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I do enjoy Grantland the quality of writing from his staff is unrivaled for a sports/pop culture perspective. Not only is Lowe one of the best but Greenwald does excellent work on shows like mas men and Got. Barnwell does a superb job on Nfl
^Still another piss pot chicken from upstairs. I spit on you.
I do enjoy Grantland the quality of writing from his staff is unrivaled for a sports/pop culture perspective. Not only is Lowe one of the best but Greenwald does excellent work on shows like mas men and Got. Barnwell does a superb job on Nfl
Pretty much what people said here.. Grantland podcasts and videos are entertaining as , I don't care for the ESPN show since I don't watch in american soil anyways
Someone needs to photoshop Simmons face on this meme. You know that got is on the phone right now getting rejected by ESPN
didn't he run off magic? and now he's acting like korby in 07 when he wanted out of la
looking alot like kirby
I love how people are defending Simmons and acting like he wasn't pretty much asking for a suspension....
Grantland would be 1000 times better without this got's involvement....
as long as jalen rose goes along with him i'm fine. both are pretty great in grantland. I think grantland is an espn involved thing.
ESPN.
Football.
Its a stupid sport for macho assholes who like to relive their high-school days every Sunday. Who gives a if an absurd amount of these players wont even be able to remember their playing careers? Have a beer and enjoy this Chevy Silverado commercial.
Its like he is always trying to make a joke but nothing he says is remotely amusing. That game where ESPN had him and Jalen Rose calling the Spurs @ Lakers game was just terrible, not to mention 4 hours during the draft hearing them.
One thing that annoys me about is that he tries to come off as a comedian or the comic relief. If you are a sports commentator, you are there to comment on the game and players, not to tell jokes. If you were a great or at least average former player, then yeah you get a pass and can make jokes. People like Charles Barkley have earned that right. Bill Simmons hasn't earned .
Jalen sucks, but sometimes somehow it works to have a stupid thug like him with guys like Bill or Jacoby.
He ain't earned . He's been given the keys to the city by Media because Media is A. Afraid of him. B. Can make a mint off of him. & C. Media is afraid of him. Barkley is a race baiter like the POTUS. I don't like Simmons just like the next asshole in the line, but, we ain't gonna laud Barkley here.
No.
i dont get the fascination with Jalen. He is good in podcast form because both simmons and himself are more candid then they would ever be on ESPN/ABC ... but he freaking sucks as a half-time guy. He is corny and comes off as a poor man's stu Scott (back when Sports center was great with Kilborn, Scott, Olberman, Mayne and Patrick). It freaking irks me everytime he talks about a young star and croons tily, "you may be young but you're REAADDY"!! come on, that is from a Keith Sweat song back in 1988 ...not a bad song... but talk about dated and so freaking corny. Rose is good when being honest like his "uncle tom comment" in the Fab 4 30 for 30.And I dont see why Hill was mad ...that WAS how they looked at the duke black guys in the hood back in the day ... Same way with Battier.
As for Simmons, he called out his employer they reacted. IF he wants to leave ... he should while he still has some leverage. Wouldnt be surprised (if contract allows) him going to SI.com. MMQB is a more focused on sports copy of Grantland. he could do something similar there, but my guess is some of the talent like Lowe who left SI for ESPN won't follow.
Keep in mind that Simmons was doing a podcast. So i think he felt it offered more freedom in that format. and even said that before he went on the offensive (the second and third times). On his podcasts he typically curses more and goes after people more than he does in his mailbag columns.
Another thing that is funny sure he never did it in a profanity-laced tantrum but Simmons has gone after stern quite a bit over the years. Funny how when he attacks the NFL (and his boss) he gets suspended.
I also think it's naive to think it was just about the "dare". He attacked one of ESPN's biggest clients (the NFL) by going after Goodell. Im sure the suspension's length factored that in. My company has a partnership with SIrius/XM if I had a podcast and I took a dump on them Im pretty sure I would hear about it.
I think Simmons has run his course. He's gotten long winded in most of his columns lately. He just babbles on and on... most of time it's just tl;dr. As a commentator he's even worse with his whiny nasal sound.
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