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RedBaron He's miffed, but I'm not sure ESPN really had the power to make him the Bucks' GM. -
And One Thought I wrote long posts. I bow to 15,000 word Bill.
Cheap Shots: Haven’t Done This In a While
Signal to Noise —
... If you’ve noticed that Bill Simmons has kind of disappeared from the Four Letter, well, you’re not alone — Leitch tries to get some answers, and gets something about “unkept promises”. [Deadspin] ...
Simmons And ESPN Not Currently Seeing Eye To Eye
AwfulAnnouncing —
... Interesting item over at Deadspin today about a dialogue that they had with Bill Simmons recently. It seems that Simmons is writing less these days and it's not because he's taking a vacation or burnt out like Jason Whitlock. No it's because he and the "Leader" are in a bit of a standstill. ...
Crouthamelinks
Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician —
... Rowan was named Division I Nike/Inside Lacrosse Player of the Week...Inside Lacrosse Syracuse Lacrosse is the Greatest Sport Ever! So says...ARoundWorldThroughSquareGlasses A.E.M. over at The Orange Squeeze unleashes his inagural podcast...The Orange Squeeze Why is Demetris Nichols wearing an ACC T-shirt?...The Sports Hump Is this the end of the Bill Simmons/ESPN Era?...DeadspinCooking with Kige. Something tells me those ingredients aren't organic: ...
Bill Simmons seems displeased with ESPN at this time
Sports stories from Newsday —
... Then, out of leftfield, comes this from ESPN.com's biggest star, Bill Simmons, who evidently is not bashful about being critical of his bosses. ...
The Media Revolution Continues: Bill Simmons Goes Whitlock On ESPN
The Big Lead —
... did the honors. Today, it’s Bill Simmons. The first two were almost instantly relieved of their duties. What will become of The Sports Guy? ...
The Internets: Bill Simmons has had it up to here
Randball —
... Deadspin scores big with an e-mail exchange with ESPN.com’s Bill Simmons, in which it is clear the Sports Guy is not happy with the state of affairs over at the WWL. Without rehashing Simmons’ entire career arc, we will say we did notice he hadn’t been quite as active lately. From Deadspin, Simmons’ words: ...
Big names.
Sports Media Watch —
... . Kornheiser had worked at the Post for nearly to 30 years. Bill Simmons : The Page 2 personality is apparently at odds with his ESPN bosses, telling Deadspin that he is " not writing for ESPN.com as much " by choice. In part, Simmons told the sports blog " ...
Of Tony, Bill and Tomase: a strange day for sports journalism
Small White Ball —
... I think he would owe his life to ESPN for giving him the platform they did, but it seems the free reign he was looking for isn't happening. I, like others, have to wonder what 'certain promises' means. He's got a tv segment, his own microsite on ESPN.com and plenty of money in the bank. What's he got to be upset about? What behind-the-scenes bullshit? His contract runs out in 2010, but I have a feeling we will hear more about this sooner than later...like this week. If you're into it, check out the Deadspin piece. Quick read, but well-worth it. ...
Welcome to the Machine
Five Tool Tool - The Sports Blog That Loves You Back —
... A little note today on Deadspin (H/t) how the Bad Tooth (aka Bill Simmons) is... wait for it... unhappy with how the World Wide Lemur has been treating him! ...
Is this the end of the Sports Dork?
The Hater Nation —
... ESPN's Bill Simpson has ripped his employer on the popular Deadspin site saying, among other things, is that "certain promises were not kept." Here is what Will gleaned from the Dork. ...
Bill Simmons Is Unhappy With ESPN and Posting on His Own Blog
FanHouse —
Filed under: ESPN, BlogsWhen asked why he is writing less frequently, ESPN.com columnist Bill Simmons gave a surprisingly blunt statement to Deadspin about his relationship with his employer:
Yes, I still work for ESPN. No, I'm not writing for ESPN.com as much - my choice, not theirs. That's just the way it will be from now on, unfortunately. I'd have more to say, but I'd end up being profane and I don't want to offend Buzz Bissinger. ...
I still love writing my column and only re-signed last year ...
Where do the Sports Guy and ESPN stand?
Red Sox Monster —
As a Red Sox blogger, I'm well aware that even if the luster is off for some readers in other parts of the country, Sox fans, by and large, still love their Bill Simmons . It was with interest, then, that I read Deadspin's post yesterday afternoon about Simmons' growing gripes with ESPN. In it, he expresses the following : I still love writing my column and only re-signed last year because I really did believe that we had hashed out all the behind the scenes bullshit and come to some sort of agreement on creative lines, media criticism rules, the promotion of ...
The Morning Skate for Thursday, May 15th
Four Habs Fans —
Bullet points for what you missed while having nightmares of a Sports Guy vs. ESPN showdown... Dallas beats the Wings? I find that hard to believe. The phrase "postponing the inevitable" comes to mind; Team Canada advances to the semis of the Double Eye with an 8-2 win over Norway. The game was actually much closer than the score indicates. Seriously. Canada joins Finland, Russia, and Sweden in the semis. Please Pittsburgh, just put Philly out of their misery tonight.
Daily Dump: Win A Kournikova Conversation, How Vols’ Fan Rolls, Cubs Rejects And Cool Off With Milk
Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football —
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Today’s Dump:
Contest Alert!!! Win a conversation with Anna Kournikova [Kournikova.com]
This is how Vols’ fan rolls [Losers With Socks]
Bill Simmons has some words for ESPN [Deadspin]
Perrilloux finds a new team in Florida [ESPN]
Mark ...
Deadspin Jinxes Cubs
wrigleyville23 —
The Cardinal-controlled Deadspin takes notice of the Cubs and concludes "it's starting to look like the Cubs can do this thing. Win a World Series, that is." Ha! Good one! Deadspin is always hilarious. Jinxing bastards. One other thing on Deadspin: Bill Simmons is not happy with ESPN and he has his own blogspot blog now.
Links of the Day 5/15/08
The Victoria Times —
OK, one last post, then I'm out of here until Tuesday, for serious this time The guy who inspired Steve and I to get into the whole sports writing thing, Bill Simmons, is apparently unhappy with his current situation at ESPN. Playoff beards ...
Bill Simmons Takes Shots At ESPN, Creates His Own Blog
FanIQ Blog —
I'm sure more than a few of you out there read Bill Simmons, and you may have noticed that until yesterday he hadn't been writing much for ESPN over the past two weeks. The reason for that appears to be because he's not happy with the way ESPN puts shackles on him.
Here's what he said yesterday in response to an email query from Deadspin:
I still love writing my column and only re-signed last year because I really did believe that we had hashed out all the behind the scenes bullshit and come to some sort of agreement on ...
Simmons hates ESPN
Down with Goldy —
Bill Simmons and ESPN have apparently not been getting along lately, leading to a major drop in Sports Guy articles. As much as I think the guy can be quite an idiot at times, and his homerism makes Dawger look balanced, he's pretty entertaining most of the time, so this is bad news. Plus, he was pretty easy to make fun of. Here is the link from deadspin. Whole post here: We're not the only ones who noticed that Bill Simmons hasn't written a column in two weeks — until today, anyway — and hasn't been featured much on the home page of ESPN.com. We ...
Bill Simmons’ lost story actually really good
The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL. —
... Since yesterday afternoon, everyone has been all a’twitter about Bill Simmons’ ESPN status, and his new blog, and what that means to the state of the industry, and oh man this so cool Bill Simmons is a blogger now! Wooooo! It’s just like what he used to do, except it wasn’t called a “blog!” And it used to be a lot harder to publish! There were like, HTML tags and stuff! Woooo! This is so exciting. ...
Quick Thoughts 5/15
My Inner Fan —
... - I feel bad for Bill Simmons. You could see this coming, especially after ESPN nixed his interview with Barack Obama. 2010, the year his contract ends seems so far away. Perhaps he can write a book he's always wanted to write, on a high school basketball team he used to cover. ...
Links The Man Wants You To See
Rumors and Rants —
Tony Kornheiser says newspapers are a dead medium. Welcome to four years ago, Tony - Fanhouse Bill Simmons inches closer to leaving the Dark Side of the Force - Deadspin ...and closer - Red Sox Monster Did your mom sleep with Wilt Chamberlain? - The World Of Isaac Absolutely engrossing article on the greatest hitters ever. Wouldn't be a link dump without another solid Hardball Times article - The Hardball Times How the Diamondbacks came to be the juggernaut they will be for the next ten years - ...
Link Whores
Mac Gs World —
... The Sports Guy seems to have some beef with the 4 Letter. This is the price you pay when you sign to carry the water for the Corporate Disney Monster. Deadspin ...
Tomase Moment of Truth Live Blog; Sports Guy Gets Fidgety AGAIN
Scott's Shots —
... legit discussion of the whole process of reading Tomase’s explanation/non-apology, apology.
Worth a ‘replay’ if you have the time. . . good diversity of commenters, too.
• While the Herald shimmies and squirms its way out of Tomasegate (Son of Spygate), there’s a noteworthy battle emerging between ex-Herald lackey, Bill Simmons (now The Sports Guy) and the Worldwide Leader in Prima Donnas, ESPN.
Simmons is yet again restless under the stringent reins of ESPN.com and he shared his semi-regular ...
AaronGleeman.com — ... Of course, not everything runs smoothly in the online sports world either, as the web's most popular sports columnist, Bill Simmons, recently revealed to Deadspin why his byline has been appearing less often on ESPN.com lately: ...
Lazy Sunday at the Salvage Yard
The DiaTribe —
... Also in the “dead” portion of a Lazy Sunday, it looks like ESPN.com is “dead” to the Sports Guy Bill Simmons, who apparently has finally had enough of the shell of its former self that ESPN has become. The news means that I have one less reason to hit WWL.com as Simmons is one of the few writers I enjoy (when he doesn’t revert back to his Boston Sports Guy persona, as he is prone to do particularly with the Celtics’ season) from that site and one of the only reasons I go there outside of the easy-to-sort MLB stats page. ...
Say It Ain't So, Bill. Say It Ain't So.
WCBias | West Coast Bias Sports Blog | West Coast Sports News by West Coast Sports Fans, Covering Los Angeles Lakers, Dodgers and All Things West Coast —
... " but you can't tell me there aren't a whole legion of bloggers, journalists and assorted columnists who wouldn't kill to have a following like ESPN's The Sports Guy. Week after week for the past four-ish years Simmons has turned out (almost without fail) at least 2 columns per week for ESPN, as well as assorted chats and mailbags. That may be coming to a close. ...
AaronGleeman.com — ... discussion of his personal life and video game-playing habits. Speaking of Rotoworld, managing editor Gregg Rosenthal stumbled across a now-hilarious version of the site from way back in 1999 and found the "writers wanted" note from 2003 that led to his hiring. Rosenthal is responsible for me joining Rotoworld a couple years later, so needless to say that the old stuff is fascinating to me. Last week Bill Simmons complained publicly about his strained relationship with ESPN and started a personal ...
On Pink Hats and the Bandwagon
The Goose's Roost —
... Another possibility is that he's full of crap and ESPN is forcing his hand. He has had some conflicts with The Four Letter recently, enough so that he has his own ...
Brog: SbB Will Live Blog From MLB All Star Game
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... . 10 weeks? You wonder if Simmons really needs all that time away from the his main duties with the WWL, or if this is a signal that his departure from ESPN is coming sooner than later ( which would surprise no one ). Case you missed it, the Cubs this afternoon countered The Crew with Rich Harden. The WASHINGTON POST has the hilarious news today that the ...
Ten Weeks?
ShysterBall —
... Caple, and Buster Olney have all written books without requiring a sabbatical from ESPN, and those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head. Hell, Curtis Granderson keeps up a more frequent posting schedule over there than Simmons has lately, and he's playing centerfield for a contender. It's possible of course, that the Sports Guy isn't actually getting diva treatment. Rather, as others have suggested, this may be an instance of quiet discipline for his recent insubordination and fraternization with the enemy. If he is acting like a diva, ...
Woe Is He. . . Again - Bill Simmons Denied by Mickey Mouse
Scott's Shots —
... We thought long and hard about temporarily suspending our book-writing sabbatical for the sole purpose of once again pointing out the (recurring, laughable ...
