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9 unusual facts about Bill Simmons


2006 Oakland Raiders season

An excellent assessment of the Raiders' futility thus far in the season was provided by a reader of ESPN.com's Bill Simmons.

Cheryl Bernard

Popular ESPN columnist Bill Simmons has referred to Bernard as the "Canadian Curlgar," a portmanteau of "cougar" and curler, because he finds her attractive.

Jay Caspian Kang

com and many of his sports articles have appeared in Bill Simmons' Grantland.

The Basketball Jones

The show championed the “fan perspective” of sports reporting pioneered by ESPN’s Bill Simmons.

For the 2012 and 2013 NBA seasons, the podcast was featured on Bill Simmons Grantland Network podcast.

The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to the Sports Guy

The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to the Sports Guy is the second book by ESPN columnist Bill Simmons.

The Breaks of the Game

Popular ESPN writer and New York Times best-selling author Bill Simmons has repeatedly praised the book.

The National Sports Daily

Deford immediately set out to get what was referred to by ESPN's Bill Simmons as a "murderer's row" of sportswriters to join The National.

William Simmons

Bill Simmons (born 1969), columnist for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine


Agent Steel

Mark Marshall (before he joined Savage Grace) and Bill Simmons joined the band for a short stay as the two guitarists with George Robb on bass.

Ron Borges

He has severely criticized Bill Belichick; some media figures, including Bill Simmons, have asserted that this is because Borges relied on former quarterback Drew Bledsoe, benched and traded by Belichick, as his primary source of Patriots information.


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