe when they lost. And then...

03.12.2024 2

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

Let the Athletes Do the ‘Trump Dance’ in Peace

If you haven’t yet come to terms with this month’s catastrophic election results, you may currently be using sports as an escape hatch. This, of...

20.11.2024 3

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

Let the Athletes Do the ‘Trump Dance’ in Peace

If you haven’t yet come to terms with this month’s catastrophic election results, you may currently be using sports as an escape hatch. This, of...

20.11.2024 4

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson Is the Absurd Spectacle We Deserve

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By Will Leitch Mr. Leitch is a contributing editor at New York magazine and the author of the novels “How...

18.11.2024 20

The New York Times

Will Leitch

Trump Won, So We’ll Settle for Aaron Rodgers Schadenfreude

Last week, it looked like a narcissistic, past-his-prime, science-denying, self-aggrandizing serial liar might finally get the public comeuppance...

13.11.2024 4

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

Trump Won, So We’ll Settle for Aaron Rodgers Schadenfreude

Last week, it looked like a narcissistic, past-his-prime, science-denying, self-aggrandizing serial liar might finally get the public comeuppance...

12.11.2024 10

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

What I Learned From Destroying Myself at the NYC Marathon

Before Sunday, I had never run 26.2 miles in my life. Like many people preparing for their first marathon, I spent months training for the actual...

05.11.2024 3

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

What I Learned From Destroying Myself at the NYC Marathon

Before Sunday, I had never run 26.2 miles in my life. Like many people preparing for their first marathon, I spent months training for the actual...

05.11.2024 5

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

The Yankees May Have Blown Their Best Chance for Years

For Yankees fans, one of the more charming story lines from this World Series was the emergence of a photo of current shortstop Anthony Volpe as an...

31.10.2024 3

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

The Yankees May Have Blown Their Best Chance for Years

For Yankees fans, one of the more charming story lines from this World Series was the emergence of a photo of current shortstop Anthony Volpe as an...

31.10.2024 3

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

The Yankees May Have Blown Their Best Chance for Years

For Yankees fans, one of the more charming storylines from this World Series was the emergence of a photo of current shortstop Anthony Volpe as an...

31.10.2024 3

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

Dodgers-Yankees Is the Superstar Extravaganza Baseball Needs

It is certainly understandable why no one would want to celebrate this particular anniversary, but 2024 marks 30 years since the 1994 strike...

24.10.2024 3

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

This World Series Is the Superstar Extravaganza Baseball Needs

It is certainly understandable why no one would want to celebrate this particular anniversary, but 2024 marks 30 years since the 1994 strike...

24.10.2024 2

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

The Knicks Are Supposed to be Good. That Might Be a Problem.

On Sunday night, something unprecedented happened at Madison Square Garden: A legitimately exciting preseason NBA game took place. The basketball...

17.10.2024 8

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

The Knicks Are Supposed to be Good. That Might be a Problem.

On Sunday night, something unprecedented happened at Madison Square Garden: A legitimately exciting preseason NBA game took place. The basketball...

17.10.2024 7

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

Why Isn’t LeBron James Talking About Kamala Harris?

In 2008, LeBron James, then just 23 years old, still a year out from the first of his four MVP awards, did something highly unusual for a top-tier...

09.10.2024 4

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

Why Isn’t LeBron James Talking About Kamala Harris?

In 2008, LeBron James, then just 23 years old, still a year out from the first of his four MVP awards, did something highly unusual for a top-tier...

09.10.2024 3

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch

Who to Root for in the MLB Playoffs (Other Than the Mets)

The NFL may be more popular, the NBA may be cooler, the WNBA (amazingly) may be driving the most exhausting culture-war conversations, but when it...

05.10.2024 10

Daily Intelligencer

Will Leitch