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Bill Simmons

  1. the industry
    Spotify Is Equally Responsible for the Royal Podcast FlopSure, everyone’s looking at Harry and Meghan, but it takes two parties to tango.
    By Nicholas Quah
  2. review
    We’re Still Getting Woodstock ’99 WrongHBO’s Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage documentary feels drunk on chaos.
    By Craig Jenkins
  3. a long talk
    Bill Simmons Just Wants to WinThat’s why he sold The Ringer to Spotify and the man who may be “Steve Jobs for audio.”
    By Nicholas Quah
  4. spotify
    Spotify Is Buying Bill Simmons’s the RingerWill a sports-podcast boom follow?
    By Nicholas Quah
  5. podcasts
    Larry Wilmore Is Taking His Talents to Podcasting With Black on the AirThe first episode is slated to drop this Thursday.
    By Nicholas Quah
  6. cancellations
    HBO Gives Up on Bill Simmons’s Any Given WednesdayNo more Wednesdays given.
    By Jackson McHenry
  7. Bill Hader Talks ‘SNL,’ Panic Attacks, and His Upcoming HBO Show on ‘Any […]Here’s a fun clip from HBO’s new series Any Given Wednesday, where two Bills – host Simmons and guest Hader – chat about everything from what […]
    By Megh Wright
  8. bless his heart
    Ben Affleck Blows a Fuse on Any Given WednesdayGood f*cking thing he was on HBO.
    By Karen Brill
  9. bill simmons
    Simmons’s HBO Show Gets a Title and Release DateAny Given Wednesday will debut June 22 on HBO.
    By Jackson McHenry
  10. game of thrones
    HBO Announces Game of Thrones Recap ShowAs part of Bill Simmons’s deal with HBO.
    By Karen Brill
  11. the sports section
    If You Thought Bill Simmons Was Mad at ESPN Before, You Ain’t Seen Nothing YetHis site might have a “public editor” devoted to the network.
    By Joe DeLessio
  12. the sports section
    Bill Simmons to Launch His Grantland Follow-up, the RingerAnother piece of his post-ESPN plans comes into focus.
    By Joe DeLessio
  13. the sports section
    Obama Compares Himself to Aaron RodgersThe Sports Guy interviewed the president for the GQ Men of the Year issue.
    By Joe DeLessio
  14. the sports section
    Bill Simmons Thinks the NFL Had a Role in His Ousting at ESPNSo he told Mike Francesa today.
    By Joe DeLessio
  15. the sports guy
    Bill Simmons Signs With HBOHe’s taking his talents to premium cable.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  16. You’ve Reportedly Heard Your Last ‘B.S. Report’ EverSports Illustrated reports that Bill Simmons won’t appear on any ESPN platforms before his contract ends.
    By Jaime Fuller
  17. media
    Bill Simmons Is Leaving ESPNESPN president announces, “I’ve decided that I’m not going to renew his contract.”
    By Jaime Fuller
  18. Larry David and Bill Simmons Talk ‘Seinfeld,’ ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ and […]“I think the thing about finales is everybody writes their own finale in their head, whereas if they just tune in during the week to a normal […]
    By Megh Wright
  19. Lorne Michaels Talks All Things ‘SNL’ with Bill Simmons“The joke I used to do is I’d say ‘You know, there will be a time when I realize that it can’t be as good as it used to be, and that I don’t […]
    By Megh Wright
  20. media
    Bill Simmons Is Now Beefing With His Fellow ESPN Stars in PublicA Twitter rant from the recently reinstated Grantland editor and columnist.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  21. media
    Bill Simmons Is Back. Here’s How He Spent His Suspension From ESPN.According to Instagram.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  22. media
    ESPN Sick of Simmons Signature Bad-Boy AttitudeThe network explains its punishment.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  23. the sports section
    ESPN Suspends Bill Simmons for Criticizing NFL Commissioner Roger GoodellIn ESPN’s defense, he dared them to do it.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  24. blog-stained wretches
    Nate Silver Interview: The New FiveThirtyEightThe site debuts on Monday, but the numbers whiz is only 75 percent ready.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  25. watch
    Lena Dunham on Jezebel’s Vogue Photo Stunt: ‘It Felt Gross’She can’t enjoy the site anymore.
    By Kat Stoeffel
  26. Robert Smigel Talks About How Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Got That Accent Former SNL and Late Night With Conan O’Brien writer Robert Smigel sat down with Bill Simmons over at Grantland to talk about the origins of […]
    By Elise Czajkowski
  27. Crime Scenes
    El Wingador Busted For CokeThere’s no Buffalo wing eating contest where he’s going.
    By Collin Keefe
  28. daily lintel
    President Obama Knew About Jeremy Lin Before Anyone Else in the WorldWe find this claim to be highly suspect. 
    By Dan Amira
  29. Video Feed
    Kobe Can’t Cook, But He Likes to Look!The final shot makes us wonder just how long has the Laker been on this imaginary flight.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  30. media
    Tommy Craggs, Tom Scocca Talk Deadspin, Grantland, and Pink GorillasTommy Craggs and Tom Scocca, together as part of the major brain trust at Deadspin, aim their sniper rifles directly at Bill Simmons’s Grantland.com, which launches tomorrow.
    By Will Leitch
  31. grantland
    Bill Simmons’s Site, Grantland, Publishes Two Preview Stories — and One’s About the KnicksKatie Baker on being a Knicks fan.
    By Joe DeLessio
  32. internet-stained wretches
    Bill Simmons’s New Site Gets a Name — Grantland — and a Launch DateIn which we explain the name.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  33. internet-stained wretches
    ESPN Gives Bill Simmons His Very Own Sports and Pop-Culture SiteHe stole our Lane Brown!
    By Nitasha Tiku
  34. off days
    The Worst Day in Sports (and the ESPYs) Is Finally Behind UsSave us from the ESPYs.
    By Will Leitch
  35. chat room
    Bill Simmons, ‘the Sports Guy,’ Saw Talkshowgate Coming, and Now He’s Got Advice for ConanThe ESPN columnist called this whole debacle back in March. So maybe he should change his name to “The Talk Show Guy.”
    By Will Leitch
  36. late shifting
    Rumor Mill: Is Next Week Conan’s Last As Host of the Tonight Show?That’s the rumor that ESPN’s Sports Guy, Bill Simmons, is spreading.
    By Mark Graham
  37. vulture reading room
    The Vulture Reading Room Says Good-bye to Bill SimmonsAnd to awesome invented terms like the “Last Great White American Player Syndrome.”
    By Amos Barshad
  38. the sports guy
    Vulture Reading Room: Hoops Junkies Discuss Bill Simmons’s Basketball BookDissecting the Sports Guy’s magnum opus.
    By Joe DeLessio
  39. bill simmons
    A Conversation With Bill Simmons (Part Three)Bill Simmons talks about the Knicks, his book, and his future.
    By Will Leitch
  40. bill simmons
    A Conversation With Bill Simmons (Part Two)ESPN.com’s Bill Simmons talks about his new book, ‘The Book of Basketball.’
    By Will Leitch
  41. bill simmons
    A Conversation With Bill Simmons (Part One)The first of a three-part interview with ESPN’s Bill Simmons.
    By Will Leitch
  42. the gregarious raconteur
    The JackO Anxiety Index: A Chart-Based Representation of the Yankees’ Regular SeasonThe ups and downs of the season through the eyes of Bill Simmons’s friend and regular podcast guest, JackO.
    By Joe DeLessio
  43. surprising corporate moments
    You Should Probably Start Watching That 30 for 30 Show TonightESPN’s ‘30 for 30’ series, beginning tonight, is a lot better than you think it is.
    By Will Leitch
  44. mad men
    Jon Hamm Talks Emmys, Mad Men Season Three, and The Wire With the Sports Guy“If I win two Emmys, which I’m not going to, it will be just another thing I have in common with Kathy Griffin.”
    By Mark Graham
  45. press-box confidential
    ESPN Pretty Much Making Its Policies Up As It Goes AlongIf the network doesn’t break a story, might it still be true? Plus, the battle for top dog on their Website, in this week’s look at the sporting press.
    By Joe DeLessio and Will Leitch
  46. apropos of nothing
    Who Belongs on Mount Rapmore?In the past week or so ESPN.com’s Bill Simmons — “The Sports Guy,” a massively popular columnist who’s ostensibly a sportswriter but would better be described as the National Commissioner of Bar Arguments — has started writing about “Mount Rapmore,” a hypothetical rap version of Mount… well, yes.