All Things Sports Media Thread!!

Whitlock is straight trash,can barely stand to watch PTI when he's on :x

 

I like the Hollywood Prospectus pods as well as Jalen and Jacoby. Bill has been doing too much whining and has an ego. Espn wants to be the boss and keep their people in line. I'm sure Simmons will quickly find another spot but he won't get the exposure espn allows.

 

It's not nearly as bad as it used to be. They have legitimate writers now. It was all part of their shift after they got bought out. Turner brought legitimacy to the brand. Simmons would do fine there. Also, again, NBA TV and BR are owned by the same parent company, so going to "the NBA channel" is basically the same as going to BR. And he definitely shouldn't go to a network that doesn't have the NBA in any capacity (FOX and NBC). That's why I think he'll go to Bleacher Report.

 

they've got a few established writers but trust me it's a piece of **** that's below Bill Simmons.

 

dude just needs to take: Zach, jalen, jacoby and Juliet litman (does 'the right reasons' with jacoby)

 

Andy Greenwald is the only pop culture writer I follow there. He does great TV reviews.

Rest of the pop culture stuff is too LA hipster for me. I could just drive to Silverlake for that

 

listen to 'the right reasons' I don't even watch half the stuff they talk about.. but it's entertaining

started listening more because of Jacoby and them talking about mtvs challenges.. she also does a basketball related podcast which is entertaining 'nba after dark'

 

GOOD

 

Speaking of Whitlock, did anyone see the piece Deadspin did on him and his Black "Grantland" site? Oh man...DS is blocked here at work, and it's a LENGTHY read...but everything you think of Whitlock in a negative way, is probably true. His site is a trainwreck.

 

So Simmons found out he got canned through twitter? Espn is ruthless...

 

Whitlock got skewered by Deadspin.

 

They need to pull the plug on Skip and Stephen A.

 

It wasn't pretty Skewered is putting it lightly

ESPN seems like a complete disaster behind the scenes.

It would never happen, but I would love for Simmons to drop a book about ESPN that was as detailed as his Book of Basketball.

My jaw was dropped while reading it.

Funniest part to me was Howard pretty much pulling the cover on Whitlock's alter-ego persona on Twitter.

 

Yea, neither of those dudes have the charisma like Bill. He's a pretty polarizing character

 

Every piece has been pure ether by Greg.

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Love NBA after dark

 

Bill is obnoxious as a tv personality but I enjoy his written work and all the other things he's put together.

Man went against the Evil Empire and lost

 

Of course it's ESPN caping the NFL

 

I ******* hate Jason Whitlock

 

and so it begins...

Shane Smith Wants Bill Simmons to Join Vice

 

Perfect fit honestly.

 

Simmons on Vice would be

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjac...simmons-should-be-the-face-of-yahoo-sports/3/

Damn, $6M. :x

 

my guy andy greenwald and chris ryan
if anyone deserves to run grantland its jacoby ....thats probably the only way that im still gonna check fo them