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Bill Simmons' 3,000-word column on the Red Sox-Dodgers transformational deal is a must-read for any Sox fan that's been disgusted over the last season-plus and now feels hopeful again. Here are a couple of our favorite excerpts: 1. Personally,...

Combine Battleship With The Hunger Games Here is how you fix the Home Run Derby: Start with an aircraft carrier. Matter of fact, whenever you are "fixing" anything, "start with an aircraft carrier" is always a good jumping-off point. Now you take sa...

Listen on Wednesday as Colin is joined by Grantland's Bill Simmons (10:45 a.m. ET), seven-time NBA champion Robert Horry (11:15), the MLB Network's Mitch Williams (11:45) and ESPN.com's Jim Bowden (12:15 p.m.). As always, email the show (theherd@esp...

Remember one week ago? I know many of you wanted to kill off the Yankees and Red Sox. Both teams were 0-3 and in such dire straits that Bill Simmons had a special podcast with his buddy JackO -- a Yankees fan -- to commiserate in their pain. Well,...

Before getting to his Week 6 NFL picks in Grantland, Bill Simmons weighed in on the Red Sox turmoil by providing a list of things he absolutely doesn't want to talk about. Click HERE to read his take....

Grantland.com's Bill Simmons had ESPN MLB Insider Buster Olney on his B.S. Report Podcast on Tuesday, and part of their discussion centered on what went wrong with the Red Sox, the dilemma Theo Epstein faces and whether the situation in Boston is fix...

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Chad Millman was goaded by Bill Simmons into a column on baseball's 'Dark Side' bets. So how are they panning out? Chad takes a look.

Blog | Conversation | July 08, 2011

Renown Red Sox fan Bill Simmons is on a Twitter strike until the Red Sox win, but many other Red Sox fans are tweeting their frustrations about this unfathomable 0-6 start. Here is a sampling (searching the #redsox hashtag) from the hour after their ...

Chad Millman examines the idea of dark-side betting, in which bettors place wagers on a player or team they dislike, and offers up five tempting options for the coming MLB season.

Blog | Conversation | March 30, 2011

Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis continues with his ESPNBoston.com season long diary. He talks trade deadline, clarifies the Jacoby comments, explains why he keeps knocking out pitchers and takes on Bill Simmons calling the Red Sox boring. (As t...

• You may not have realized it, but MLB has the toughest testing for steroids. Colin Cowherd discusses the recent development that baseball minor leagues will be tested for HGH. Listen • ESPN's Bill Simmons looks at Chris Paul's trade o...

Twins Cities TV sports guy Dave Schwartz has some up-to-the-minute closer news: Ron Gardenhire just told me Jon Rauch will be the Twins closer, not a committee as he said earlier this week. This hurts us more than the Twins. I'm partial to Pat Nesh...

Sports Guy Bill Simmons had a marathon chat on ESPN.com today and answered several questions relating to the Red Sox. Check them out below and click here for the full transcript. Ben in New York: Do you think the Red Sox will even make the playof...

Wanted to follow up on my Houston comments from Monday's column. I thought they were pretty tame, but what do I know? For the past two days, I have been getting four types of e-mails from the residents there: 1) "Right on, I'm glad somebody said it....

Happy Thanksgiving! The quick picks for Week 12 ... DETROIT (+3) over Atlanta We're due for one of those artificial turf games where two 300-pound guys land on Michael Vick and it takes them 20 minutes to scrape him off the turf. He's good for one...