re: So Bill Simmons hasn't had an NFL/NBA based podcast in 42 days...

I rarely listen to the Simmons podcasts, although I get why he would spend more time with the show. However, the clips I have seen have been very average. It's no different than a typical panel interview show, and Bill's monologues have been very mild.

The Ringer has been a massive disappointment. Grantland was one of the better sites out there, and it got much better as it went on. By year 2, it was blowing away everything it competed with.

The new cast fells like Saved By the Bell: The New Cast. I am 100% confident I could create a better sports and pop culture site, using 10-15 MSB and Movie/TV posters, and I'm not kidding in the slightest.

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I am 100% confident I could create a better sports and pop culture site, using 10-15 MSB and Movie/TV posters, and I'm not kidding in the slightest.

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hey don't steal my plan, bro

i actually have the site about 50% built and the podcast equipment

THIS TIME i hope not to frick shite up

hell i thought i emailed you months ago about this

I hope Bill and Cousin Sal continue to guess the NFL spreads

The show has sucked and has made the podcast suffer which is what I love. He's trying to rely on all his ringer employees podcasts too much.

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One was the comm director and the other was a speech writer. I don't expect without bias but they are enable to be critical of Clinton and it gets tired

It's interesting to listen to how primaries work and what they did

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The episode when they gave accounts of what happened behind the scenes of the Bin Laden killing was very fascinating. I don't have a political affiliation so they don't bother me. It's honestly the only podcast I listen to regularly on Bill's network. I've unsubscribed from everything else

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The episode when they gave accounts of what happened behind the scenes of the Bin Laden killing was very fascinating.

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I'd love for there to be more podcast that are oral histories of recent events.

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I feel like the Boston infatuation has been turned up 1,000

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Somehow he's still finding ways to talk about Deflategate in every podcast. Its absurd.

I think I go through phases of liking and disliking Simmons, and so far the Ringer is pushing me to the dislike side. Simmons is the only podcast I'm still subscribed to and I don't think I've listened to the last 4 or 5. The website itself is closer to Buzzfeed than Grantland. I really haven't read much since the first week.

Maybe an HBO documentary series can turn things around.

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simmons goes in waves

there is always this period where he drifts into being the cool guy talking about cool guy stuff and it falls off, and then he eventually focuses on his bread and butter (Basketball and some NFL) and it gets back on track

note: i haven't been watching. i'm just commenting on his career in general

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The only simmons podcasts worth a shite are ones that involve
Cousin Sal
Jacko
Michael Rapaport

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Yea, I enjoy these guys. The cous is awesome.

I gave Rapaport's podcast a try after enjoying his stuff with Simmons but it is absolute garbage

His articles were always overrated. He knows his basketball history but is more concerned about you know that he knows his stuff then making an interesting point he's too long winded. He doesn't get along with people and the one thing he's good at he's not doing. Team usa is playing he can talk about that. He's a shitter version of bill mahar if bill mahar gave a shite about sports and was a complete idiot