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Arch and unrepentant, Will Leitch, founding editor of Deadspin.com, is the mouthpiece for all the frustrated fans who just want their games back from big money, bloated egos, and blathering sportscasters. Always a fan first and a sportswriter second, Leitch considers the perfection of fantasy leagues and the meaninglessness of the steroids debate as he exposes Olympic fetishes, parses Shaq's rap attack on Kobe, shares a brew with John Rocker and his surprising girlfriend, and reveals what ESPN and the beer companies really think about you. If you or a fan you love is suffering from a sense of listless dissatisfaction brought on by the leagues and networks, God Save the Fan is your new manifesto.

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The funniest sports book I have ever read. Yeah, as a member of the mainstream media I should probably despise Will Leitch. But God Saves the Fan is an uproarious, painful, pointed, skittish manifesto on all that s warped in the world of Lucious Pusey. --Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author of The Bad Guys Won!

If the truth is to be found in humor - and it is - then let Will Leitch lead our people's revolution. He's everything that's right and funny and true in American sports. -- Jeff MacGregor, Sports Illustrated special contributor and author of Sunday Money

Leitch balances potent humor with sharp and sometimes vicious insight without lapsing into cliches. He manages to be an astute sports critic while maintaining his enthusiasm as a fan, making his book an entertaining and enlightening read for anyone who roots for the home team a little too hard. --Publishers Weekly

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Will Leitch is a contributing editor at New York magazine, a columnist for The Washington Post and the founder of the late sports website Deadspin. He is the award-winning author of the novels How Lucky and The Time Has Come and two works of nonfiction, God Save the Fan and Are We Winning?, and he writes regularly for The New York Times, NBC News, The Atlantic and MLB.com. He lives in Athens, Georgia, with his wife and two sons.

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