ESPN eminence Bill Simmons was suspended last night for calling NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell a “liar,” and the critical consensus on this development took just hours to congeal. The New Republic's Danny Vinik writes that the suspension signals that On Monday, ESPN's Bill Simmons challenged his employer to discipline him for excoriating N.F.L. Commissioner Roger … Read more
Bill Simmons practically begged ESPN to suspend him, and the oafish and epically tight-assed media behemoth did just that Wednesday night, giving him three weeks for coming to the same conclusion about NFL commissioner Roger Goodell that just about ESPN commentator and Grantland.com editor-in-chief Bill Simmons has been one of the most consistently critical voices … Read more
Grantland editor and ESPN commentator Bill Simmons had some choice words Roger Goodell on his B.S. Report podcast Monday, and he's daring his employer to call him out for speaking his mind. Simmons, who has been critical of the way Goodell has Bruins, Patriots and whatever else people are talking about in the world of … Read more