seems like they're being weird about trying to publish shorter pieces even when it isn't warranted
― call all destroyer, Friday, 4 November 2016 19:43 (seven years ago) link
The Ringer is absolutely fucking awful.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 4 November 2016 21:00 (seven years ago) link
ha otm
― Spottie, Friday, 4 November 2016 21:05 (seven years ago) link
its interesting bills philosophy for grantland "publish good stuff" was really noob and not nearly specific enough but then with the ringer it seems like hes trying to do something a more focused but it just doesnt make sense and is bad
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 November 2016 21:05 (seven years ago) link
the article about nba bench celebrations. could have been fun but i couldnt even get halfway through. and i like the writer generally
― Spottie, Friday, 4 November 2016 21:07 (seven years ago) link
yeah gotta be the fastest hbo has ever canned a show
― lag∞n, Friday, November 4, 2016 2:17 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Well aside from that David milch series about horse murder
― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Friday, November 4, 2016 3:30 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
*a show not involving the actual murder of horses
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 November 2016 21:09 (seven years ago) link
i've read very little, but i suspect i'd like the ringer better if it looked like grantland instead of medium
― mookieproof, Friday, 4 November 2016 21:18 (seven years ago) link
pierce on the show last wk was ultimate cornball
― johnny crunch, Friday, 4 November 2016 21:19 (seven years ago) link
omg mediums design is sooooo much better than grantland
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 November 2016 21:20 (seven years ago) link
pierce is an idiot sorry celts fans
― Spottie, Friday, 4 November 2016 21:21 (seven years ago) link
dont do this
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 November 2016 21:22 (seven years ago) link
i don't hate it intrinsically, but i hate that it's taking over everything. it's like when we had
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/41/3f/11/413f11e01dc2979a150ebbfa90008eaf.jpg
― mookieproof, Friday, 4 November 2016 21:22 (seven years ago) link
good mix imo
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 November 2016 21:24 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/CollinsworthPFF/status/798272091564875776
― mookieproof, Monday, 14 November 2016 21:16 (seven years ago) link
that's a tasty treat the whole family can enjoy
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 14 November 2016 21:19 (seven years ago) link
dudes, this is a just a pet theory i am working on, but i think simmons might be an idiot
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 14 November 2016 21:20 (seven years ago) link
u dont say what brought you to this groundbreaking insight
collinsworth deleted the tweet, apparently
― i've watched a lot of cats do weird and interesting things (slothroprhymes), Monday, 14 November 2016 21:29 (seven years ago) link
yah what was the tweet
― Clay, Monday, 14 November 2016 21:30 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CxQMfdIXEAAaFpD.jpg:medium
― i've watched a lot of cats do weird and interesting things (slothroprhymes), Monday, 14 November 2016 21:32 (seven years ago) link
lmao burn
― lag∞n, Monday, 14 November 2016 21:37 (seven years ago) link
so good
― Spottie, Monday, 14 November 2016 21:41 (seven years ago) link
ahahha
― k3vin k., Monday, 14 November 2016 22:06 (seven years ago) link
simmons's career is pretty much over, no?
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 14 November 2016 23:37 (seven years ago) link
Collingswrth ended him yes
― Spottie, Monday, 14 November 2016 23:53 (seven years ago) link
Hey so he might be dumb in several ways and an insufferable homer in all the other ways but Grantland is always going to be an amazing memory for me. I should make a list of all the people it introduced me to that I try to follow now
Especially the ones who aren't getting to do the amazing kind of work he let them do
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 00:04 (seven years ago) link
i don't exactly *mind*, but that tweet was a total dick move by collinsworth -- simmons' tweet was aimed at the patritos, not him
and deleting it was a chickenshit move
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 00:26 (seven years ago) link
Cmon it was a great zing
― Spottie, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 00:42 (seven years ago) link
simmons (rightly) blasted collinsworth for months about bringing up deflategate and telling a story abt asking tom brady to look him in the eye or some nonsense while the pats were having a sick 4th quarter in the super bowl. i guess cris found out.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 01:04 (seven years ago) link
sportswriter beef might be one of the more embarrassing internet beefs
― Clay, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 02:27 (seven years ago) link
weird cuz I always remember Simmons saying that Collinsworth was the "best on TV"...guess something irked him
― frogbs, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 21:00 (seven years ago) link
collinsworth is now going to appear on simmons' podcast
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 21:25 (seven years ago) link
the fix is in
― Spottie, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 21:59 (seven years ago) link
death to false beef
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 21:59 (seven years ago) link
http://deadspin.com/bill-simmons-isnt-too-big-to-fail-1788556607
All of this lives on a strange-looking website with an unfortunate color scheme
vindication
― mookieproof, Thursday, 17 November 2016 17:36 (seven years ago) link
― 龜, Thursday, 17 November 2016 23:42 (seven years ago) link
oopss sorry
His website, the Ringer, attracted just 420,000 unique visitors in October, according to comScore.
whaaaaat
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 November 2016 23:46 (seven years ago) link
“It is another reminder, do not leave ESPN, man. ESPN is a monster platform that is responsible for all of our successes.”
yup
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 November 2016 23:49 (seven years ago) link
if bill had sprung just before the espn ship capsized, say in 5 or so yrs, this all might have worked out but competing with them was maybe a fools errand
― geometry-stabilized craft (art), Friday, 18 November 2016 00:41 (seven years ago) link
Simmons vs. Gladwell: The Future of Football
These two rambling about the American football death spiral almost merits its own poll of schtick moments
*Simmons ref to Batfleck (as a peer with Brock Lesnar and LeBron?)*Gladwell kicking off with "...at a RAND Conference in Santa Monica"*Gladwell then digressing into boxing history (with no mention of head injuries in the sport)*Simmons immediately making an ad hoc list of "TWELVE 'second conversations'" that have nothing to do with gambling*Gladwell defending Goodell by explaining how Goodell's dad was a principled Republican with balls*"[Source: Charles Goodell Wikipedia page]"*Simmons making a parenthetical ref to defunct prime time game shows*Gladwell pronouncing Chris Collinsworth to be the smartest football analyst in the game *Gladwell drops in FACS trivia*Simmons has a "simple fix" to keep veterans (i.e.: Tom Brady) from ruining cap space (actual simple fix: eliminate the cap?)*Both of them go insane coming up with Rube Goldberg solutions to save the NFL from itself*Gladwell admires the NCAA's overtime rules*Simmons to Gladwell: (By the way, I like when you call the 32 NFL owners a “cartel.” I’m stealing that.)*It keeps going for 8,400 words
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 1 December 2016 16:53 (seven years ago) link
a bit irritating how they go off on every possible tangent but it's a good conversation
― frogbs, Thursday, 1 December 2016 17:11 (seven years ago) link
though "17 week season, everyone has to take one week off" is really dumb
― frogbs, Thursday, 1 December 2016 17:19 (seven years ago) link
34 minute read, huh?
― lettered and hapful (symsymsym), Thursday, 1 December 2016 17:21 (seven years ago) link
rip footbal
― lag∞n, Thursday, 1 December 2016 17:23 (seven years ago) link
God this "which Goodfellas character is each NFL team?" podcast with Mike Lombardi is so lame. He's done this shit 1000 times already.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 9 December 2016 19:55 (seven years ago) link
But it is Friday and I need something to listen to at work, so fuck it.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 9 December 2016 19:56 (seven years ago) link
And then there was Billy Thousand Times, who got that nickname because he does everything 1000 times
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 9 December 2016 19:57 (seven years ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Friday, 9 December 2016 19:59 (seven years ago) link
a lump of the purest simmons
― mookieproof, Friday, 9 December 2016 20:08 (seven years ago) link
loser leaves town loser leaves town loser leaves town
― lettered and hapful (symsymsym), Saturday, 10 December 2016 07:49 (seven years ago) link