I don't think he really passes the Sports Guy Turing test anymore
ahahaha first thing the stache made me think of was this
http://www.gonemovies.com/www/Pictures/Pictures/BladerunnerLeon.jpg
― rock out with your lock out d-stern (agent hibachi), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
people on here who acknowledge listening to his podcasts and are proud of it
― dayo, Tuesday, August 9, 2011 9:10 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark
lol i have no idea about "proud of it" but depending on the guest podcast simmons is far and away the most tolerable simmons.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
his podcasts are often great
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 9 August 2011 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
tho often maddening
When he has a guy like Norm MacDonald it's definitely good and I like the "guess the line" podcasts with Cousin Sal.
I did think when people would make fun of his voice that they were just kinda randomly hating on the guy, but holy christ do they have a point. He sounds like that snot-nosed kid from Home Movies. Plus I do get the vibe of "we're all bros and we can all make fun of everyone, but don't say anything too mean to Simmons"
― frogbs, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6851333/the-architecture-disaster
the writing here is... a bit much, but pretty cool story nonetheless
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 11 August 2011 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
some good stereotyping in the first paragraph, well done
― dayo, Friday, 12 August 2011 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
simmons' podcast with david stern is the most boring thing ever.
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:49 (twelve years ago) link
this is pretty on-point imo: http://bryanjoiner.com/2011/08/17/garbageland/
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
nice, i was just thinking that i actually can't wait for the classical (nu-darko) while grantland's awful complete lack of editing is wearing me down
― rock out with your lock out d-stern (agent hibachi), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
i mean really, they just need a real honest-to-god editor who can fact-check and edit...you can get them on the internet for like twenty bucks now, pony up some of that subway cash money doggie
― rock out with your lock out d-stern (agent hibachi), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
they do desperately need that, but i think the longer-term thing that this guy is right about is how simmons' columns look worse when presented outside of espn.com
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I agree with pretty much everything in there. I like some of the writers - I think Jonah Keri is basically good, but essentially I feel like you can only really enjoy Grantland if you ARE Bill Simmons, and I have yet to find anyone who really likes the site as anything more than an occassional time-waster.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
there was another article about that somewhere, which said something like "ESPN needs Simmons in order to appear edgy, while Simmons needs ESPN to appear as though he has things to say that ought to be censored". his Grandland articles are basically the same thing he writes for ESPN, just with the occassional "fuck"
― frogbs, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
It’s not good when you have the least self-aware comment in a book full of narcissists.
otm
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
the site has no particular identity is the thing p much
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
things never work out when people are all i just want to make something good
like there has to be a more specific and passionate motivation
i mean they went w/the placeholder name the designer stuck in the mock ups
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
didnt care enough to have a real name that stood for a thing
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
Grantland does have an idea, it's the world as it exists inside a Bill Simmons column
― frogbs, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
I wish it was even that cohesive, but it isn't.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
On that note, not super jazzed about "The Classical" as the name of a sports website.
yeah wow their kickstarter pitch really filled me w/zzzzzs
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
Writing about sports the way that smart people talk about sports is a simple idea, and a good one. AND A BORING ONE IMHO, PWN
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
The problem is that there are only so many Joe Posnanskies in the world, and he's too humble to ever attempt something like this
― frogbs, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
if the classical was a blog with mark e smith doing stream of consciousness rants about us sports i would read. i might set up a rival kickstarter. hunnerd bucks should get us rolling
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
well bethlehem shoals is involved in the classical so there goes that idea
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
there are still def. some grantland articles that I've enjoyed, like the arvydas sabonis article. (the non-lambert pop culture stuff is pretty embarrassing tho). What do we think of Bill Walton's deep thoughts here?
In the following season, Wallace threw the towel at Sabonis during a timeout of a game against the Lakers. Sabonis had accidentally smacked Wallace's face earlier when he collided in the post with O'Neal.
"Under normal circumstances, he'd have probably knocked his head into next year," Doucette said. "I don't think you want to challenge Arvydas. But he kept his cool because he knew that if he didn't, that team would come apart right there. He did a marvelous job of remaining composed."
Walton, who was broadcasting the game nationally, still feels remorse over the incident. "It was one of the lowest moments of my life," he said. "If I was any kind of a man, I would have got up from that broadcast table and walked across the court and punched Rasheed Wallace in the nose. But I let Sabonis and the game of basketball and the human race down that day."
― shannon goon (symsymsym), Thursday, 18 August 2011 02:35 (twelve years ago) link
lmao walton
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 18 August 2011 03:41 (twelve years ago) link
i think about that moment a lot, the moment when bill walton let the human race down
― max, Thursday, 18 August 2011 04:28 (twelve years ago) link
Walton also apparently has never read The Breaks of the Game, even though he's tried dozens of times, because it's too painful to read about his own injuries. Why doesn't he just skip those parts? If he wants to read the book so badly?
― shannon goon (symsymsym), Thursday, 18 August 2011 05:56 (twelve years ago) link
a broadcaster walking into the court to fight sheed would have been a pretty great moment in human history, you have to admit
― shannon goon (symsymsym), Thursday, 18 August 2011 05:58 (twelve years ago) link
thats what im saying, he let all of us down at that moment, by not doing something hilarious
― max, Thursday, 18 August 2011 12:52 (twelve years ago) link
xp have you read breaks of the game? it isn't really structured in a way where you can skip parts imo
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 18 August 2011 13:15 (twelve years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, August 12, 2011 11:49 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
no way! this is pretty good.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 18 August 2011 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
i love when walton gets into some epic ineffable shit, he's the best
― rock out with your lock out d-stern (agent hibachi), Thursday, 18 August 2011 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/itbbL.png
pwn
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
lol I came here to post my own version of that too, but to comment on the righteous screencap
http://i.imgur.com/bwYEy.png
― dayo, Saturday, 1 October 2011 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/hnrkT.png
― dayo, Saturday, 1 October 2011 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
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― ice cr?m, Saturday, 1 October 2011 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
can't... stop... staring...
― dayo, Saturday, 1 October 2011 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
worst episode of hollywood squares
― Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 1 October 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
it's impressive how simmons can't write about anything without referring to the nba -- it's reminiscent of wilbon's propensity for mentioning jordan in any possible (or impossible) context
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 October 2011 00:13 (twelve years ago) link
good podcasts this week w/blake griffin and the ticketmaster guy
― call all destroyer, Friday, 21 October 2011 00:16 (twelve years ago) link
simmons article going in on the players for the lockout was nagl
― ice cr?m, Friday, 21 October 2011 00:33 (twelve years ago) link
im shocked you guys haven't pointed out the whole "there are more likeable players in the NHL" thing most likely meant "there are more white guys in hockey"
― frogbs, Friday, 21 October 2011 02:42 (twelve years ago) link
not to mention the whole "NBA players have limited intellectual capacity" thing
― frogbs, Friday, 21 October 2011 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
i know this is easy pickins but if you want to see him get ripped apart click herehttp://www.sbnation.com/nba/2011/10/20/2502297/nba-lockout-2011-bill-simmons-hook
that was enjoyable tbh
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 October 2011 03:53 (twelve years ago) link