The Return of Deadspin?

The irony of having "the return of" anything in the title of my first post since December is not lost on me. But, I've been reading Deadspin more lately, and who knows maybe that is at least part of the reason I've felt like starting this site back up.

Let's face it, Deadspin pretty much sucked after Will Leitch left. Was Will Leitch the greatest writer there ever was? Not really. But, I always enjoyed reading his take. And for some reason, I think I enjoyed the fact that he referred to himself as "we." (Side note: it took me months of reading his posts before I realized he was talking about himself) At any rate, if Will Leitch wrote it, I was reading it.

(If you haven't read Leitch's book God Save the Fan, it's a good read)

When Leitch left, it wasn't a slow decline. From my perspective, the site took an instant dive and never recovered. That is until recently ... What brought me back to Deadspin? The Sarah Phillips coverage! When this story broke, I couldn't get enough. I found myself going back to Deadspin multiple times a day looking for updates. This was the first time I'd hit up Deadspin more than once in a day since I don't know when.

At this point the story seems to have died down, but I've found myself perusing Deadspin again. I'm not sure if I'll be a Deadspin reader again, but I'm going to give it another shot for now. How about you?