i don't read much grantland other than simmons or lowe but lowe could really do without the footnotes anyway, actually he should basically stick to x's and o's i basically hate every opinion he has
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 15 January 2014 04:38 (ten years ago) link
that basically how i break it down to an extent
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 15 January 2014 04:39 (ten years ago) link
hate the footnotes because they don't work in my offline reading app where i pretend i am going to read things later
― Clay, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 04:41 (ten years ago) link
'it hurts so much that we failed [our asshole writer]'
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 01:10 (ten years ago) link
people said mean things to him on the tweets
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 01:12 (ten years ago) link
Grantland looks like a 1999 website now
― 龜, Friday, 24 January 2014 06:08 (ten years ago) link
yeah major step back
― Spottie, Friday, 24 January 2014 06:18 (ten years ago) link
its bad
― puple prijan (lag∞n), Friday, 24 January 2014 15:02 (ten years ago) link
yeah the entire aesthetic of this is terrible, and not in a "way different but you'll get used to it" kind of way
― frogbs, Friday, 24 January 2014 15:10 (ten years ago) link
its designed to cram as much stuff as possible in there w any concern for the reading experience or visual hierarchy or anything, and it does look very specifically dated for sure
― puple prijan (lag∞n), Friday, 24 January 2014 15:14 (ten years ago) link
"content everywhere" is such a bad design but I guess the intent is to get the most clicks-on-page so whatever works I guess
― frogbs, Friday, 24 January 2014 15:16 (ten years ago) link
clicks on clicks on clicks
― puple prijan (lag∞n), Friday, 24 January 2014 15:17 (ten years ago) link
wonder if grantland wasnt doing as well as espn wouldve liked and they forced this design on them cause iirc simmons explained a lil bit of the original design and he seemed to understand re user experience and readability, which i think most writers do
― puple prijan (lag∞n), Friday, 24 January 2014 15:19 (ten years ago) link
but even if youre determined to cram all the clicks in there this is just really poor execution, like look at buzzfeed they have tons of shit everywhere but its way more user friendly than this
― puple prijan (lag∞n), Friday, 24 January 2014 15:20 (ten years ago) link
i will not look at buzzfeed
― k3vin k., Friday, 24 January 2014 15:28 (ten years ago) link
you know youre a 90s kid when you wont look at buzzfeed
― puple prijan (lag∞n), Friday, 24 January 2014 15:31 (ten years ago) link
I really liked the old site, one of my favorites on the whole internetz
― Spottie, Friday, 24 January 2014 16:26 (ten years ago) link
the old site was good from a readability pov but imo but kinda lacked attention to detail otherwise, obvs the whole olde timey aesthetic is total garbage too but w/e
― puple prijan (lag∞n), Friday, 24 January 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
yeah v readable
― Spottie, Friday, 24 January 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
oh wow theyre showing preload ads now too
― puple prijan (lag∞n), Friday, 24 January 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
the hipster design aesthetic was trendy yeah but the articles just read so nicely
― Spottie, Friday, 24 January 2014 16:37 (ten years ago) link
ya thats by far the most important thing
― puple prijan (lag∞n), Friday, 24 January 2014 16:38 (ten years ago) link
that and ease of navigation
and fast loading
― puple prijan (lag∞n), Friday, 24 January 2014 16:39 (ten years ago) link
I hate sidebar footnotes but yeah I liked the old design a lot
― frogbs, Friday, 24 January 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link
i thought the old design was awesome, very readable who cares about the rest
― k3vin k., Friday, 24 January 2014 17:01 (ten years ago) link
it couldve been even more cooler and you wouldve liked it
― puple prijan (lag∞n), Friday, 24 January 2014 17:06 (ten years ago) link
why does anybody redesign anything
― Clay, Friday, 24 January 2014 20:56 (ten years ago) link
speaking of, the new espn app is a disaster. more for usability reasons tho
― Spottie, Friday, 24 January 2014 21:01 (ten years ago) link
Speaking of Perkins, I enjoyed this e-mail from Kyle Leonard in OKC: “Every day when I get home from work and look at my DVR, there it still sits — four hours straight of ‘Grammys Live from the Red Carpet’ that my girlfriend is not ready to delete in case she needs to ‘go back and look at someone’s outfit’ (unreal). It drives me crazy every time I look at it. But then I realized something. Having that recording on my DVR is actually a possible asset. Just think of all the space I will have once I amnesty it off my DVR queue. So I just renamed it ‘Kendrick Perkins’ and now it’s not quite as bad when I look at it.”
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 03:14 (ten years ago) link
total package
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 03:15 (ten years ago) link
In fact, it was Simmons' father who nudged Silver into locking in the deal with ESPN over the other media entities he was considering. "Right when Nate was deciding what to do, he happened to be in San Antonio, and he was going to the [NBA Finals] game, and my dad got two tickets from the NBA, so we hooked him up with the passes and things like that, it's when he kind of realized that it would be really cool to work for ESPN," he says. A courtside seat and a pep talk from a proud Boston parent later, and Silver was won over.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 15 March 2014 14:10 (ten years ago) link
ha no
― lag∞n, Saturday, 15 March 2014 14:18 (ten years ago) link
http://sports.politicususa.com/2013/07/27/bill-simmons-evolution-the-sports-guy-insufferable-sports-pundit.html
old article, but holy crap did this really happen?
Also, something else about Simmons that has become overly annoying is that he is always looking for a unified theory of WHY THINGS HAPPEN. A perfect example of this was after Game 3 of the San Antonio/Memphis series in the NBA Playoffs this year. On the postgame show, when discussing the crowd’s reaction when Memphis got behind in the game, Simmons tied in the 1968 assassination of MLK in the city. Basically, he said that because of the tragic events 45 years ago in their city, the crowd just knew something bad was happening, and it caused them to go quiet. If you read his writing, you’ll notice dozens of these theories that he throws out there, trying to position himself as some next-level thinker.
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Monday, 12 May 2014 03:59 (nine years ago) link
Bill Simmons is the Alex Jones of sports writing
― 龜, Monday, 12 May 2014 04:00 (nine years ago) link
I think he got that move from klosterman.
― ryan, Monday, 12 May 2014 04:39 (nine years ago) link
Is Michael Wilbon really considered as bad as Skip Bayless or Bill Simmons? I guess you can lump them all in as "sports pundits", but...
MLK assassination thing astounding though
― Nhex, Monday, 12 May 2014 14:28 (nine years ago) link
I have really disliked him on TV in the playoffs so far. He says stupid obvious shit and repeats it over and over again, interrupting people who have more substantive things to say.
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Monday, 12 May 2014 14:37 (nine years ago) link
NBA draft article was really the only thing worth reading.
― Jeff, Monday, 12 May 2014 14:43 (nine years ago) link
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Sunday, May 11, 2014 11:59 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
http://deadspin.com/oh-tim-youre-so-naive-the-cavs-lebrons-former-team-1579579873
lol
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 18:58 (nine years ago) link
sry that comment is lol but meant to link to the main video http://deadspin.com/bill-simmons-lays-out-nonsensical-theory-about-lebron-j-1579566715
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 19:00 (nine years ago) link
Listening to Bill Simmons shouting nonsense while Sage Steele is trying to make a point is really unfun.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link
He needs to not be... there.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link
yeah a show of sage steele, jalen rose, and doug collins is definitely my idea of good TV
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 21 May 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
http://www.theonion.com/articles/bill-simmons-ventures-into-interdimensional-vortex,36205
courtesy bill magill
― mookieproof, Friday, 6 June 2014 23:30 (nine years ago) link
“No one is questioning his skills, but he just doesn’t have that killer instinct that Jordan had,” Simmons said as a team of five 28-year-old Michael Jordans defeated five 28-year-old LeBron Jameses—a discovery that led the Grantland editor-in-chief to conclude that the Jordans were “clearly playing in full-blown ‘Eff You’ mode.”
― lag∞n, Friday, 6 June 2014 23:37 (nine years ago) link
eff you mode
has he said this yet on tv
― johnny crunch, Friday, 6 June 2014 23:43 (nine years ago) link
5 Lebrons beats the crap out of 5 Jordans IMO
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Saturday, 7 June 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link
brons size wld be p tuff for jordan to overcome
― lag∞n, Saturday, 7 June 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link
yeah i'll go jordan over lebron til i die but a team of lebrons beats a team of jordans. now vs a team of mini ditkas i don't know.
― balls, Saturday, 7 June 2014 19:34 (nine years ago) link