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Pablo Torre to appear on Bill Simmons' podcast amid feud
If Bill Simmons is going to accept Pablo Torre’s invitation/challenge to appear on his podcast, it appears as though it will ...
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Bill Simmons unloads on ESPN bosses for firing Zach Lowe: ‘Who is in charge?’
Former ESPN columnist Bill Simmons piled onto the avalanche that has collapsed on the “Worldwide Leader” for firing Zach Lowe on Thursday. Simmons said on “The Bill Simmons Podcast” that ...
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Grantland Was Always a Risk—Just Like Bill Simmons Wanted It to Be
It was three days ago, on Halloween Eve, that ESPN abruptly closed Grantland, the sports and culture website founded by Bill Simmons in 2011. Simmons had already left the site in May, after ESPN ...
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Bill Simmons Addresses Backlash Over Lack of Diversity at The Ringer
Bill Simmons on Friday addressed on his podcast ... Mentioning his former ESPN site Grantland, Simmons noted he has tried to use his outlets to “raise the profile and platform of other people ...
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Left field or an HBO home run from Bill Simmons?
Bill Simmons, former popular columnist for ESPN and founder of the departed sports and pop-culture website Grantland, is about to make that leap as host of the new HBO show "Any Given Wednesday ...
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From ESPN to HBO, can Bill Simmons liven up ‘Wednesday’?
Bill Simmons, former popular columnist for ESPN and founder of the departed sports and pop-culture website Grantland, is about to make that leap as host of the new HBO show “Any Given Wednesday ...
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Bill Simmons’s Grantland is dead. Meet Sean Fennessey, the editor in chief of his new site, The Ringer.
Shortly before Bill Simmons was pushed out of ESPN in May 2015, he seemed unsure what the sports network wanted next out of Grantland, the website it built for him. ESPN officially pulled the plug ...
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Bill Simmons Gets Brutally Honest About His Explosive Break with ESPN
Pop culture and sports writer Bill Simmons has never exactly been shy ... He’s free from the shackles of ESPN, most of his loyal Grantland writers and podcasters followed him to The Ringer ...
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The Ringer Launches: How Bill Simmons’ New Site Differs From Grantland
Bill Simmons’ new website, The Ringer, launched Wednesday morning following months of buildup and curiosity after his ESPN contract wasn’t renewed in the spring of 2015.
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Bill Simmons’s new site, The Ringer, goes live. And please, don’t call it just another Grantland
Don't do it with ESPN. RT @ParrishWalton: What are the lessons @BillSimmons learned from running Grantland from a business perspective? — Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) February 17, 2016 And on his ...
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Bill Simmons Staffs Up the Ringer Sports and Culture Site
Bill Simmons has hired about a dozen more editorial staffers for the Ringer, the digital sports and culture publishing venture modeled on ESPN’s now-defunct Grantland. ESPN launched Grantland ...