Jim Miller: 4 "highly regarded" Grantland staffers resign, will join Bill Simmons

[SmoothOperator88]

Rembert is free brehs!!!

Rembert Browne Joins New York Magazine As Writer-at-Large

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Because Bill is the best sports personality around

Yea ok

 

[The ADD]

Rembert is free brehs!!!

Rembert Browne Joins New York Magazine As Writer-at-Large

 

[threattonature]

Rembert is free brehs!!!

Rembert Browne Joins New York Magazine As Writer-at-Large

He actually has fans? He's the definition of the white-boy cool black guy that white guys use as a vessel into what's cool for black folks.

 

[DiamondCutter]

So Grantland has had a bunch of contributors leave and then it comes out that on Mays and Barnwell's podcast that ESPN censored out them saying bye to their coworkers. I don't see Grantland surviving much longer. ESPN actually got what they wanted. I do wonder what some of the major sports people like Barnwell and Lowe are gonna do...

 

[Tony Kornheiser]

can't wait for the hbo show

 

[kingofnyc]

racist ass bill simmons

every time i ask'd one of u who make this statement

i never get a legit answer



....so would u enlighten me

 

[Pesci]

every time i ask'd one of u who make this statement

i never get a legit answer



....so would u enlighten me

he's from boston and something-something cacs

 

[philmonroe]

So Grantland has had a bunch of contributors leave and then it comes out that on Mays and Barnwell's podcast that ESPN censored out them saying bye to their coworkers. I don't see Grantland surviving much longer. ESPN actually got what they wanted. I do wonder what some of the major sports people like Barnwell and Lowe are gonna do...

When this happened? I know Jalen and Jacoby mention Simmons every now and then.

 

[DiamondCutter]

When this happened? I know Jalen and Jacoby mention Simmons every now and then.

Plus there was a weird transition in the podcast where something was obviously missing. It's all but confirmed that a tribute to the former workers was had

 

[USSInsiders]

every time i ask'd one of u who make this statement

i never get a legit answer



....so would u enlighten me

Have you seen his skin color by any chance

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

He actually has fans? He's the definition of the white-boy cool black guy that white guys use as a vessel into what's cool for black folks.

He truly is a cornball. The only writer on the site worth a damn, who I also think is the best sportswriter doing it, is Jonathan Abrams. Great, great writer.

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

he's from boston and something-something cacs

I have seen numerous sentences from Bill Simmons start with "I'm not racist but," or "don't take this wrong way, but" on top of him elevating average white players over clearly better black players. He can't help himself.

 

[Monoblock]

Mass exodus happening at ESPN. Heads start rolling tomorrow.
Disney's ESPN Said Planning to Eliminate as Many as 350 Jobs

Walt Disney Co.’s ESPN sports network, confronting rising programming costs and a loss of viewers, plans to eliminate as many as 350 positions, about 4.3 percent of its workforce, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The cuts will be announced to employees as early as Wednesday, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the matter because it isn’t public.

The action follows Disney’s announcement in August that earnings at its cable networks won’t meet company forecasts as a result of subscriber losses and currency translation. That triggered a selloff in the shares of many media companies. Disney had the second-largest long-term commitment to sports programming at $44.2 billion behind only 21st Century Fox Inc., according to Bloomberg Intelligence. That was before signing a long-term agreement with the NBA.


An ESPN spokesman declined to comment. The sports broadcaster, based in Bristol, Connecticut, employs 8,000 people worldwide, according to a company fact sheet.

“ESPN has historically embraced evolving technology to smartly navigate our business,” the company said in a statement last month when plans for job cuts were reported by thebiglead.com. “Any organizational changes will be announced directly to our employees if and when appropriate.”

ESPN has also made changes in on-air personnel this year, cutting commentators Bill Simmons and Keith Olbermann. In 2013, the sports network eliminated jobs when it closed a Denver office and shut down a 3-D video service.

The network, which commands the highest price per customer among basic cable channels, has lost more than 4 million subscribers in the past four years, according to researcher SNL Kagan.


Disney Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert Iger said on an Aug. 4 conference call that ESPN was experiencing “modest” subscriber losses. The company lowered its projected annual growth in operating income at its cable TV business to mid-single digits percentages, from high-digit percentages in the four-year period through fiscal 2016.

In October 2014, Disney and Time Warner Inc. signed nine-year programming accords that will bring the National Basketball Association $24 billion.

 

[GunRanger]