I miss Bill Simmons (update) The Podfather iz back

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I really used to hate this guy then I started seeing his grantland and podcast stuff and he was a different dude, he is trash as a host but entertaining af on internet, and I didn't know he helped with 30for30 too. He is returning October 1 so it should be fun, I really like his NBA season preview where he ranks 30 teams.
Returning where?
 

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ah, the coli variation of godwin's law

the longer a thread about a white person goes, the odds of him being called a racist increase
If the Celtics jersey fits. I've read way too many "I'm a white guy but," sentences by him, along with his constant lionizing of average white players (along with criticizing black players who he deems ball hogs, "arrogant", etc) to be convinced otherwise.

Get a job, Bill.
 

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If the Celtics jersey fits. I've read way too many "I'm a white guy but," sentences by him, along with his constant lionizing of average white players (along with criticizing black players who he deems ball hogs, "arrogant", etc) to be convinced otherwise.

Get a job, Bill.
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Why would you miss Bill Simmons?

:dahell:

There are plenty of longwinded writers with no credibility.
Bill Simmons is a glorified blogger. He's literally 1 step up from everyone on the coli.

From his own Wikipedia page:

For eight years following grad school, Simmons lived in Charlestown working various jobs before eventually landing a job at ESPN.[18] The September after grad school, Simmons started working at the Boston Herald as a high school sports reporter, mainly "answering phones... organizing food runs, [and] working on the Sunday football scores section."[6][17] Three years later he got a job as a freelancer for Boston Phoenix[17] but was broke within three months and started bartending.[6] In 1997,[19] unable to get a newspaper job, Simmons "badgered"[6]Digital City Boston of AOL[20] into giving him a column, and he started the web site BostonSportsGuy.com while working as a bartender and waiter at night.[21][22] He decided to call his column "Sports Guy" since the site had a "Movie Guy."[20]

So EIGHT YEARS after grad school he couldn't get a real job at a newspaper?
Then he harrassed AOL and begged them to let him blog on their site?

This is the sports genius you jagaloons worship?
Woody Paige has a better resume than this idiot.
 

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Why would you miss Bill Simmons?

:dahell:

There are plenty of longwinded writers with no credibility.
Bill Simmons is a glorified blogger. He's literally 1 step up from everyone on the coli.

From his own Wikipedia page:

For eight years following grad school, Simmons lived in Charlestown working various jobs before eventually landing a job at ESPN.[18] The September after grad school, Simmons started working at the Boston Herald as a high school sports reporter, mainly "answering phones... organizing food runs, [and] working on the Sunday football scores section."[6][17] Three years later he got a job as a freelancer for Boston Phoenix[17] but was broke within three months and started bartending.[6] In 1997,[19] unable to get a newspaper job, Simmons "badgered"[6]Digital City Boston of AOL[20] into giving him a column, and he started the web site BostonSportsGuy.com while working as a bartender and waiter at night.[21][22] He decided to call his column "Sports Guy" since the site had a "Movie Guy."[20]

So EIGHT YEARS after grad school he couldn't get a real job at a newspaper?
Then he harrassed AOL and begged them to let him blog on their site?

This is the sports genius you jagaloons worship?
Woody Paige has a better resume than this idiot.

you're acting like every journalist isn't a glorified blogger though.

at least you know this guy got his job just cause he felt like had something to say and put in the work to make it happen. unlike many other sports journalists, where they are giving the 3 remaining newspaper gigs to people like thsi guy Stefan Bondy - Writers - NY Daily News :sas2:


or sports i like that are minority status in america basically being written about by rejects from other sports who kinda took the next best thing just to have their name up somewhere, a guy like grant wahl Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl) on Twitter with 70% fake twitter followers
 
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