Ugh, this dave chang podcast
So much sucking up
"wait there are better restaurants than yours???"
And being ashamed of five guys over in and out??
Yeah Simmons gets like that with people he respects from other industries -- whether comics or chefs. He's also doing this new "rapid-fire question" thing and I have no idea why as it's totally antithetical to the natural feel he tries to have on his podcast convos. Chang rolled with it but I remember the first guy he did it too (might have been a boxing guy, or maybe a football guy? some rando either way) was audibly displeased with having to do it and taken aback, which did reach a level of awkward funny to be fair.
I haven't really noticed them touching on more mature topics since the move. Just a few more swear words.
Every time I see a bump I hope against hope that their written arm is live. Any ETA as to when that's happening? I still catch myself wanting to check Grantland occasionally while wiping the sleep from my eyes before realising it's gone.
Every time I see a bump I hope against hope that their written arm is live. Any ETA as to when that's happening? I still catch myself wanting to check Grantland occasionally while wiping the sleep from my eyes before realising it's gone.
It'd be good branding if it went up the same day as the HBO show so June 21st or whatever
Have you subbed to the newsletter? Some decent pieces in there.
IIRC they've been saying fall.
Are you sure? Thought they've been saying summer, but i could be wrong
I assumed it was the "yeah that sounds like Film Studies 101" takedown of his Civil War criticism. That was actually pretty brutal.
BillSimmons: I have a doozy of a BS Podcast guest today. This will elicit a "Whoa!"
Simmons teasing a big BS guest for today.
https://twitter.com/BillSimmons/status/730796088815288320
Simmons teasing a big BS guest for today.
https://twitter.com/BillSimmons/status/730796088815288320
Colin Farrell might be the most Irish of Irishmen that's ever lived
Francesca?
Excited for bill to co host the show
I wish it had been joey lawrence. Kilborn is kind of insufferable.
It was definitely a trainwreck but I was actually pretty entertained and interested all the way through unlike the other trainwreck (Glazer). You just had to cringe through some of the name-dropping and bad jokes and there were some pretty decent stories and even basketball talk in there. The one thing Simmons is really bad at podwise is commandeering a podcast back from a problematic desk, whether it's a blowhard like Glazer, a weirdo like Kilborn, or someone who seems actively hostile like Durant or the second Blake appearance. He just sort of recedes into the background because I think his only speed is "go with the flow."Kilborn said he doesnt do interviews. So this must be what happens to people like that when they finally speak at a media outlet. The dude is all over the place, it's like he has all these stories he's never told anyone before. Or all these thoughts but never comes into human contact to share them.
I'm not the biggest warriors fan and he even lost me when he said he would've voted Lebron for mvp. I don't care if you played some basketball with future pros back in the day if you have terrible opinions .Sounds like Travon Free is not a Warriors fan. He thought they got lucky last year and has very few good things to say about this year's team. Kind of weird hearing an NBA analysis so dismissive of them.
Does it bug anyone else when Bill says "worriers" instead of "warriors"?
I don't get bothered by his accent or his mispronunciations usually, but this one majorly bugs me
Could just be me though
Rap needs to be on the payroll as a weekly guest a la Sal. I don't think I'd want him more than that but a weekly cadence would be fantastic. Also wouldn't have to trawl for guests like Kilborn with more of a cast of regulars.
Rap needs to be on the payroll as a weekly guest a la Sal. I don't think I'd want him more than that but a weekly cadence would be fantastic. Also wouldn't have to trawl for guests like Kilborn with more of a cast of regulars.
Too bad about Kilborn, should have been good, given that he hosted Sports Centre, Daily Show, and a network late nite show. I know Bill is super into those subjects, especially late nite. Sucks to hear the pod wasn't good.
Simmons with more hiring announcements and I don't really have a comment about the hirings themselves (don't know the people) but man is he assembling a huge roster just in terms of size. I wonder if these people are salary or part-time or what. Ringer site will definitely not be lacking in volume of content.
Haha I was cheering so hard for them to get six or whatever their lowest possible was just to see Simmons reaction. This is still pretty good
Haha I was cheering so hard for them to get six or whatever their lowest possible was just to see Simmons reaction. This is still pretty good
I'm praying the Sixers take Ingram so I can revel in the Lakers/Simmons salt.
as if the Simmons/Lakers thing weren't bad enough, his son's actual name is Ben. Which means there's a chance Ben Simmons sees a Ben Simmons playing for the Lakers and, living in LA, becomes a Laker fan. It'd be like the most Twilight Zone ending of all of this for Bill.