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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    Bill Simmons said this...
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    and ESPN did this
    ESPN Statement on Bill Simmons
    “Every employee must be accountable to ESPN and those engaged in our editorial operations must also operate within ESPN’s journalistic standards. We have worked hard to ensure that our recent NFL coverage has met that criteria. Bill Simmons did not meet those obligations in a recent podcast, and as a result we have suspended him for three weeks.”
    i'm not a fan of bill's but he is right and espn really just sucks ass
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,913
    norm said:

    Bill Simmons said this...
    image

    and ESPN did this

    ESPN Statement on Bill Simmons
    “Every employee must be accountable to ESPN and those engaged in our editorial operations must also operate within ESPN’s journalistic standards. We have worked hard to ensure that our recent NFL coverage has met that criteria. Bill Simmons did not meet those obligations in a recent podcast, and as a result we have suspended him for three weeks.”
    i'm not a fan of bill's but he is right and espn really just sucks ass

    Suspended for speaking his mind. He just needs to leave ESPN already and start his own site. He has Grantland, but it's still ESPN. He should go out on his own....millions of readers will follow.
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,822
    He was Boston Sports Guy for years and was so much funnier. ESPN made him a rich man and very well known I think he could have his own page again and do well.
    Not shocked they benched him he asked them to do it when he stated the obvious in such a manner on his podcast.
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,600
    This link has the audio which ESPN has otherwise expunged from their archives. It was is/was radio gold.

    http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/09/24/bill_simmons_suspended_listen_to_the_goodell_bashing_comments_that_got_the.html?wpsrc=fol_tw
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,929
    Simmons got a longer suspension than the original Ray Rice suspension and longer than Stephen A. Smith got for basically saying Rice's gf deserved it. Other than MTV has something that started so good ended up so bad as ESPN has?
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,822
    ^^ good call on MTV. What a pile of stinking shit.
    With the advent of NFL Network, MLB Network and NHL Network I watch less and less of ESPN. Why not specialize based on what I want to see? I dont care about golf, I dont care about NBA, I dont care about a lot of the shit they have on there. For highlights I want more depth and it pays to go to the specialized stations.
    (Exception would be Sunday AM, I watch ESPN)
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    F Me In The Brain said:

    ^^ good call on MTV. What a pile of stinking shit.
    With the advent of NFL Network, MLB Network and NHL Network I watch less and less of ESPN. Why not specialize based on what I want to see? I dont care about golf, I dont care about NBA, I dont care about a lot of the shit they have on there. For highlights I want more depth and it pays to go to the specialized stations.
    (Exception would be Sunday AM, I watch ESPN)

    i've been watching more of the fox sports channel lately
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,600
    NFL Network is great. I also watch some of the local stuff on CSNNE.
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,822
    NFL Network has Melissa Stark, who I have loved since her sideline days on MNF. Smart, pretty, loves football -- she was my dream girl!
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,315
    I'm not sure if Simmons was fired for calling out Goodell or more for going on a Jules Winnfield rant against the people who sign his paycheck.

    Say 'what' again. Say 'what' again, I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker, say what one more Goddamn time!
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,029
    http://deadspin.com/how-jason-whitlock-is-poisoning-espns-black-grantland-1698683962
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,913
    Simmons leaving ESPN....pretty surprising. I wonder if he'll start his own thing or sign with another big company.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/09/sports/bill-simmons-and-espn-are-parting-ways.html?_r=0
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    Cliffy6745 said:

    http://deadspin.com/how-jason-whitlock-is-poisoning-espns-black-grantland-1698683962

    I got about 2/3 through that and my head started hurting. I never liked Whitlock, so it was not hard to click off this story. One thing I learned is that Whitlock sure loves him some Whitlock.
  • Amongst the Ani
    Amongst the Ani @Wobbie Posts: 7,790
    Whitlock also loves to stir the pot just for stirring it. I have agreed many times with him in the past but also thought he was nothing more than a shock jock journalist. ESPN should not have brought him back.
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,913
    Last-12-Exit said:

    Cliffy6745 said:

    http://deadspin.com/how-jason-whitlock-is-poisoning-espns-black-grantland-1698683962

    I got about 2/3 through that and my head started hurting. I never liked Whitlock, so it was not hard to click off this story. One thing I learned is that Whitlock sure loves him some Whitlock.
    Whitlock is the absolute worst. I got about 4 paragraphs into that article and couldn't take it anymore.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,315
    Indifference71 said:

    Simmons leaving ESPN....pretty surprising. I wonder if he'll start his own thing or sign with another big company.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/09/sports/bill-simmons-and-espn-are-parting-ways.html?_r=0

    I think they pretty much kicked him out of the clubhouse. He was on Dan Patrick's show yesterday and dared once again to question Goodell. Probably the final straw.
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  • InHiding80
    InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    Eastern Sports Propaganda Network

    Who needs this when I have MLB.TV? $19.99 a month on Roku and Apple TV with no annoying hacks like Joe Buck ruining the game. Sucks that I can't get local Angels games on TV, though. Stuck with radio.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,315
    Between ESPN ruining their website and now Simmons getting fired, I think it's time to find a new sports website to follow
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,029
    I like the new website
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,029
    Indifference71 said:

    Last-12-Exit said:

    Cliffy6745 said:

    http://deadspin.com/how-jason-whitlock-is-poisoning-espns-black-grantland-1698683962

    I got about 2/3 through that and my head started hurting. I never liked Whitlock, so it was not hard to click off this story. One thing I learned is that Whitlock sure loves him some Whitlock.
    Whitlock is the absolute worst. I got about 4 paragraphs into that article and couldn't take it anymore.
    Yeah, I for some reason read the whole thing and came away angry that such a jerkoff can make so much money

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