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That means they don't give preferential treatment. It doesn't bar them from having an opinion lol. But whatever.
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That means they don't give preferential treatment. It doesn't bar them from having an opinion lol. But whatever.
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Gotta be some bitterness behind the scenes.. Pay him for 4 months to do nothing
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No him and carolla doing their fast 7 review smh , and no him and cousin sal doing their nfl lines . Always look forward to those
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This part reminds me of when Conan left NBC
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They really doing him like big head in Silicon valley
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exactly what It reminded me of
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Dan le batard hinted at simmons not really making that much money for the company thus the ego/salary demand might not have been warranted .
makes sense
he was on the NBA pregame show to bad reviews , easily replaceable
grantland is good for they're image but it's essentially a money pit .
His writing gets clicks but for a big machine like espn it may not be worth the 6 mill a year and many million more a year in nfl revenue .
makes sense
he was on the NBA pregame show to bad reviews , easily replaceable
grantland is good for they're image but it's essentially a money pit .
His writing gets clicks but for a big machine like espn it may not be worth the 6 mill a year and many million more a year in nfl revenue .
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Word
If the image wasn't worth anything then ESPN need to get rid of grantland and 30/30
Shame they own his property but that's the game
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Isn't le batard and Simmons friends?
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There's nothing stopping him from going on Carolla's podcast as a guest and doing it. In fact, I bet you see Simmons on Carolla a lot this summer. He just won't be able to talk about ESPN, but he can be a guest and talk about other stuff.
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I just hope the pods come back wherever he lands...man him/cousin sal was like my fav pods to listen to cause 1. I love the NFL 2. I ******* love gambling
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Wow 
at least Zach Lowe is still doing work.
at least Zach Lowe is still doing work.
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pretty much
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Great Writer but very lackluster TV personality.
Big time annoying homer and thats coming from a Pats fan
Big time annoying homer and thats coming from a Pats fan
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Their articles are like 3000 words. I know I sure as hell don't want to read anything that long
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Their articles are like 3000 words. I know I sure as hell don't want to read anything that long
Cmon man. If you like a topic you'll read about it. You wouldn't read 3000 words I
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Honestly, no. I'll probably skim through it or if the content is really, really good I'll try and stick it out, but I don't like reading long stuff. 500-1,000 words is the sweet spot to me.Their articles are like 3000 words. I know I sure as hell don't want to read anything that long
Cmon man. If you like a topic you'll read about it. You wouldn't read 3000 words I
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unless its an interview with a player/coach i never read anything over 1k words
not even cp's posts
thing about grantland is you read the 3k words while being slightly amused then realise that you didnt actually gain anything from the reading. 3k words of pure fluff
their movie articles are the worst
not even cp's posts
thing about grantland is you read the 3k words while being slightly amused then realise that you didnt actually gain anything from the reading. 3k words of pure fluff
their movie articles are the worst
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When I write I usually aim to be around 500-700 words. Get to the point while telling the story without providing fluff.
If it's a heavy piece, like a story about someone's plight, I can dig the use as many words as you need to, but if you're providing sports analysis, just keep it concise and bang out the point you're trying to make.
If it's a heavy piece, like a story about someone's plight, I can dig the use as many words as you need to, but if you're providing sports analysis, just keep it concise and bang out the point you're trying to make.
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pulled up the first article on grantland's front page today. look at this garbage:
You almost had to laugh. The fightin’ Chicago Bulls, down big in the fourth quarter with their season on the line, tried to mount a comeback with Joakim Noah, Taj Gibson, and Kirk Hinrich on the floor together. Tom Thibodeau eventually swapped out Noah for Pau Gasol, but Hinrich remained in, and Nikola Mirotic did not sniff the court in the second half until the game was hopeless. Tony Snell, who can actually shoot 3s, may have been serving beer in the stands.
If Thibodeau was going out, he was going out his way: playing big, defense-first lineups made up of trusted veterans. And yet you laughed in part because, hell, it just might work. These Bulls never stop grinding. How many times have we seen Chicago, with zero spacing and an offense nearly eligible for antique status, ratchet up their revolutionary defense to ludicrous speed for some last-gasp 12-0 run? Opponents suffocate, Noah roars, some random jumpers find the bottom of the net, and the Chicago crowd rejoices in their peculiar bunch.
But it didn’t work this time — it never has against LeBron James in the playoffs — and the Bulls now step into an offseason that promises both hot melodrama and the cold reality that Chicago may be stuck with this not-quite-good-enough roster.
100% fluff, I didnt gain any new knowledge from reading any of this. I watch the games, i dont need someone to describe what happened as if they are writing a harry potter novel just get to the point and tell me something I didnt know.
You almost had to laugh. The fightin’ Chicago Bulls, down big in the fourth quarter with their season on the line, tried to mount a comeback with Joakim Noah, Taj Gibson, and Kirk Hinrich on the floor together. Tom Thibodeau eventually swapped out Noah for Pau Gasol, but Hinrich remained in, and Nikola Mirotic did not sniff the court in the second half until the game was hopeless. Tony Snell, who can actually shoot 3s, may have been serving beer in the stands.
If Thibodeau was going out, he was going out his way: playing big, defense-first lineups made up of trusted veterans. And yet you laughed in part because, hell, it just might work. These Bulls never stop grinding. How many times have we seen Chicago, with zero spacing and an offense nearly eligible for antique status, ratchet up their revolutionary defense to ludicrous speed for some last-gasp 12-0 run? Opponents suffocate, Noah roars, some random jumpers find the bottom of the net, and the Chicago crowd rejoices in their peculiar bunch.
But it didn’t work this time — it never has against LeBron James in the playoffs — and the Bulls now step into an offseason that promises both hot melodrama and the cold reality that Chicago may be stuck with this not-quite-good-enough roster.
100% fluff, I didnt gain any new knowledge from reading any of this. I watch the games, i dont need someone to describe what happened as if they are writing a harry potter novel just get to the point and tell me something I didnt know.
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I get that that's Grantland's niche, the whole essays thing, and that's fine, but yeah I just prefer to read stuff that gets to the point and provides analysis. Like FanGraphs has some good baseball articles for the most part that get to the point and provide some insight in less than 1000 words.
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the kind of overly descriptive writing they use is exactly how i would write my school essays when I didnt do any research and needed to get to the target word count
cant read stuff like this without thinking BS (no pun intended)
cant read stuff like this without thinking BS (no pun intended)
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Just because you didn't gain anything doesnt mean the next guy didn't either. I'd rather read that write-up than the AP summary about the game strictly on the creative writing style alone. Everyone here is an expert but I wont hesitate to admit I come across new information and different angles from their pieces.
