Buzz Bissinger Freaks Out at Will Leitch

Published: April 29, 2008, 6:38 pm

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Filed under: Featured Stories, The Word, BlogsH.G. "Buzz" Bissinger, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Friday Night Lights, appeared on a panel tonight alongside Deadspin blogger Will Leitch on Bob Costas's HBO show. It did not go well.Bissinger launched into a profane rant against Leitch, Deadspin, blogs in general and "Big Daddy Balls," the latter being the name that Bissinger incorrectly used for the blogger who goes by the pen name Big Daddy Drew. Bissinger was completely unhinged. Cleveland Browns wide receiver Braylon Edwards, who for some odd reason was on the panel as well, looked frightened."This guy, whether we like it or not, is the future," Bissinger said, jabbing his finger in Leitch's direction. "The future in the hands of guys like you is really going to dumb us down to a degree that I don't think we can recover from."Continue reading Buzz Bissinger Freaks Out at Will LeitchPermalink Email this Comments

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