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interviews of a lifetime

Fred Lynn Is America's Fishing Buddy

Former major leaguer Fred Lynn is probably one of the nicest guys on the planet. He's a man who's brimming with self-contentedness and is disarmingly friendly. After you speak with him for two minutes, it's no surprise that seemingly every dude who grew up in New England in the past 40 years is so overtly smitten with the man. During a phone conversation with Fred Lynn last week, as part of his promotional duties for MLB.com's "Rookie Of The Month" campaign, we discussed a few topics, but mostly talked about ESPN's BIll Simmons' obsession with him. Or, rather, I dwelled on that fact. It's safe to say I probably won't be hosting my own podcast show in the near future.

If you — or your "client" — would like to be included in an upcoming "Interviews Of A Lifetime," please contact either myself or Deadspin HQ for inquiries.

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3:30 PM on Mon May 5 2008
By DAULERIO
5,522 views, 31 comments

Latest by Dan Levy: It's safe to say I probably won't be hosting my own podcast show in the near future. It's easier than you think..you get to sound as stupid as you want and you don't have to spend the next four hours typing more »

boston globe

The Boston Globe Used To Have A Sports Section

Contrary to popular opinion, we love newspapers. We once waited up outside our dorm for our first ever published article, a review of Woody Allen's Manhattan Murder Mystery. (When the delivery guy showed up, we pretty much attacked him. It was 5:30 a.m., and we were somewhat deranged.) Of course, this makes us a relic; our 14-year-old cousins find newspapers amusing, like an eight-track, or a laserdisc player. (If they knew what either of those were, that is.) More »

3:00 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Leitch
9,090 views, 62 comments

Latest by icanthelpitimfromboston: @supermike5alive: I wish I didn't know that. more »

bill simmons

ESPN Nixes Bill Simmons-Barack Obama Podcast

If Bill Simmons seems grouchier in his MVP column today, or in his podcast later this week, you'll have to forgive him. He was scheduled to have Sen. Barack Obama as a guest, but, for reasons that haven't quite made themselves clear, ESPN canceled the appearance. Obama was all ready to go, but the network pulled the plug. More »

8:42 AM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Leitch
19,230 views, 122 comments

media approval ratings

Media Approval Ratings: Bill Simmons

With the NBA Playoffs tipping off this Friday, we couldn't think of a better time to finally take a look at Bill Simmons in this here media approval thing. And not just because of that NBA book that he's supposedly working on. (Though it's not on Amazon yet.) More »

1:05 PM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Leitch
41,218 views, 251 comments

balls deep

Ricky Reilly, Billy Simmons, And The Follies Of Privileged Sportswriting

This is BALLS DEEP With Big Daddy Drew (Balls® is a registered trademark and has been used with the expressed written consent of AJ Daulerio). It's gonna be like an SI Point After column, only with dick jokes. Enjoy.

By now, you've noticed the motto of this fair website is "Sports news without access, favor, or discretion." And, if you've read Leitch's book (31 used and new from just $14!), you know why he chose that exact phrasing. The inherent catch-22 of a sportswriter's job lies in access. You can't brutally criticize athletes and expect them to give you any access. But, if you go the other way and soften your treatment of athletes in order to maintain access, then you end up looking like a jocksniffer (Hi, Stephen A.!).

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3:00 PM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Big Daddy Drew
27,390 views, 106 comments

seattle sonics

This Is What It Sounds Like When A Franchise Dies


Blazer's Edge brings us this video of NBA commissioner David Stern, officially killing off the Seattle Sonics franchise, and all the hopes of their fans. It's almost grueling to watch. More »

4:10 PM on Wed Mar 5 2008
By Leitch
8,521 views, 96 comments

Buy Bill Simmons' "cursed" Randy Moss jersey on eBay. It's for a good cause. [eBay] (via Boston Sports Media)

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sad pats fans

Boston Fans, Still Struggling The Day After


After reading Bill Simmons' magnanimous column this morning, we were began to feel vaguely sympathetic to Boston fans. (Though the biggest revelation from his column is that, had the Patriots won, Simmons had set up to hang out with Tom Brady in his private entourage party room afterwards. The Giants winning might have saved Simmons career; that column might have been the one that finally sent people over the edge.) More »

3:10 PM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By Leitch
19,918 views, 166 comments

Look, comments on a Bill Simmons column. Welcome back, Bill. [ESPN]

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Bill Simmons did indeed have a line cut from his chat yesterday. At least one, actually. [Awful Announcing]

8 comments

bill simmons

Bill Simmons Finally Clocks A Full Day Of Work

We know, online public opinion has shifted on the guy a bit, but we still like Bill Simmons' chats on ESPN. The guy's pretty quick — even if he's just falling back on the usual schtick, it's comfortable, reliable schtick — and, back before he signed his big ESPN Owns My Soul contract, he used to sneak items past the ESPN censors that they'd inevitably redact later on. More »

11:40 AM on Wed Nov 28 2007
By Leitch
23,939 views, 139 comments

Bill Simmons, doing the NPR thing. [NPR]

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friday night lights

Like Playmakers, But, You Know, NICER

Despite the pleas of Bill Simmons, we've never watched "Friday Night Lights." We're not sure why; maybe we just have too much television in our lives already. Anyway, the show's ratings still aren't improving, and if the writers ever get back to work, the show is expected to be canceled by NBC. But fret not: ESPN could save the day! More »

11:10 AM on Wed Nov 14 2007
By Leitch
7,473 views, 75 comments

Defending Simmons' Boston homerism: "Either we have completely forgotten what the point of the Sports Guy was, to write from the perspective of a fan, or we're just really jealous (and petty) that we aren't from Boston right now." [Views From Life On A Bench]

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"With Rick joining Bill Simmons, our readers will now enjoy the two best sports columnists anywhere." [ESPN]

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Another helpful Simmons column prototype. [Scripted Sports]

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bill simmons

Witness Bill Simmons In Tight Tight Tights


We watched that new ESPN show "E-60," or whatever the correct nomenclature is, and you know what? It's not so bad. More »

12:35 PM on Wed Oct 17 2007
By Leitch
13,025 views, 83 comments

alcs

It's True: The Red Sox Have Become The Yankees

The kewpie doll this morning goes to commenters Chad Sexington (who provided us with this wonderfully ironic photo (and this animated GIF) and, especially, Fiddling While Jim Rome Burns, who came up with a theory that just might explain what's happening to the Red Sox right now. He calls it The Kekich-Peterson Theory, after the Yankees pitchers who swapped wives in the '70s. The Red Sox, he convincingly argues, have finally swapped identities with the Yankees. More »

9:15 AM on Wed Oct 17 2007
By Leitch
14,457 views, 124 comments

Latest by John Starks: Wow, SuperMike needs some fucking Yaz. And I'm not talking about #8. more »