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Being that this is the month where his highly-anticipated HBO show was officially cancelled after it was a total bust, Bill Simmons might want to lay low for a while rather than trying to roast people on social media. Cris Collinsworth gave Simmons a …
Bill Simmons was trying to make a clever joke using a WWE reference on Sunday night, but he picked the wrong wrestler to call out. Although the Houston Texans came back to beat the Indianapolis Colts in a dramatic overtime win, Simmons felt …
Stephen A. Smith was one of the first people in line to blast Tom Brady on Wednesday after the New England Patriots quarterback’s latest suspension appeal was denied. Guess which of Smith’s former coworkers has come to Brady’s …
Bill Simmons has bashed ESPN on numerous occasions since the network decided to not renew his contract, and his former boss is finally firing back. Over the weekend, ESPN president John Skipper was asked about a theory Simmons has proposed regarding …
Stephen Curry’s latest shoe from Under Armour was released earlier this week and was roundly criticized on social media. That didn’t stop Bill Simmons from wearing a pair during a television appearance. Simmons was a guest on “Jimmy …
Bill Simmons took some more shots at ESPN in an interview that was published this week, and he made one remark that seemed particularly harsh. While chatting with The Hollywood Reporter about the way things ended at the World Wide Leader, Simmons …
From the moment it was revealed that ESPN would not be renewing his contract, Bill Simmons was courted by just about every media network and major internet venture out there. He ultimately struck a deal with HBO — a very lucrative one, at that. …
Bill Simmons discussed the surprising and sudden shutdown of his project website Grantland during his latest podcast, which was posted on Wednesday night. On episode 19 of “The Bill Simmons Podcast” featuring Malcolm Gladwell, Simmons …
ESPN announced on Friday that the plug is being pulled on Grantland, and it didn’t take long for Bill Simmons to share his opinion on the decision. I loved everyone I worked with at G and loved what we built. Watching good/kind/talented people …
Bill Simmons believes the NFL had a role in his departure from ESPN because of all of his criticism of Roger Goodell. Simmons was a guest on Mike Francesa’s radio show on WFAN in New York Wednesday and talked about his departure from his …
ESPN, and Grantland in particular, are still feeling the aftershocks of Bill Simmons’s departure. Now, several of Grantland’s staffers are leaving to join up with their old boss. The well-connected James Andrew Miller has the information, …
Bill Simmons has made it a mission to trash ESPN seemingly every chance he gets now that he has begun a new era with HBO, and one of his former coworkers is tired of having to sit back and take it. During an appearance at the Vanity Fair New …
Bill Simmons rolled out the first several episodes of his new podcast this week, and those who have wanted to hear his take on what went wrong with ESPN have not been disappointed. Simmons has already spent a significant amount of time bashing his …
Bill Simmons released the first installment of his new self-titled podcast “The Bill Simmons Podcast” on Thursday, and he wasted no time taking aim at his former employer. In the second part of a two-part episode launch, Simmons went …
Coming to Apple this fall: the new iBill podcast featuring Bill Simmons? Seems like it actually came fairly close to happening. According to a report on Tuesday by Peter Kafka of Re/code, the tech giant explored the possibility this summer of inking …
ESPN NFL reporter Chris Mortensen on Tuesday finally deleted his infamous tweet about Deflategate. Mort apparently figured out where the “delete” button was around the same time Bill Simmons started chiming in on his false report. …
