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Will Leitch

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Will Leitch has been a contributing editor at New York since 2008, covering sports and film. He is the author of six books, including the Edgar-nominated novel How Lucky and The Time Has Come.

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    There’s No Such Thing As a Good Sports-Team OwnerFans should aspire to ignore them and all their buzz-killing drama.
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    No Wonder Athletes Are Shutting Up About PoliticsWho needs seemingly half the country rejoicing in your defeat?
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    Aaron Rodgers Really Wants to Be Liked AgainEver since he joined the Jets, the anti-COVID-vaxx conspiracy theorist has dialed down the nuttiness.
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    U.S. Women’s Soccer Doesn’t Have to Fight Trump AnymoreAs they try for a third straight World Cup win, an American team that has vanquished all foes no longer needs a special story line.
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    Please Let Shohei Ohtani Play for a Team That Doesn’t SuckThe Angels are once again squandering historic talent, but hopefully not for much longer.
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    Every Harrison Ford Movie, RankedWe evaluate everything from American Graffiti to Indiana Jones.
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    Lance Armstrong Is Setting New World Records for GallThe disgraced cyclist is trying, absurdly, to position himself as a cancel-culture victim.
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    Every Jennifer Lawrence Movie, RankedIn a shockingly short time, Jennifer Lawrence has compiled a formidable résumé — where does No Hard Feelings fit in her career?
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    The Mets Stink, But Their Future Actually Looks BrightNot that their fatalistic fan base wants to hear it right now.
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    Messi to Miami Shows That Major League Soccer Has ArrivedYes, the Argentine megastar will get paid handsomely, but there’s more to his decision than that.
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    The Big Sports-Gambling Scandal Might Have Already HappenedIncoherent rules around betting on games have created an atmosphere ripe for misbehavior.
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    The PGA Never Had Any Principles to Begin WithThe league briefly took the moral high ground against its Saudi-backed rival — then suddenly cashed out.
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    Every Spider-Man Movie Villain, RankedMany excellent actors have tangled with Spidey, but which of these foes had you (almost) rooting for them?
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    The Failson Celtics Don’t Deserve to be Near the NBA FinalsA Heat-Nuggets matchup may not have massive crossover appeal, but the two teams possess a killer instinct Boston lacks.
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    All of Robert De Niro’s Comedic Roles, RankedAbout My Father is just the latest in a long line of comedies for the actor.
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    It’s About to Get Incredibly Expensive to Watch SportsCable TV was the worst way to follow your favorite team, except for every other way.
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    Tuesday Night’s NBA Draft Is Going to Change EverythingForget the playoffs — one lucky team is about to land Victor Wembanyama, the most awe-inspiring prospect since LeBron.
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    LeBron vs. Curry Is a Reprieve for the NBATwo defining superstars will battle it out in the playoffs. But is anyone waiting in the wings to replace them?
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    Everything Is Breaking the Knicks’ Way NowIt’s been a decade since they’ve made it this far in the playoffs. A combination of skill, grit, and luck could propel them farther.
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    Daniel Snyder Deserves Far Worse Than ThisThe worst owner in sports is finally selling his team and profiting enormously from his abhorrent behavior.
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    The Sports-Betting Ads Are Awful, and They’re Not Going AwayLeagues have bet the house on gambling, which means everyone watching a game has to suffer.
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    The Knicks Are So Much More Fun Without StarsEven if they don’t overperform in the playoffs, it’s been a season to remember.
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    Kyrie Irving Has Managed to Screw Up Another FranchiseEven on his best behavior, the mercurial superstar is causing problems for his new team.
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    The Year March Madness Went Too MadWith a surfeit of Cinderella stories in the men’s tournament, look to the women’s Final Four for excitement.
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    Every Keanu Reeves Movie Performance, RankedFrom Ted to John Wick and everything in between.
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    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.
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    A C-Minus Version of Aaron Rodgers Is Still a Win for the JetsConsiderable baggage aside, he’s an improvement on the status quo.
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    The Brandon Miller Situation Is Completely GrotesqueAlabama’s star basketball player allegedly provided his friend a murder weapon, and the school is doing nothing about it.
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    When Athletes Get Milkshake Duck’dJa Morant’s troubling behavior is the latest evidence that, even in the social-media age, we don’t really know the athletes we idolize.
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    Every Rocky and Creed Movie, RankedWith Creed III upon us, we’ve ranked all nine Rocky movies. Only a handful are true knockouts, though a couple of others win on points.
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    The Baseball Clock Is GoodThe sport desperately needs to change, no matter how loudly purists complain.
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    Remember When Sports Never Canceled Games?Calling off events used to be reserved for weather disasters or 9/11, but we live in a new world now.
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    An Anticlimactic Super Bowl Ending Blew the NFL’s Night ApartThe holding call heard ’round the world was a reminder of sports’ inherent unpredictability.
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    Every Steven Soderbergh Movie, RankedStudying Soderbergh, from Solaris to Schizopolis.
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    Why You Should Root for the Eagles This SundayIt’s not only because I don’t want their fans to come after me.
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    The Lost Joy of Hating Sports AnnouncersSelf-righteous jerks like Billy Packer don’t exist on TV anymore, and that’s a shame.
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    LeBron’s Career Has Been a Quiet Rebuke to Michael Jordan’sAs he approaches the all-time NBA scoring record (and his eventual retirement), the Chosen One remains grounded.
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    Tom Brady Is a Rickety Old Man Still Chasing the DragonHe’s still solid at 45, but Monday night’s debacle in Dallas was hard to watch — and a sign of things to come.
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    The Week We Pretended That This Time Might be DifferentDamar Hamlin almost died, but angst about the evils of football feels perfunctory at this point.
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    Every Christian Bale Movie, RankedFrom iconic superheroes to smiling psychopaths, a look at the famously intense actor’s career.
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    Every Edward Norton Movie Performance, RankedAssessing the actor’s broad résumé, from a neo-Nazi to the Hulk.
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    The Reaction to Damar Hamlin’s Collapse Represents ProgressIt took a terrifying event, but for once, the NFL abandoned its “show must go on” mentality.
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    The 10 Biggest Sports Stories of 2022It was a normal-feeling year at last — but the real world kept intruding.
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    The Seven Most Important Athletes of 2022Records broken, swan songs sung, and a superstar freed.
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    Every Guillermo del Toro Movie, RankedBreaking down the genre master’s filmography, from Pan’s Labyrinth to his new Pinocchio.
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    Fox Sports Still Sucks at This, and Other World Cup TakeawaysWhat we learned from a riveting and dispiriting tournament.
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    The 9 Best Christmas Movies on Amazon PrimeMiracle on 34th Street, Little Women, Edward Scissorhands, and more.
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    The U.S. Team Can Hold Their Heads HighLosing to the Netherlands was deeply frustrating, but the Americans’ best days are ahead of them.
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    The U.S. Can Absolutely Beat the Netherlands on SaturdayYour guide to this weekend’s very big, very winnable game.
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    The U.S. Pulled It OffThey survived a tense second half and an injury to their best player to beat Iran.
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