http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/06/05/magazine/05simmons1/mag-05Simmons-t_CA1-articleInline.jpg
smh
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 2 June 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
Simmons is a funny, intelligent and original writer. He comes up with surprising angles and conceits — in a column last month, he applied quotes from “The Wire” to moments in the N.B.A. playoffs — that may not always work but certainly prevent him from becoming predictable.
loll waht writing a wire themed nba column is prob the most predictable thing he couldve done
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 2 June 2011 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
i guess it's novel if youve never read him--author claims he's a fan so it's one of those nyt things where they take the reader's hand and lead them around
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 2 June 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
yo bill: less tweeting and website starting and podcasting; more column writing. thx
― pearsonic, Thursday, 2 June 2011 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
Reeling at the idea of Hipster Runoff, Humblebrag, and Bill Simmons in business together.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 2 June 2011 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
You guys need to listen to his podcast from today. Simmons talks to the guy who wrote the ESPN oral history book and he goes into a tangent about how he shouldn't have talked to him because he comes across like an asshole.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 June 2011 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
I turned it off after five minutes because it was so awkward.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 2 June 2011 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
yeah really the only podcasts he does that are worth it are the nba guys (stein/bucher/etc), his random wizards fan friend who seems pretty funny and they mostly stick to actually talking about basketball, and a few of the one-shot guests when he knows enough to mostly shut up and get out of the way like when jackie macmullen showed up a month or so ago
― a slight case of joe johnsonitis (agent hibachi), Thursday, 2 June 2011 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
This one is utterly embarrassing. He mentions that he thought he came across a little rough, then they have to talk about, and then he brings it up again later, and ends with another mention because the guy is going to add some stuff and remove others when it comes out in paperback.
Confirms all the insecurities of the NYTimes piece.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 June 2011 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
that photo is so weird -- i think the concept is fine but his expression is bizarre
― b.o.s.e. (banned ones still envy) (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 2 June 2011 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
it's so photoshopped, also since when did bill simmons look like alec baldwin
― dayo, Friday, 3 June 2011 00:11 (twelve years ago) link
haha i was just thinking, he's looking sorta distinguished (meaning old) lately
― Princess TamTam, Friday, 3 June 2011 00:20 (twelve years ago) link
Glenn beck imo
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Friday, 3 June 2011 01:45 (twelve years ago) link
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, June 2, 2011 5:32 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
listening now; this is really lol. miller is handling it well.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 3 June 2011 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
He handles it like a pro, even though he's obviously perplexed. I would have loved to see Miller's face as Bill whines and complains.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 3 June 2011 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
i am feeling this kind of aghast anticipation for learning what exactly the overlap is of the aesthetics of bill simmons and carles
― call all destroyer, Monday, 6 June 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
carles on grantland is gonna be so ridiculous & unintentionally hilarious
― J0rdan S., Monday, 6 June 2011 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
that is really one of those ideas that everyone should've been excited about for 10 mins after it was pitched before slowly realizing that it's an awful, awful idea
― J0rdan S., Monday, 6 June 2011 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
http://hoosieraccess.com/files/2010/01/snl_really.jpg
― Clay, Monday, 6 June 2011 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
carles is gonna be on grantland?!?!
*pumps fist*
― dayo, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
he was listed among the "contributors"
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
we all know what hes gonna write abt
hipster jay cutler
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
knowing that bill simmons reads carles is an unfortunate colliding of the worlds in my head
I would have been much more comfortable knowing that simmons was unaware of carles's existence
― dayo, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
I could give a fuck about Carles, only name on the contributors list that matters is KEN TREMENDOUS.
(I also like Katie Bakes a lot, and Simmons himself. But seriously this could be like 99% garbage plus twice-yearly Mike Schur writing about sports/anything and it would give me something to read at least twice a year.)
― C-L, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
― dayo, Monday, June 6, 2011 8:24 PM (1 hour ago)
i was just thinking about this
― positive rapper (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 02:22 (twelve years ago) link
I skimmed the NYTMag piece, only lol was "baseball stat fetishization." Proof that sportswriters are the lowest form of life (ie God bless Barry Bonds).
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 02:29 (twelve years ago) link
19 hours until Grantland!!!!
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.babynametrain.com/name-graph2.php?_jpg_csimd=1&name_var=grantland&gender=boy
― am0n, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
welp http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6635763/welcome-grantland
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
ball semens
― am0n, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmhb7goxVB1qa9bmvo1_400.png
― ☂ (max), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
http://s0.2mdn.net/3159010/Subway_Grantland_SponsorByLogo_Pages.png
― am0n, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
the design of the site really really looks like a free wordpress theme
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
totally!
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
omg it seems that simmons only created this site so he could post his columns on a layout that has a permanent footnote column
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
Why is the top third of the page so horrible? Do they not have any designers at all over there?
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
design critique 4 u bill smins
http://grab.by/cB0Z
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
Eight and a half years have passed. I can't remember how Jimmy answered, just what his face looked like. You wouldn't call it nervous, you wouldn't call it overwhelmed, you wouldn't call it anything … he didn't fucking know.
going for that "hard pg-13" i guess
― unique housing opportunity (swanbed.gif) (govern yourself accordingly), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
Thank god they have someone covering the AL east!
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
it looks like yard work! which was when, 2005?
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
omg yard work! I miss that.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
I love the defensive descriptions of the coming soon sites on the last. SEE, WE COULD'VE CALLED IT "FOXBORO" BUT WE DIDN'T!!
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
on the left, rather.
Wow, this site has no content. What happened to the Katie Bakes story?
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
the links to the second page of the articles are fucked up--they open the piece in a single page but kick you back to the beginning.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
haha this totally looks like someone using a wordpress theme in like late 2006 to try to emulate mcsweeneys or arts and letters daily
"presented by klondike"
― a slight case of joe johnsonitis (agent hibachi), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
also footnotes basically suck, it's like extra tldr
you're a professional, professionally put that shit into the body as a point you're trying to make or leave it out, you're not citing academic journals or something
― a slight case of joe johnsonitis (agent hibachi), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
footnote: they are hilarious when used properly
the klosterman story was a fun read!
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
re footnotes it maybe has something to do w/the strange phenomenon of dfw becoming an avatar for hack writers harboring pretensions everywhere
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 18:04 (twelve years ago) link