Bill Simmons/Sports Guy Containment Thread

[nath]

Just seems like a lot of ripping Simmons without any jokes.

[True North]

Your buddy is not very good at this.

[Dudd]

Amateur attempts at emulating the FJM style is #notagoodlook

[Bad Beat Bill]

Yeah that's a solid D effort, like half the things he's writing don't make any goddamn sense. I mean I'm not really much of a fan (anymore) but this is definitely one of his least worrisome articles and to take it apart for such tic tac reasons as that is pretty pathetic

[nutshot2]

F

[GBP04]

yeah there is absolutely zero ingenuity there. just a lot of unfunny and meanness

[Steroid Boy]

#cmonson
#trippin
#notagoodlook

[Pudge714]

While Simmons tries to pretend he is a regular sports fan, when in actuality he is a privileged sports fan, that routine is a million times better than most of the national media who spout the bull**** of "I AM A JOURNALIST I CANT ROOT FOR A TEAM BECAUSE IT WOULD RUIN MY JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY"

[gusmahler]

While Simmons started out as a writer from the "real sports fan" perspective, he's pretty clearly not writing from that perspective any more. Nor does he really pretend to, aside from not watching from the press box.

[BASaint]

- so it was like reading your columns?

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- I WAS THERE YOU GUYS

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- good to know the most well-paid sports writer in america, and the editor of the excellence in sports journalism website, who condescends and ****s on every writer and TV commentator around, is incapable of doing his job because his favorite team lost a game

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- a team that beat only one team with a winning record lost to a pretty good team in a very close game that could have went either way. that's how i put it into words.

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- its exactly like the SAWX game 25 years ago, except for the part where its nothing like that.

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- presented without commentary

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- karma. yes, karma. remember, your coach admitted to cheating in EVERY GAME HE EVER COACHED until he got caught doing it.

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- this just sum simmons up so perfectly.

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- cool?

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- so a quick editorial about what this guy has done to sports journalism: he goes to the super bowl and gets a speeding ticket and writes about it.

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- says the millionaire sports writer who has been to five super bowls. yeah because most pats fans who bought tickets are going to erase this moment from their lives when they spent $4k making it happen

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- your readers are correct in doing so. you have yourself written about grace periods, among many other "rules" of fandom.

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- is this a humble brag or is this telling people to go **** themselves at his awesomeness. true story: ZERO other sports writers were at this game.

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- ...

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- true story: media coverage, particulary at the super bowl, is EXACTLY THE SAME as it was when russell played int he 60s, orr in the 70s, and bird in the 80s

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[TheNoodleMan]

Originally Posted by nath

This blog entry wasn't written by Simmons, but it makes me wish Walt Frazier did color for every single NBA game ever.

Frazier also is the best dressed man in the building. He looks like a stone cold pimp every time I see him.

[Triumph36]

I have to agree that that Simmons article was really good - the XLII one was bitterness and absurdity, but this was a very good examination of the game from a Pats fan's perspective.

Also, I will watch parts of Knicks games, and it's mostly for Walt Frazier.

[GBP04]

oh boy. new BS report

[SchererBoy]

Originally Posted by Victor

id imagine almost everyone got that reference. well, not scherer.

Sup, bro?

I didn't read the article, but loved Trading Places. I try to limit my BS exposure, so when I do read him, I still like him. (haven't read BS stuff since the 12 days of xmas..)

Originally Posted by GBP04

oh boy. new BS report

Listened to the Bird podcast today, and loved it.

[kp1022]

scherer didn't u just discover this bill simmons guy like a month ago?