Will Leitch
New York Magazine
Athens, GA, United States
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An Achilles Tendon Tear Might be the End of Aaron Rodgers
After injuring himself four plays in, the aging star rendered the Jets — and possibly himself — irrelevant. → Read More
Lance Armstrong Is Setting New World Records for Gall
The disgraced cyclist is trying, absurdly, to position himself as a cancel-culture victim. → Read More
The New York Mets Stink, But Their Future Looks Bright
Fatalistic New York Mets fans have reason to moan this season, but thanks to free-spending owner Steve Cohen, the franchise’s future actually looks bright. → Read More
Messi to Miami Shows that Major League Soccer Has Arrived
Yes, the Argentine megastar will get paid handsomely, but there’s more to his decision than that. → Read More
The Big Sports-Gambling Scandal Might Have Already Happened
Incoherent rules around betting on games have created an atmosphere ripe for misbehavior. → Read More
The PGA’s LIV Merger Shows It Never Had Any Principles
The league briefly took the moral high ground against its Saudi-backed rival — then suddenly cashed out. → Read More
The Failson Celtics Don’t Deserve to be Near the NBA Finals
The Boston Celtics, the failsons of the NBA, don’t deserve to be anywhere near the league finals. The Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets are worthier entrants. → Read More
It’s About to Get Incredibly Expensive to Watch Sports
ESPN’s upcoming streaming service signals another blow to the cable package. Between all the services streaming sports — ESPN, Hulu, Apple, and many more — it’s getting more expensive to be a sports fan. → Read More
The 2023 NBA Draft Lottery Is All About Victor Wembanyama
On Tuesday night at the 2023 NBA Draft Lottery, the fortunes of one NBA team — and one city — will change with the selection of phenom Victor Wembanyama. → Read More
LeBron James vs. Stephen Curry Is a Reprieve for the NBA
Two defining superstars will battle it out in the playoffs. But is anyone waiting in the wings to replace them? → Read More
Everything Is Breaking the New York Knicks’ Way Now
It’s been a decade since the New York Knicks made it this far in the playoffs, but now, as they face the Miami Heat in the second round, everything is breaking their way. → Read More
Who You Should Root for in March Madness (Not Alabama)
This year’s tournament has been characteristically exhilarating so far. Let’s just hope a certain team doesn’t win it all. → Read More
The 10 oldest players in baseball in 2023
You know you’re getting older, becoming a real grown-up, when you realize you’re the same age as Major League Baseball players. Then it dawns on you that players your age are considered “grizzled veterans.” And then, eventually, there’s no one your age in MLB left. Then you are old. Marking → Read More
Major League Baseball’s New Pitch Clock Is Good
The sport desperately needs to change, no matter how loudly purists complain. → Read More
Sports Aren’t a Constant Anymore, and That’s Probably Good
Game cancellations used to be reserved for weather disasters or 9/11, but we live in a new world now. → Read More
Which division champ is most likely to repeat in '23?
For all the talk about how division races supposedly don’t matter as much as they used to -- and I can think of a couple No. 1 and No. 2 seeds who would very much disagree with you -- it still means something to be able to call yourself a → Read More
Our crystal ball predicts the next 10 World Series champs
Off the top of your head, see if you can name the teams that won the World Series every year of the last 10 seasons, in order. You ready? No peeking. The answers are, of course: 2013: Red Sox over Cardinals 2014: Giants over Royals 2015: Royals over Mets 2016: → Read More
Who will be each club's best player in 2023?
Happy New Year! We made it! All told, 2022 was a pretty fantastic year -- as close to “normal” as it has been around these parts in quite a while. But '23 promises to be even better. Because new years always promise to be even better. That’s the point of → Read More
You might not have seen these 8 breakouts coming
Every year has breakout guys. We don’t mean players like Julio Rodríguez or Adley Rutschman -- can’t-miss prospects who, when they made it to the Majors, did not, in fact, miss. We’re talking about the players who hadn’t made much of a mark in the Majors until the 2022 season → Read More
Fox Sports Still Sucks at This, and Other World Cup Takeaways
What we learned from a riveting and dispiriting tournament. → Read More