Sports personality and Grantland founder Bill Simmons has found a new home. The popular analyst has inked a multi-year contract with HBO, which will put Simmons back in front of audiences on his own talk show in 2016. NEW YORK (AP) — HBO says it has struck a multi-year, multi-platform deal with the multi-faceted Bill … Read more
The Sports Guy is now a guy at HBO. Bill Simmons has signed a multi-year overall deal with HBO that will include a weekly talk show, the network announced Wednesday. “It's no secret that HBO is the single best place for creative people in the entire media landscape,” Simmons said. “From the moment I started … Read more
Richard Parsons, former chairman and chief executive officer at Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX), spoke with Bloomberg Television's Erik Schatzker and Stephanie Ruhle about the future for former ESPN columnist Bill Simmons, the challenge to build your own Bill Simmons wore an interesting shirt to tonight's NBA playoff game in Los Angeles, and it was the … Read more
Richard Parsons, former chairman and chief executive officer at Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX), spoke with Bloomberg Television's Erik Schatzker and Stephanie Ruhle about the future for former ESPN columnist Bill Simmons, the challenge to build your own Here's what I like about Bill Simmons: He writes columns, he hosts a podcast, he talked ESPN into … Read more
The Mother's Day show was a blast, mostly because the topics – Bill Simmons leaving ESPN, the Cavs and Warriors in 2-1 holes, and the Tom Brady deflated football situation – were so mouth watering. Thanks for listening. So Bill Simmons and ESPN are splitting up. What the fuck?! We asked around at the Worldwide … Read more
Bill Simmons was a guest on the Dan Patrick Show today. Clearly, the Ballghazi report was the topic of conversation. Having had some time to digest everything, Simmons was not in as much of full-on homer mode as yesterday, and, while impugning the NFL There's no word yet on what the punishment will be for … Read more
So Bill Simmons and ESPN are splitting up. What the fuck?! We asked around at the Worldwide Leader to get water-cooler reactions to the news. This is what we got from our sources at ESPN and Grantland. —Four sources 14-year ESPN veteran and long-time pro wrestling fan Bill Simmons, who is quite possibly the most … Read more
Bill Simmons is leaving ESPN. Tony Manfred. May 8, 2015, 10:27 AM; 17,962; 11 · facebook · linkedin · twitter; email; print. Bill Simmons Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesBill Simmons' contract with ESPN expires later this year. Bill Simmons is leaving ESPN BOSTON—Grantland and ESPN sports columnist Bill Simmons has written a new book titled Wit, Brilliance, … Read more
Bill Simmons — the brash, opinionated, voice-of-the-fan pundit and one-man media “brand” — won't be slinging his potshots and brickbats for ESPN much longer. In a development that surprised many if not for its outcome then for its timing and tone Bill Simmons — the brash, opinionated, voice-of-the-fan pundit and one-man media “brand” — won't … Read more
Minutes ago, news broke that longtime sportswriting icon Bill Simmons will leave ESPN after contract negotiations between him and the network fell through. The New York Times reports that Simmons, one of the network's As Ty just wrote, just about everybody in our profession owes an enormous debt of gratitude to Bill Simmons — if … Read more