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The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL.: Two-pronged programming alert
FanHouse: Bill Simmons Writes on Deadspin; Universe Scheduled to Collapse by 6:00 EDT
Foul Balls: Deadspin Is Awesome Today
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop: SO LONG, LOSER
Two-pronged programming alert
The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL. —
... army is currently roasting Will. It’s hilarious. I was asked to contribute something, which was really nice, but more important than that is that you hurry over and read Bill Simmons’ thing. It’s … awesome. ...
Bill Simmons Writes on Deadspin; Universe Scheduled to Collapse by 6:00 EDT
FanHouse —
... Wait wait wait wait. ESPN's Bill Simmons? That guy, the Sports Guy? ESPN.com's most decorated columnist is writing for ESPN's most hated nemesis?! (link is sort of NSFW: language and a crude fellatic photoshop that looks more like monochromatic vomit) ...
Deadspin Is Awesome Today
Foul Balls —
I mean, you start the day by posting pictures of me, and the average reader has to wonder, "How can today get any better?" I didn't think it could, but damn it if Deadspin hasn't proven me wrong today. First they actually convinced Bill Simmons to write a post there today (the best thing he's written in years, by the way), and now this video from the Basketball Jones' J.E. Skeets making fun of the whole Costas Now/Buzz Bissinger fiasco. Brilliant. (Some very NSFW language going on here, so turn the volume down a bit. Just don't do any actual work.)
SO LONG, LOSER
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop —
... , Drew Magary hit up everyone from sports bloggers to mainstream media guys to make fun of Leitch in a monstrous no-holds-barred jokefest that's been going all afternoon. Some of the more notable submissions include a pretty excellent piece from Bill Simmons and ...
A Quick Aside
RealClearSports - Blog —
As you may or may not know, Will Leitch, a guy who is on the Mt. Rushmore of sports blogs (Mt. Blogsmore?), is leaving as the editor of Deadspin to go work at New York Magazine -- this is his last week. In fact, tomorrow is his last day at the site, so today, they've been roasting him. And it's fantastic.
They even got ESPN's Bill Simmons to stop by and offer his thoughts. Seriously.
This Week's Links (6/23-6/27)
Vegas Watch —
Now this is happening. The interwebs just exploded.
Bruce Weber: "Indiana will suck."
Great moments in assault and battery.
Posnanski has a theory, and it's a good one.
The Futures Game rosters were announced (US, World).
So, how about that improved NL?
Derrick Rose, yippee!
Tremendous Upside Potential —
... The Will Leitch roast yesterday was amazing in every way. The two best tributes came from Bill Simmons (yowzers) and JE Skeets, who made quite possibly the ...
Yeah, Seriously, What the Hell?
Fire Jay Mariotti —
Per CS's heads up from yesterday's comments. I don't read Deadspin anymore (although I probably should, because I'm getting sick and fucking tired of going over to The Big Lead and finding post after post that's basically a picture of a mediocre looking chick that he insists is a "Vegas 10", and then some horrible sports related prediction) so this slipped past me. ...
TMS Tribute: Goodbye William F. Leitch
Four Habs Fans —
Yes, we know we wrote about it when he announced it, but we must acknowledge that today is Will Leitch's last day at Deadspin. We have said it a million times, but there would be no FHF without DS. There would be no sports blogosphere as we know it without Will Leitch. Yesterday the blogosphere turned out to roast / pay tribute to Leitch on DS. We really enjoyed Bill Simmons' piece and the KSK guys. We think they are all worth a read, and they show what he meant to all of us who write sports blogs from our mom's basements. Or ...
Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “At Least One of Us Is an All-Star” Edition
Hire Jim Essian —
Well, well, well. Lookie who’s the first Cub to make the All-Star Team. Soriano? Bitch. Soto? Bitch. Fukudome? Bitch. Anyhow, it’s Roundup time.
Hey, I thought you couldn’t pull fat.
Congratulations to the Fresno State underBulldogs for winning the College World Series.
QUICK! Someone drop a bomb on Deadspin while they’re both there!
Rick Kranitz is busy trying to make himself look as smart as I am.
Back in my day, ...
The Sports Putz : Thoroughy Unfamiliar With CSTB…
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
…and perhaps not so well versed in using search engines, either. While a star-studded collection of sports media icons paid homage to outgoing Deadspin editor Wil Leitch yesterday (the funniest entry being J.E. Skeets’ recreation of the “Costas Now” blog segment), Page 2’s Bill Simmons offered the following tribute :
Here’s when I knew you had the sports blogosphere by the balls: When you gave a soccer column to an editor at Harper Collins, then that same editor signed you to a book deal … and ...
Credit When Due
Five Tool Tool - The Sports Blog That Loves You Back —
Will Leitch's roast over at Deadspin had a very nice turn from, of all people, the Bad Tooth. Go check it out; he even gets to curse and seem to enjoy himself. It's like he went back in time. Maybe it is all the Lemur editors fault? ...
Will Leitch, One Last Time
RealClearSports - Blog —
... now." I guess you could say, I was hooked.
For more than two years now, I've read that site everyday, following along as Will Leitch crafted something special. About a month ago, right here on this site, I wrote, "...he's probably the one reason I'm writing on this site now. He was the leader of this blog 'revolution,' and that place will always be his..." And now, on his last day, I think both of those statements are more true than ever before.
They're paying him all sorts of tributes over there, and it's all well-deserved (even The ...
This Week in Bloggernets: Ninjas and The Heckling Society!
Red Sox Monster —
... ) -- Anybody who wasn't paying attention to the epic roast of Will Leitch this week needs to play catch-up now. Even Bill Simmons got involved ! ( ...
Linked
Comments on: Rotoscoop.com —
... once. But after this brilliant Deadspin piece, it’s become more obvious than ever that ESPN’s editors hold him back quite a bit. ...
Bill Simmons Is Taking the Summer Off
FanHouse —
... Or maybe it was his little foray into the dangerous, albeit exciting, world of the blogosphere that got him all reminiscent about returning to his roots. But that seems a little too optimistic. ...
Ten Weeks?
ShysterBall —
... and fraternization with the enemy. If he is acting like a diva, I'd have hoped that ESPN wouldn't cave to it, because for all of Simmons' good qualities -- he's a good writer who does a great job and draws a big audience when he's committed -- Simmons is not as special as some say he is and he's certainly not irreplaceable (no one in the land of the Internet is). However, if he's being punished, it would be ironic indeed given that it is Simmons himself who has done more than anyone to popularize one of ...
AaronGleeman.com — ... . As a huge Simmons fan his taking 10 weeks off makes me sad, but if it eventually leads to him breaking free from ESPN and finding a new home where he can be completely unfiltered, that would probably make up for it. Until then, his highly amusing send-off of Will Leitch over at Deadspin will have to suffice. ...
Wednesday Dump
Sports —
... Simmons to launch his own site? No matter what people think or say about him, he, more than anyone is responsible for the explosion of the sports blogosphere. He’d have no problem selling ad space or getting his overhead covered by a sponsor, could say or do whatever he wanted and would still draw a huge readership. Simmons under Disney control is good, but not as edgy or funny as he could be. Remember his roast of departing Deadspin editor Will Leitch? A glimpse of how funny Simmons unfiltered can be. (ESPN.com and Deadspin) ...
“The Best Thing That Ever Happened to That Guy’s Site”: Cowherd Talks TBL With Simmons
The Big Lead —
... Simmons: “Yeah, but why does anybody have to be a bully? It seems like we’re all in this together. We all like sports. Some people have a bigger forum than others. I don’t begrudge any blogger, whoever, from having an audience. Do what you have to do. I think I have a pretty good sense of humor about stuff. Even what happened when they did the Conversation thing, I joked about it in a post on Deadspin, you know, eighteen months later. Stuff happens. The part that I didn’t like was that, ...
