http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/has-bill-simmons-overplayed-his-cards-with-espn-20989 Celebrity sports gossip since 2001 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:51:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/has-bill-simmons-overplayed-his-cards-with-espn-20989#comment-108045 Pat Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:10:07 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/has-bill-simmons-overplayed-his-cards-with-espn-20989#comment-108045 Bill Simmons not only brings a regular guys perspective on sports, he adds the everyday stuff like the rest of us. we talk with our buddies then decide who sucks and who's good. we live and die by our teams. most of all when our team wins the champuonship or fail miserably we go to our dad, the one who indictrinated us to sports in the first place. Bill Simmons is you and me for all to see, read and , hear. yeah I'm drunk. Bill Simmons not only brings a regular guys perspective on sports, he adds the everyday stuff like the rest of us. we talk with our buddies then decide who sucks and who’s good. we live and die by our teams. most of all when our team wins the champuonship or fail miserably we go to our dad, the one who indictrinated us to sports in the first place. Bill Simmons is you and me for all to see, read and , hear. yeah I’m drunk.

]]> http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/has-bill-simmons-overplayed-his-cards-with-espn-20989#comment-35217 sprewell Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:03:38 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/has-bill-simmons-overplayed-his-cards-with-espn-20989#comment-35217 The difference is that mediocrities like Patrick, Myers, and Kilborn were only watched because they happened to be on ESPN, whereas Simmons brings people to espn.com.  Simmons could go off on his own and people would follow him.  Just like Flazm, he's the only reason I visit espn.com anymore, to get his podcast and check out some columns.  Right now, I'm guessing they both benefit from his placement at espn.com (wonder how their deal for the crappy Rick Reilly is working out, can't imagine anybody clicks on his crap if they have a choice and it isn't tacked onto the end of a magazine) but I'm sure Simmons could always go off on his own and do very well. The difference is that mediocrities like Patrick, Myers, and Kilborn were only watched because they happened to be on ESPN, whereas Simmons brings people to espn.com.  Simmons could go off on his own and people would follow him.  Just like Flazm, he's the only reason I visit espn.com anymore, to get his podcast and check out some columns.  Right now, I'm guessing they both benefit from his placement at espn.com (wonder how their deal for the crappy Rick Reilly is working out, can't imagine anybody clicks on his crap if they have a choice and it isn't tacked onto the end of a magazine) but I'm sure Simmons could always go off on his own and do very well.

]]> http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/has-bill-simmons-overplayed-his-cards-with-espn-20989#comment-33937 Flazm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:15:59 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/has-bill-simmons-overplayed-his-cards-with-espn-20989#comment-33937 Bill! Please don't go!He is the only reason I even go to ESPN.com anymore! Bill! Please don't go!He is the only reason I even go to ESPN.com anymore!

]]> http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/has-bill-simmons-overplayed-his-cards-with-espn-20989#comment-33870 Devil May Care But I Dont Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:31:46 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/has-bill-simmons-overplayed-his-cards-with-espn-20989#comment-33870 Bill Simmons is overrated. Bill Simmons is overrated.

]]> http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/has-bill-simmons-overplayed-his-cards-with-espn-20989#comment-33685 Tom Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:48:53 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/has-bill-simmons-overplayed-his-cards-with-espn-20989#comment-33685 Ack!  Please learn what "begs the question" means, then update the article. Ack!  Please learn what "begs the question" means, then update the article.

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