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Fly free, little Lowe. Fly free.
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If he got Lowe and Keri that would be quite the coup. Wait, so does this mean he's starting a new site? Is he Sterling Cooper Draper Prycing ESPN?
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Frackie Robinson posted:If he got Lowe and Keri that would be quite the coup. In this analogy, I hope Barnwell is Kinsey.
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Oct 10, 2015 02:32
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Grantland is getting AV Clubbed.
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Oct 10, 2015 02:33
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As long as he didn't bring David Shoemaker then that's awesome news.
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Alain Post posted:Grantland is getting AV Clubbed. Hopefully it goes better than The Dissolve.
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ayn rand hand job posted:Dave doesn't do hot takes (that's more of a Bryan thing) he just does ice cold burns though. I mean other people's hot takes. That's why they're coming OUT of the monitor.
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Oct 10, 2015 02:56
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I'm guessing Lambert, Rembert, Lowe and Barnwell and I hope Greenwald quit and then Simmons laughed in his face and told him to eat poo poo.
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Oct 10, 2015 03:19
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I like Greenwald. Steven Hyden can die irl though.
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Oct 10, 2015 03:20
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Alain Post posted:I like Greenwald. Steven Hyden can die irl though. I bear no personal ill will against him but holy jesus is he a boring, lovely writer
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Oct 10, 2015 03:50
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Memnaelar posted:Fly free, little Lowe. Lowe can go wherever he wants, although ESPN probably helped land a lot of his podcast guests
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Oct 10, 2015 03:53
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It's been much easier for me, person who can't stand Lowe, to ignore him since he moved to ESPN.
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Oct 10, 2015 03:58
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Lowe feels too well-established to go out on a limb like this, especially because it seems like ESPN should be content to bring him aboard the mothership even if Grantland ends up folding. I didn't read much of him at SI before he came to Grantland, but he'd be pretty well situated to just do his own thing in a more secure location no matter what, right? Plus there's the added benefit of not having to smile and nod at your boss's demonstrably incorrect basketball opinions + theories
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Oct 10, 2015 03:59
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On the other hand, people seem to like working for Simmons and I assume they'll want some people that actually cover sports for his sports show
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Oct 10, 2015 04:03
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Every word of anything Greenwald does just screams "I AM TRYING SO HARD" and it's insufferable to me.
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Oct 10, 2015 04:09
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Greenwald hated True Detective before it was cool so he's alright.
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Oct 10, 2015 04:12
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xbilkis posted:Lowe feels too well-established to go out on a limb like this, especially because it seems like ESPN should be content to bring him aboard the mothership even if Grantland ends up folding. His column is basically the same as it was at SI. I'm pretty sure you just put him in a room with a laptop and maybe deliver some pizza to it sometimes.
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Oct 10, 2015 04:32
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i bet it's jacoby, rembert, fennessey and pappademas or chris ryan. no way are lowe or keri leaving espn for bill's new vanity project and i think pierce, lambert, greenwald and hyden have better options open to them career wise than hbo
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Oct 10, 2015 06:02
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Ben Lindbergh is a possibility. He has a cross following from the BP Effectively Wild podcast. He'd be easy enough to poach and has built-in non-Grantland fans.
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Oct 10, 2015 06:17
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i forgot jacoby just got a radio show with jalen rose, so not him. make it ryan and pappademas or maybe shea serrano
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Oct 10, 2015 06:19
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Simmons loves Rembert ... I can totally see him doing segments for Bill's show in the vein of the YouTube videos he did for Grantland.
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Oct 10, 2015 11:49
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I'm guessing Mark Lisanti is in that mix.
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Oct 10, 2015 12:59
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I don't get everyone desperately wanting Lowe to leave. He has like the best possible platform he could ever ask for.
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I don't think anyone desperately wants Lowe to leave. At least not that I've read (except maybe the haters). I just think that a few Grantlanders have been more open than others on their podcasts about how frustrated they were with Simmons' firing. Lowe was one of them and he has a pretty decent relationship with Simmons from everything I've seen and heard. If I were a betting man, I'd bet on Simmons trying to hire him away and Lowe at least hearing him out (it's not like ESPN would ever put Lowe on TV again without Simmons insisting.) *shrug*
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Oct 10, 2015 22:21
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I would expect it mainly to be guys who would want to work behind the scenes on a tv show, so mainly the pop culture writers. Not someone like Lowe who constantly pumps out Tuesday articles and more.
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Oct 10, 2015 23:00
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For whatever it's worth, right after that tweet about the four staffers jumping ship, Miller tweeted a statement from ESPN saying that seven other Grantland writers have reupped their contracts, also that Grantland is in the best shape of its life and that there's nothing to see here.
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howe_sam posted:For whatever it's worth, right after that tweet about the four staffers jumping ship, Miller tweeted a statement from ESPN saying that seven other Grantland writers have reupped their contracts, also that Grantland is in the best shape of its life and that there's nothing to see here. It will be interesting to see which wins out: ESPN's indifference to Grantland or its desire to spite Bill Simmons.
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Oct 11, 2015 01:37
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It doesn't do ESPN any good to get in a pissing match with Simmons. They'll probably just ignore anything he does, much like they do with their other frequent detractors (Deadspin).
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hcreight posted:It doesn't do ESPN any good to get in a pissing match with Simmons. They'll probably just ignore anything he does, much like they do with their other frequent detractors (Deadspin). ESPN has no reason to acknowledge detractors it can instead just create its own storylines based off their own aggressively caustic personalities. They just treat criticism like they do hockey.
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MourningView posted:I don't get everyone desperately wanting Lowe to leave. He has like the best possible platform he could ever ask for. It's the best possible platform for readers but I'm sure he'd like his stuff to be promoted more by ESPN considering he is the best NBA writer they have.
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howe_sam posted:For whatever it's worth, right after that tweet about the four staffers jumping ship, Miller tweeted a statement from ESPN saying that seven other Grantland writers have reupped their contracts, also that Grantland is in the best shape of its life and that there's nothing to see here. So Grantland is TNA
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Oct 11, 2015 23:26
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Saddams PR guy must have landed a job in Bristol
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sportsgenius86 posted:So Grantland is TNA Grantland is proud to announce the signing of Bram to multi-year deal.
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quote:Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch reported this evening that the four staffers leaving for the mystery Simmons project are Sean Fennessey, Juliet Litman, Mallory Rubin, and Chris Ryan. Going by who he poached here—not all that great a thing to be going on, admittedly—Simmons would seem to be setting up a more pop culture-based site than a sports-focused one. eh
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Oct 12, 2015 03:26
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Those people are all cool but nobody that I read every time they write something. Hell, they don't even contribute that regularly
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Admittedly I've never been a hardcore Grantland reader, but I've never heard of any of those people
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Oct 12, 2015 04:33
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They're more on the pop culture side for the most part. Litman hosts the NBA After Dark podcast
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Oct 12, 2015 04:35
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they're all editors not writers. i guess simmons is getting a website along with his show. chris ryan and juliet litman do a lot of behind the scenes stuff with their video and podcasts, and litman put together grantland quarterly
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Oct 12, 2015 04:43
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I never quite understood publishing a book of your website.
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Rubin and Ryan were both editors on the sports side.
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