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MourningView posted:so you're saying you have a lot in common with them Right down to the fact that I pay someone else to write my posts.
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FMguru posted:The author of the story was the otherwise-beloved Dave McKenna, mostly known for his tireless efforts at documenting Dan Snyder's shittiness (and Dan Snyder's enthusiasm for suing people daring to document his shittiness).
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Crazy Ted posted:I'm still befuddled as to why they felt the need to wade into this anyway. It's not like it's a common thing where a guy lies about playing football in junior high and high school.
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FMguru posted:I'm beginning to suspect that Al Bundy didn't score four touchdowns in one game for Polk High!
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This is nearly two months old, but here's a really good first-person account of being a basketball player in war-torn Ukraine this past year. I may be a bit biased since I went to Virginia Tech when Collins was there, but whatever. http://espn.go.com/olympics/basketball/story/_/id/11453771/coleman-collins-season-war-torn-ukraine
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joshtothemaxx posted:This is nearly two months old, but here's a really good first-person account of being a basketball player in war-torn Ukraine this past year. I may be a bit biased since I went to Virginia Tech when Collins was there, but whatever. We this the guy who had to live off of roaches for a while? Or was that some other player in a different country?
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Bill Simmons' weekly NFL picks column came out today, only it wasn't written by Bill Simmons. More ESPN intrigue ahead?
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Crazy Ted posted:Bill Simmons' weekly NFL picks column came out today, only it wasn't written by Bill Simmons. More ESPN intrigue ahead? Barnwell's been writing it the last few weeks. I'd guess they're rushing to finish filming their NBA previews, since I think they were in the middle of shooting when he got suspended. morestuff fucked around with this message at 01:36 on Oct 18, 2014 |
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Crazy Ted posted:Bill Simmons' weekly NFL picks column came out today, only it wasn't written by Bill Simmons. More ESPN intrigue ahead? Barnwell has been doing it since the suspension started
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I'm guessing he wasn't allowed to write any content during the suspension, and since it just lifted on Wednesday there wasn't any time to get a picks column in.
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Grantland Basketball Hour is on at 7pm ET on ESPN. So hyped 
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Geno posted:Grantland Basketball Hour is on at 7pm ET on ESPN.
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FMguru posted:Wonder if Bill can get his good friend Magic Johnson to appear on it. Well, he did get Doc Rivers so anything is possible.
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The live audience is really weird and the animations are all pretty stupid, but just the low-key basketball talk isn't bad.
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It's basically a televised podcast. I don't know if I'll gi out of my way to watch it, but I'd definitely listen to it while I was folding laundry or something.
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I liked it, but I felt like I had already heard half of the jokes/anecdotes/metaphors from the Grantland articles and podcasts. I also disliked the studio audience and over-reliance on animations, but the show definitely has potential as a low-key show that comes before the 30-minute pregame shows or in the timespots that Outside the Lines got.
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ESPN put up an amazing #hottake. The condescending tone the piece maintains throughout is really a work of art. http://espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2014/story/_/id/11759055/mlb-royals-ned-yost-keeps-managing-win quote:So there you go. It was complicated. It was confusing. And you know what else?
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Simmons has returned to Friday picks column duties. And if you expected to keep quiet on Goodell from here on out, well...that didn't happen. "One more thing: Before we get to the Week 8 picks, I wanted to clear up my 2014 record against the spread. After three weeks, I was sitting at 25-23 … and then I didn’t make picks in this space for four weeks. So what’s my real record? Well, if Roger Goodell can claim that Ray Rice deceived him on June 16, or that Goodell didn’t know what was on that second elevator tape, then I’m claiming that I went 58-0 against the spread from Week 4 through Week 7." http://grantland.com/the-triangle/week-8-picks-a-gambling-epiphany/ That's the first discussion of Goodell in the column, but certainly not the last. Looks like he's not going to back down in the slightest. Could be interesting developments ahead.
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MechaFrogzilla posted:Simmons has returned to Friday picks column duties. And if you expected to keep quiet on Goodell from here on out, well...that didn't happen. I've gradually lost interest in Simmons every year for about the last 5 years, but if he wants to constantly take shots at Roger Goodell, I fully support that.
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Man, the way Simmons is holding a grudge it's like he wanted a job in the NFL league office and got turned down.
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It might indicate that he really is on the outs with ESPN and doesn't really give a gently caress if they suspend him again.
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Simmons didn't get in trouble for going after Goddell. He got in trouble for 1) bluntly calling him a liar and 2) daring his bosses at ESPN to do something to him for bluntly calling him a liar (and they did). Goddell is still fair game for criticism.
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Seriously the majority of espn's coverage has been negative towards goodell. It was the stupid childish way he did it that got him in trouble. The column would have been pulled if they cared
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MourningView posted:Seriously the majority of espn's coverage has been negative towards goodell. It was the stupid childish way he did it that got him in trouble. The column would have been pulled if they cared It wasn't a column, it was a podcast and ESPN absolutely did pull it down and have been chasing after people reposting it on Youtube as well. edit: Oh you mean the latest one, yeah I don't think they care about that
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Mornacale posted:Man, the way Simmons is holding a grudge it's like he wanted a job in the NFL league office and got turned down. Simmons went after Stern all the time ranging from the silly (Stern rigged the Ewing draft, Jordan's first retirement was actually a suspension) to the serious (Stern turned a blind eye to PED usage in the NBA, Stern stole the Sonics from Seattle). I don't think this new gimmick of taking shots at Goodell signifies anything other than the man's an easy target.
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howe_sam posted:Simmons went after Stern all the time ranging from the silly (Stern rigged the Ewing draft, Jordan's first retirement was actually a suspension) to the serious (Stern turned a blind eye to PED usage in the NBA, Stern stole the Sonics from Seattle). I don't think this new gimmick of taking shots at Goodell signifies anything other than the man's an easy target. Which means that if Goodell goes on Simmons podcast, Simmons will not only stop criticizing him, but will become his biggest defender.
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Eh, Simmons always maintained even after going after Stern that the good Stern did far outweighed the bad. Plus he asked Stern to admit he rigged the draft, which Stern brushed off. Also, he admitted that Stern's decision making in the last few years made him lose some respect for him.
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This bears cross-posting. John Clayton sent a present to Ron Wolfley for ending Brian Bosworth's career.
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DJExile posted:This bears cross-posting. John Clayton sent a present to Ron Wolfley for ending Brian Bosworth's career. Holy poo poo. Also that top comment...
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John Clayton owns, even if I can't think of a single insightful thing he's ever said.
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Benne posted:John Clayton owns, even if I can't think of a single insightful thing he's ever said.
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joepinetree posted:Which means that if Goodell goes on Simmons podcast, Simmons will not only stop criticizing him, but will become his biggest defender. Simmons shat on Stern like a million times despite those interviews. Any media member who sends a player a gift for ending another player's career because the player made his job hard is a piece of garbage. What a piece of poo poo.
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Crazy Ted posted:John Clayton is responsible for one of the best commercials of all time, so I don't give a poo poo if he's not insightful. It seriously never gets old https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USHZZ5bwASU HEY MOM I'M DONE WITH MY SEGMENT 
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Simmons's last 10,000 word Brady/Manning rant is the Simmonsiest thing he's simmonsed in awhile.
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R.D. Mangles posted:Simmons's last 10,000 word Brady/Manning rant is the Simmonsiest thing he's simmonsed in awhile. Guys, this is going to be my most idiotic theory yet! *Tom Brady doesnt take charge because older sisters* See, I told you!
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Bill Simmons is my hero because he's created a wildly successful career out of being a massive goober homer baby
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Spoeank posted:Bill Simmons is my hero because he's created a wildly successful career out of being a massive goober homer baby
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What on earth is this hot garbage? Did Kevin Durante gently caress this guy's girlfriend? Because the article itself doesn't give me any good reason why "Kevin Durante loving sucks". http://deadspin.com/gently caress-kevin-durant-1654209438/ Yeah I know, it's Deadspin. But I don't expect vitriol like this from them unless it's Drew Magery talking about anything that normal human beings enjoy.
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