Will Leitch Quote

This is the very structure of sports journalism: deification and damnation, death and resurrection, failure and redemption. You succeed so you can falter so you can succeed again. We need a rise and a fall. We need hubris and retribution and recovery.

Will Leitch

This is the very structure of sports journalism: deification and damnation, death and resurrection, failure and redemption. You succeed so you can falter so you can succeed again. We need a rise and a fall. We need hubris and retribution and recovery.

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About Will Leitch

William F. Leitch is an American writer and the founding editor of the Gawker Media sports blog Deadspin. Leitch is a national correspondent for MLB.com, a contributing editor at New York, film critic at Grierson & Leitch, contributor to The New York Times, GQ, The Washington Post, and NBC News.
Leitch is the author of six published books. His fifth book, How Lucky,(2021) was nominated for an Edgar Award, and received an endorsement from author Stephen King. His seventh book, Lloyd McNeil's Last Ride, will be published by Harper in May 2025.