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
lmao @ bill asking gucci mane "you recognize this?" re pearl jam
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 22:25 (seven years ago) link
thats one of the most horrifying things ive ever read
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 23:05 (seven years ago) link
i want bill simmons to do an entire podcast where he just says rappers names
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 December 2016 23:18 (seven years ago) link
*bill simmons voice* kodak black... lil uzi vert... lil yachty... 21 savage... tyga... fredo santana... etc
lmao
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 23:21 (seven years ago) link
incredible
― Clay, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 23:27 (seven years ago) link
i can hear it, hes talking fast
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 23:28 (seven years ago) link
ok hes lost his damn mind
https://theringer.com/nba-sliding-doors-demarcus-cousins-boston-celtics-good-boogie-967f2f1b26e4#.w4n9qjahyhttps://theringer.com/nba-sliding-doors-demarcus-cousins-boston-celtics-bad-boogie-8eb5898f2821#.o4jrj85wi
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 December 2016 15:23 (seven years ago) link
seriously wtf
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 15 December 2016 15:27 (seven years ago) link
i couldnt make it halfway through either of those
― ciderpress, Thursday, 15 December 2016 15:29 (seven years ago) link
i think it's given me a moment of clarity though that boogie will never be on the celtics
― ciderpress, Thursday, 15 December 2016 15:30 (seven years ago) link
i think they will get him and itll go one of two ways...
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 December 2016 15:41 (seven years ago) link
the ringer naming a bit after some rando movie no one remembers is a lil too on the nose
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 December 2016 15:42 (seven years ago) link
so not reading that
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 15 December 2016 23:16 (seven years ago) link
whoa that is the worst fanfic i've ever read
― nomar, Thursday, 15 December 2016 23:18 (seven years ago) link
i used to think '2008 nfl re-draft' was the worst kind of sports idea but no longer
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 December 2016 23:36 (seven years ago) link
Celtics coach Brad Stevens never expected Cousins to settle on Beacon Hill, an iconic Boston neighborhood known for its brick sidewalks, winding hills, and vast array of stores and restaurants. Both Stevens and boss Danny Ainge believed that Cousins was better served living near the team’s new practice facility in Allston-Brighton. But Cousins didn’t want to play for Boston; he wanted to breathe it. One day after what’s been affectionately nicknamed The Heist (we’ll get to that), Cousins spent two hours wandering through Back Bay, through Boston Common and down Charles Street before heading up to Cambridge. When he glanced left and noticed Shriners Hospitals for Children, that’s when Cousins knew. Beacon Hill. It had to be.
― nomar, Thursday, 15 December 2016 23:44 (seven years ago) link
worst boston wish fulfillment fantasy since boondock saints
that paragraph can't possibly be real
― Clay, Friday, 16 December 2016 02:02 (seven years ago) link
*snorts a line of the finest powdered wahlberg*
― Clay, Friday, 16 December 2016 02:03 (seven years ago) link
boogie strolling around beacon hill w/a baguette under his arm is the most insane image anyone has ever conjured
― lag∞n, Friday, 16 December 2016 02:12 (seven years ago) link
A longtime Raiders fan, he respectfully shunned the Patriots but won points locally by frequenting Fenway Park, one of many reasons he clicked with Bostonians right away. “They’re like me,” he offers. “They care, they really care. They actually care too much. They can be a little hot-headed about it. That’s like me. We just understand each other.”
simmons is fascinatingly bad at voice or capturing the way a human might speak
― Clay, Friday, 16 December 2016 02:21 (seven years ago) link
Every Celtics home game feels especially Boogie-centric. You can’t walk 5 feet without seeing a Cousins jersey. During the introduction of the starting lineups, every Celtics starter gets cheered until the announcer belts, “And from the University of Kentu- …” as the remaining words get drowned out. Every Cousins trip to the foul line, and there have been a slew of them, triggers serenades of either “Boo-gee! Boo-gee!” or “M-V-P! M-V-P!” And Gino’s goofy victory dance from the KG era died of natural causes, getting supplanted on the video screen by KC and the Sunshine Band singing “Boogie Shoes” (and, of course, Boogie’s head superimposed on KC). Celtics play-by-play legend Mike Gorman says simply, “Only Larry. That’s the only other guy who had … this.”
― nomar, Friday, 16 December 2016 02:26 (seven years ago) link
https://giant.gfycat.com/HarshInnocentFrenchbulldog.gif
― nomar, Friday, 16 December 2016 02:28 (seven years ago) link
http://deadspin.com/inspiring-man-who-single-handedly-brought-down-roger-g-1791962914
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 February 2017 16:35 (seven years ago) link
On the perception that, between HBO canceling his show and Medium abandoning his business model, his post-ESPN ventures have not had a great year:
I mean, people love to construct narrative.
heh
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 February 2017 16:41 (seven years ago) link
have to admire his dedication to the trade concepts lifestyle
On inventing the concept of “blogging” in 2016:
And what we’ve realized is, there’s like a three-hour window after something happened when you have to have a piece up.
Let’s say Paul George gets traded to the Celtics. At Grantland, maybe we wait until the next day to write about that. Here, we have to write within three hours, because there’s a three-hour window where I’m like, “Paul George got traded to the Celtics and I want to read everything about it.”
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 February 2017 16:44 (seven years ago) link
how long before the ringer is just a podcast network
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 February 2017 16:46 (seven years ago) link
Snapchat doesn’t give a fuck.
― nomar, Friday, 3 February 2017 16:49 (seven years ago) link
snapchat is like so trill
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 February 2017 16:52 (seven years ago) link
Did Bill Simmons run over Deadspin's dog or something? They really seem to have an ax to grind with him.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 3 February 2017 21:54 (seven years ago) link
yeah it's pretty sad
― k3vin k., Friday, 3 February 2017 22:13 (seven years ago) link
Not that I like the Ringer at all.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 3 February 2017 22:28 (seven years ago) link
The Ringer remains a jokehttps://theringer.com/lebron-is-the-eastern-conferences-savior-8ab5602aed43#.oz34l9wlf
― Spottie, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 17:28 (seven years ago) link
San Antonio SpursThe Spurs, as relevant in 2013 as when LeBron was drafted, were hoping to bolster their dynasty by taking title no. 5, with more potentially on the way. After winning in ’99, ’03, ’05, and ’07, they were looking to make an unprecedented second run at a sequence of championships thanks to both the longevity of Duncan and the surging star that is Kawhi Leonard. Six years after their last title, this looked like the beginning of a second dynasty.But instead, they were the victim of a motivated LeBron and one of the greatest shots of all time. They came back to beat the Heat soundly in 2014, but the damage was already done. The Spurs would win their final title of the Duncan era without ever going back-to-back.
The Spurs, as relevant in 2013 as when LeBron was drafted, were hoping to bolster their dynasty by taking title no. 5, with more potentially on the way. After winning in ’99, ’03, ’05, and ’07, they were looking to make an unprecedented second run at a sequence of championships thanks to both the longevity of Duncan and the surging star that is Kawhi Leonard. Six years after their last title, this looked like the beginning of a second dynasty.But instead, they were the victim of a motivated LeBron and one of the greatest shots of all time. They came back to beat the Heat soundly in 2014, but the damage was already done. The Spurs would win their final title of the Duncan era without ever going back-to-back.
ok then
― nomar, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 17:40 (seven years ago) link
a spurs team so damaged that they came all the way back next year to beat the heat 4-1 and send LeBron back to Cleveland.
― nomar, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 17:41 (seven years ago) link
the simmons-av club school for all its obsession with narrative really doesnt understand how it works, like youre not supposed to tell people youre doing it, the writing workshop is not the point of writing
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 17:43 (seven years ago) link
is bill simmons the terminus of postmodernism lol
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 17:44 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/BillSimmons/status/844235006100692992
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 17:22 (seven years ago) link
I can't tell if he's joking or not. If he is, swing and a miss. If he isn't, then ffs dm that shit or better yet, get over it pettypants.
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 18:21 (seven years ago) link