Ninja Scooter
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Bill posted a pic with Jay Glazer on his Twitter....oh please God no...
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The Ringer |OT| Formerly Known as Binge Mode
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Saw that and legit can't believe he didn't realize how much of a disaster Glazer's appearance was, or just doesn't care. Halfway expecting Simbo to announce Craig Kilborn as a permanent BS podcast co-host at this point, since he's the only bigger trainwreck of a guest.
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Guess the lines pod is up
Crazymoogle
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Sal's new Sunday job lol. Good for him.
You scared me with this but it was only like 10m!
And not really all that bad! I didn't love the studio format but Sal was on point as always.I'm gonna sub to that -- Clark is good, and just to mix it up from Simmons constantly shitting on and picking against my Cardinals.
(Doubled my satisfaction at the Cards trouncing "Skinny Jameis" and Simmons's big pick of the week though. )Hasphat'sAnts
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Getting jon favreau and his buddies to do politics is the biggest coup Simmons' pulled off in ages.
Not sure I can bear to listen to the slurping that will happen in this podcast lol
Hey that team almost reached the second round of the eastern-conference playoffs! They should have a whole podcast channel dedicated to them!
beat
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Are there ANY non-Boston fans who want to hear - over two months after the fact - about how the Celtics tried to woo Kevin Durant??
Hasphat'sAnts
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Literally zero.
I was really excited to hear JackO's answer to Bill's "What things would you fear most about a Hillary presidency?" question. It's pretty incredible that he could only come up with "She'd appoint Supreme Court judges I wouldn't agree with" before going off on another subject (she's not as charismatic as Obama). I've yet to hear anyone from the Republican side who really hates Hillary detail what policies of hers most frighten them.
Also, Bill and House all have terrible picks. It's kind of amazing. They're veering into Katie Nolan's "Fade That Pick" territory! I gasped when House took the Jags and Simmons took the Titans this week. Who bets on the AFC South? I could listen to those guys talk football for hours.
Also, Bill and House all have terrible picks. It's kind of amazing. They're veering into Katie Nolan's "Fade That Pick" territory! I gasped when House took the Jags and Simmons took the Titans this week. Who bets on the AFC South? I could listen to those guys talk football for hours.
Crazymoogle
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Not really; it's a private company. He has a HBO deal that is solid and legit podcast / website sponsors, arguably stronger than Grantland ever had. The short articles still bug me but I have to think they are doing pretty well and at least are nowhere near Grantland's burn rate.
Me too. Didn't realize how much better Mondays really are until this popped up as a pleasant surprise. The Thursday+Friday was unnecessary when you can just do Monday as more reactive + lines and Friday as forward-looking into the weekends. It is kind of funny how bad they all have been on their picks this year.
Sal always delivers but Rappaport pods are the best. Hearing them bust Bills balls is the best. The worst podcasts are when Bill has a guest who just agrees with everything he says.
Changing gears does anyone actually read The Ringer?
Grantland to me was way more impressive. Most of the Ringer just seems to be reactionary trash like what you see on the front page of Yahoo!
Changing gears does anyone actually read The Ringer?
Grantland to me was way more impressive. Most of the Ringer just seems to be reactionary trash like what you see on the front page of Yahoo!
Ninja Scooter
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I use it to kill time at work every once in a while. For stuff like that, or reading on the shitter, the shorter format is much better, but it's not a must-visit daily thing for me like Grantland was.
CastleRybread
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I can't stand rappaport. I turn off Stern when he is on and won't listen to his podcasts. He's just too fucking annoying. Almost as annoying as bill and deflategate.
Haven't visited the site in months. Only ringer content I keep up with are the BS pods and Keeping it 1600.
I love him with Simmons. He cracks me up.
Haven't listened to Stern in forever.
I only follow the BS stuff.
Not a fan of anything else and their website has a lot of content but it is all fluff.
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Ringer feels like it is trying to be a Vice light.
Really don't care for the pop culture stuff
Really don't care for the pop culture stuff
Team Rap here. Not enough to listen to his pod, but he's a very welcome monthly Simbo guest for me though I get how he could be love/hate. The guy I can't personally tolerate anymore is JackO with his borderline Breitbart nonsense. Just can't stomach it. One thing for Sal to say he "usually votes Republican" and w/e I guess, he's a lovable dolt who probably just hung out with MRA icon Carolla one too many times, but JackO goes in hard on that stuff like a clown. I also sadly find House pretty boring recently. Don't dislike him being on, but there was a point where he went in with a lot of prepared materials and he just seems to cite a bunch of meaningless gambling stats more than give insights (which, even stupid insights would be more entertaining than bad gambling angles from a guy who's like 1-8 on the season or whatever).
I wonder if Simmons is scaring off good young writers from his enterprise with his kind of weird old-man "well they're both pretty bad" election nonsense. Meantime 1600 guys are mostly killing it with their pod, but you almost wonder if he even listens to it. He just copped to only listening to the NFL pod for the first time this week, which was pretty shocking to me that he doesn't even listen to his own site's content.
I wonder if Simmons is scaring off good young writers from his enterprise with his kind of weird old-man "well they're both pretty bad" election nonsense. Meantime 1600 guys are mostly killing it with their pod, but you almost wonder if he even listens to it. He just copped to only listening to the NFL pod for the first time this week, which was pretty shocking to me that he doesn't even listen to his own site's content.
Yes, same pretty much on all those points. Funny how he mentioned about Sean Payton getting lazy after some time off and basically totally admitting he's the same way. It's really true. He must be pretty set and I guess he just doesn't have that drive anymore.
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I do, some writers like Shea Serrano and Danny Kelly are the best in the business at what they do and I will read everything the put out.
For others it depends on what the article is about. I think overall that the site has steadily improved since launch in terms of your average article on the site.
Ninja Scooter
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I'm over the Rappaport pods. The first couple were good as it felt genuine, now it just feels like he is playing up the whole "stickman" thing and playing a character.
Serrano continues to show why he is so based with a complete oral history of Space Jam.
Whatever they're paying him is not nearly enough.
Whatever they're paying him is not nearly enough.
Crazymoogle
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One ep they just forgot to edit it in, but looks like the license ends in like 5-6 weeks.
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Al Michaels and Bob costas were a great interview on AGW
Hasphat'sAnts
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Keepin' It 1600 live show is on!
These shows are great. I really enjoy them.
Jason did it the madman!
(He talked about visitors from Westworld doing a reddit AMA on The Watch Monday)
(He talked about visitors from Westworld doing a reddit AMA on The Watch Monday)
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Have people still been keeping up with the Ringer? All I do now is listen to Bill's podcasts and Keepin it 1600.
I swear that 1600 podcast after the election was sad as hell, it looked like Lovett and Favreau were tearing up at points.
Also Collinsworth destroying Bill on twitter :lol
I still haven't listened to the podcast when Collinsworth came on though.
I swear that 1600 podcast after the election was sad as hell, it looked like Lovett and Favreau were tearing up at points.
Also Collinsworth destroying Bill on twitter :lol
I still haven't listened to the podcast when Collinsworth came on though.
Ninja Scooter
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I still browse through the articles every other day or so. Definitely not the must-read Grantland was, but the articles are much easier and shorter to digest so I don't think it can ever be what Grantland was.
Nardonicus
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I didn't love the site when it first launched but I think it has gotten much better as late. I find myself going there multiple times a day now. It feels like a lighter version of Grantland now, instead of the buzzfeed ripoff that it was when it launched.
Bill's podcast, 1600, and The Watch are as good as ever.
Bill's podcast, 1600, and The Watch are as good as ever.
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