Bill Simmons

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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Game 6 Referees

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...he explained his side of many controversial calls in a series of posts on TrueHoop. ESPN's Bill Simmons once named Salvatore the second worst referee in the NBA, and a review of every call...

Blog | June 17, 2008

Wednesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Ooh, Big Baby, nice nails. (Via Lion in Oil)CNBC's Darren Rovell on why agents pay runners: " ... the reason it has been going on for so many years is...

Blog | May 21, 2008

Gut Check for Suns Fans

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

After a double overtime Game 1 loss, the Suns were gladiators; but for a gaffe or two and some San Antonio luck, Phoenix essentially beat the World Ch...

Blog | April 23, 2008

The Cheesecake Factory Did Not Pay Me to Write This

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

In some ways, I have been working on this post for years, just by listening to things that NBA players say. They talk about a massive spectrum of thin...

Blog | February 29, 2008

Wednesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...as told in an excellent L. Jon Wertheim Sports Illustrated profile: "The largest of the three ships...in recent years.Bill Walton takes ESPN's Bill Simmons on a tour of his brain.Jim...

Blog | November 28, 2007

The Salvatore Side of the Story: "Crucified" in the 2006 Finals

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...t believe it was a conspiracy, you can answer that question directly. Yes, throughout the history of sports, losers of big games have alleged terrible things about referees. Maybe that's all that is. Or...

Blog | November 20, 2007

Three Notes on the Evolving Sport Media Landscape

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...I was part of a panel discussion about sports blogging at the Sports Business Journal conference. It...a guy who grew up in Hooterville, a gal who feels embarrassed at her shallow fame or...

Blog | November 14, 2007

The Salvatore Side of the Story: Referee Bennett Salvatore Speaks

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...after which Dallas owner Mark Cuban held one of the angriest press conferences in history. ESPN's Bill Simmons has named Salvatore the second worst referee in the NBA, and a review of every call...

Blog | November 13, 2007

Paul Westphal: Living Basketball Legend or Liability?

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Coast Conference. The WCC. One of the worst conferences in America. Filled with large white guys, as Bill Simmons loves to say. Even though we averaged 75 points a game that season, it's misleading...

Blog | September 25, 2007

NBA Blogging 101

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Posted by Jeff Clark of CelticsBlog.com I see a lot of new blogs pop up all the time. Every other week I get an email from someone saying, "Hey, I j...

Blog | September 21, 2007

Thursday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...with Kevin Love, the incoming UCLA freshman that Bill Simmons is in love with. He plays basketball...become a cliché among any athlete in any sport trying to make a comeback. If you are...

Blog | September 06, 2007

Tuesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...this afternoon." Empty the Bench tracks the personalities. Kevin McHale has always been a great Celtic, writes Bill Simmons, and by trading Kevin Garnett, he might be serving the franchise as well as ever. Simmons...

Blog | July 31, 2007

Is the League in Jeopardy?

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...of talk about the Tim Donaghy scandal as one of the most serious black eyes any professional sports league has had in recent years. At any point in this process, have you felt at all...

Blog | July 25, 2007

Open season on Tim Donaghy

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Several people have e-mailed information from Elias Sports Bureau: Donaghy worked 68 games in 2005-06...63 games last season including five playoff games. Bill Simmons wrote about Game 3 of this season...

Blog | July 20, 2007

Friday Wizards

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Nothing bad can come of this.Fascinating discussion (follow the BS Report link) between Michael Wilbon and Bill Simmons.  Well worth your time.  I will argue two points -- the discussion regarding why Kevin...

Blog | July 20, 2007