Will Leitch

I wrote about "Star Wars" movies not really mattering any more, and how that happened. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…

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/lloyd…

“Next Thursday night, CBS will air Stephen Colbert’s final episode of ’The Late Show.‘ It will be emotional, but it will also be tangled in the tension of our fraught era,” @williamfleitch writes. wapo.st/4wvx3zw

I wrote about how “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” never quite became the show you—and, I suspect, its host—initially hoped it would be. wapo.st/4uN2xzw

@dsmeekeer7 Heck yeah! Also from Mattoon: Recently fired Red Sox third base coach Kyle Hudson, recently Tommy John'd Giants starter Hayden Birdsong and Carson Klein, the very accomplished lawyer and wife of Dodgers World Series hero Will Klein. We're all over your baseball dial these days.

Just listened to the morning lineup, and was shocked to hear someone from Mattoon! My family is in Charleston, and I grew up in Newton. @williamfleitch #bagelfest

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For @washingtonpost, I wrote about the overwhelming box office success of "Michael." What it means, and what it doesn't. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…

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"In these tumultuous times, I find myself looking for release any time I can find it." Sign up for the latest newsletter from @williamfleitch: wapo.st/4soxKrR

I wrote about Bruce Pearl for @TheAthletic. nytimes.com/athletic/71211…

Thought the U.S. Olympic hockey drama was messy? Just wait until Trump’s World Cup, Will Leitch writes. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

For @nymag, I wrote about curling, and the end of a world that cares about rules. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

For @TheAthletic, I wrote about how CFB's problem is that no one can accept failure as a lesson to be learned from rather than a grievous abnormality caused by malignant outside figures solely motivated by taking from you what you believe to be yours. nytimes.com/athletic/68733…

"There was no way Trump was going to be able to resist this spectacle," @williamfleitch writes. "What’s the point of being president if you can’t have the Village People perform for you at a soccer event, after all?" wapo.st/4rENLKn

For @TheAthletic, I wrote about Rivalry Week, and how the closest thing to sports godliness is making sure the people who mean the most to you in your life are completely miserable for the next 12 months. nytimes.com/athletic/68343…

For @TheAthletic, I wrote about getting bored of paradise and wanting a new paradise. nytimes.com/athletic/68209…

Second—and final, I think—NYC marathon completed. Just an experience like nothing else. If you happen to see me today, please be somewhat careful; if you even slightly bump into me I may shatter into millions of pieces.

For @TheAthletic, I wrote about Arch Manning, and how watching his Warby Parker advertisements now feels a little like watching a political ad after an election in which your candidate has lost. nytimes.com/athletic/66943…

For @TheAthletic , I wrote about fans running on the field and how it's bad and dangerous and scary and also obviously awesome. nytimes.com/athletic/66745…