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Bill Simmons

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Bill Simmons writes for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine as "The Sports Guy." In this role, Simmons writes several columns each week for ESPN.com and one column every issue for ESPN The Magazine.

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Thomas gives Suns a big boost

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

...him. "Tim is going to get the better of almost everybody, but when you can throw a guy like Kurt down there . . . it really makes the game a lot easier for us." It really did...

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SPECIAL WEEKEND EDITION The NBA's kings of pain

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

Editor's note: ESPN.com senior NBA writer Marc Stein supplies each item for this around-the-league notebook edition of the Daily Dime. Nothing slams ...

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Bringing title to Cleveland more valuable to LeBron

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

Really, it's not about brighter lights, or being a Knick or Laker. What LeBron James really wants is to bring a parade to his beloved Cleveland.

Story | Conversation | July 08, 2006

No sign of stops here

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

PHOENIX -- Small addendum to the scouting report that says tiny Phoenix, if it struggled inside with Lakers center Kwame Brown, has no chance with Cli...

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Suns eclipse Hollywood ending

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

...mode. "That," Suns coach Mike D'Antoni quickly volunteered, "was about as good as we can play, guys." That was a 121-90 spanking of the Los Angeles Lakers to bring an anti-climatic ending...

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The Big Bang: A brief history of Bell vs. Bryant

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

Marc Stein recounts the nasty six-year battle between the Suns' Raja Bell and the Lakers' Kobe Bryant.

Story | Conversation | May 06, 2006

Brent Barry's deep thoughts

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

...O' The Summer was rarely Steve Nash. It was usually Brent Barry. Barry, not Nash, was the guy widely billed as the missing piece for a championship contender. Even more than the eventual MVP of...

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Is this Iverson's final answer?

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

Allen Iverson announced his retirement, but Marc Stein wonders whether this is his final answer.

Story | Conversation | November 25, 2009

Inside the All-Star ballot selections

Marc Stein

...Morning News), Doug Smith (Toronto Star and president of the Professional Basketball Writers Association), Marc Spears (Yahoo! Sports) and Ian Thomsen (Sports Illustrated). But I feel compelled to try to share some insights on how...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009

Weekend Dime: Where might LeBron land?

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

...anticipated free agent in the history of American sport. You probably already know most of the main...in nearby Akron and thirsts to be the guy who beats all the supposed Cleveland curses. The...

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Source: NBA to unveil policy this week

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

The NBA will this week introduce what it considers "minimal" guidelines for players, coaches and team officials when using Twitter and other social networking sites, according to sources with knowledge of the policy.

Story | Conversation | September 27, 2009

'Finest person I've ever been around'

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

Twenty years after paving the way for other European ballers to come to the NBA, Vlade Divac dishes on life as a Laker, falling short with the Kings and, yes, flopping.

Story | Conversation | September 23, 2009

The biggest winners of the '09 playoffs

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

Now that the 2009 NBA playoffs are in the books, Marc Stein takes a look at the biggest winners.

Story | Conversation | June 16, 2009

Daily Dime: Different game for Dwight Howard

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images Though his team is down 2-0, Dwight Howard said you'll hear no discouraging words from him. ...

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NBA will review technical foul rules

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

The NBA maintains that its current suspension scale for technical fouls is "a fair system," in the words of NBA president Joel Litvin, but he anticipates an internal re-evaluation after the season.

Story | Conversation | June 04, 2009