"Hey, I'm about to do a national television hit ... time to go hop in my car!"

For @theathletic.com, I wrote about the ACC's new instant replay innovation, but I really wrote about what, exactly, we expect out of our technology. www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...

It's #EHG 579 with @williamfleitch.bsky.social! #ThePaper, #OMITB S05, #LoveConRevenge, #30Rock's YouTube page, a #DeptQ Canon pitch, and more! Out on all podcast platforms now! extrahotgreat.com/eh...

I know some Illini alums not happy, but the difference between simply adding the name of an alum (who already has his name on the business school) to the stadium and it ending up "Bad Boy Motors Crypto Park (brought to you by GoDaddy)" is pretty vast. If it was going to happen, I'm glad it was this.

For @theathletic.com, I wondered what in college football, exactly, current college students are going to have to be nostalgic about when they turn into middle-aged people. www.nytimes.com/athletic/661...

Had it not died in that tragic paragliding accident, Deadspin would have turned 20 years old today. deadspin.com/welcome-to-d...

This is the Vice President. Of America. Like, right now.

I-L-L!!!

Congratulations to Carmelo Anthony on his very much deserved induction into the Hall of Fame. Here is my Carmelo Anthony story: When he was traded to the Knicks, I wrote a big feature for @nymag.com about his arrival. Here is that story: nymag.com/news/sports/...

For @nymag.com, I wrote about how the NFL never had it better than when Trump was out of office. (Which is a problem, because he is now, as you might have heard, back in office.) nymag.com/intelligence...

For @washingtonpost.com, I wrote about the Dallas Cowboys, the team that I think we're all getting tired of pretending is any more interesting than any other NFL team. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

My college football column this week for @theathletic.com is about Kalen DeBoer, but really it's about how miserable it must be to be a college football coach. www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...

My college football column this week for @theathletic.com is about Kalen DeBoer, but really it's about how miserable it must be to be a college football coach. www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...

I wrote a cover story about Jeremy Lin for @gqmagazine.bsky.social in November 2012--it landed on stands the day Sandy hit--and he was great and also only person to ever fall asleep on me in the middle of an interview. (It had been a very long day. Also I am very boring.) www.gq.com/story/jeremy...

I feel like the screenshot doesn't quite do this justice. The full sequence was basically a tragicomedy in three small, beautiful acts.

I'm going to be writing a weekly column about college football for @theathletic.com this year. I hope people enjoy it. Here is the first one, about how it feels to be a college football fan in 2025. (Which is kind of how it feels like to be anything in 2025.) www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...

Congrats to Heidi Gardner, the final-ever guest of "The Will Leitch Show," on her run at SNL. We taped this when she was still a featured player, surely the only reason she agreed to come on. She dazzled our dozens (dozens!) of viewers. (She also knew the NBA *cold*.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D5W...

I'm going to be writing a weekly column about college football for @theathletic.com this year. I hope people enjoy it. Here is the first one, about how it feels to be a college football fan in 2025. (Which is kind of how it feels like to be anything in 2025.) www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...

For @washingtonpost.com, I wrote about how in a world dominated by gambling and its goons, fantasy football has returned to its rightful, original place as a dorky, charming activity for happy nerds who just enjoy sports. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

For @washingtonpost.com, I wrote about how in a world dominated by gambling and its goons, fantasy football has returned to its rightful, original place as a dorky, charming activity for happy nerds who just enjoy sports. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Me: These people, they are your family. This is your history. Your past is your future. This is what has made you the person you are. This is what you will pass on to your children. This is your legacy. My children: look at all these uncs

New episode! We review three new movies: 1) "Weapons" 2) "The Naked Gun" 3) "Together" Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/475M... Have a good week. Beware of darkness.

They're not booing, they're saying "Goo-rge."

Holy shit, WEAPONS.

Every professor and teacher should do this.

For @nymag.com, I wrote about how wrong Daryl Morey is: The COVID season was awesome, actually. nymag.com/intelligence...

If you're in the DC area, come out to Wonderland Books in Bethesda, tonight, 7 p.m. ET, July 30. We'll talk LLOYD MCNEIL'S LAST RIDE and sports things, and you can yell at me for apparently not liking the new NAKED GUN movie as much as everyone else. Also, there is air conditioning. Come on out!

@bencollins.bsky.social Little light reading at the Cards game tonight.

I feel like the final stage of totalitarianism is when Trump gets himself in the Nats’ presidents’ race.

I wrote about AI this weekend. williamfleitch.substack.com/p/volume-5-i...

I wrote about AI this weekend. williamfleitch.substack.com/p/volume-5-i...

@mikevorkunov.bsky.social Found this in some archives. Don’t you miss when you did REAL journalism?

🚨BONUS EP! We invited the great @williamfleitch.bsky.social to stop by for a spirited chat about sports media in the aughts. Available for all members, free and paid, right here: www.patreon.com/posts/134220...

Hey, Los Angeles! Come to Book Soup tonight and see me talk about LLOYD MCNEIL'S LAST RIDE. 7 p.m. PT I will give you a hug.

All songs by the Doors are instantly improved if you imagine them being performed by Ron Burgundy.

Guess it's time to point to the "Why McAfees Are Ruining The World" sign again. williamfleitch.substack.com/p/volume-4-i...

Man, McAfee's even on the Statcast version.

I wrote a long (free) newsletter this week about the history, the future and, yes, the magic of Web publishing. williamfleitch.substack.com/p/volume-5-i...

For the record, I am against the Cardinals signing Matt Harvey to their rotation.

For @washingtonpost.com, I wrote about asking more from our sports teams that they are morally capable of. They will always disappoint you if you let them. So don't let them. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Can we just say these people are stupid? I mean, they're evil and monomaniacal and out of control, but I keep getting stuck on the stupidity first. This is ... a moron?

Come out tonight and say hi tonight, St. Louis!

I am overwhelmed by this show of force.

This is exactly how it felt in OKC this morning.

This story is impeccably reported, full of jaw-dropping scenes and scoops, but even better, she wrote the shit out of it--it's consistently, surreally funny, our own real-life, real-time Dr. Strangelove. (Seriously, though, we're all doomed.)

I stood in line getting popcorn in Westwood to see “She’s So Lovely” behind Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman on the day Princess Diana died.

Just checking back in to see where we stand on this @bostonglobe.com fake front page from pre-election 2016

Everything is going great.

The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.