Hipster Obama Knew of Jeremy Lin Before He Was Cool President Obama sat down with Bill Simmons on his B.S. Report podcast to talk sports — namely basketball, the Knicks and wunderLind point guard Jeremy Lin, whom Obama knew about before you did. Read more More
Welcome New Overlords: Bill Simmons’ Grantland Debuts Bill Simmons is the driving force behind a new website, Grantland, which aims to provide a mixture of sports and pop culture to readers in a intelligent and readable manner. It should succeed. But will it? Read more More
Grantland: Details Finally Emerge About New Site from ESPN’s The Sports Guy ESPN has unveiled the details of Bill Simmon’s new website, Grantland. It’ll be a classy, literate sports and pop culture destination, featuring contributions from Malcolm Gladwell, Chuck Klosterman and Dave Eggers among many others. The site launches in June. Read more More
‘Ello ‘Melo: At Long Last, Carmelo Anthony’s Finally a Knick Because “Timofey Mozgov’s Finally a Nugget” isn’t as catchy a headline… Read more More
VIDEO: And They Say Wrestling is Fake? Bah! Some of us have the mistaken belief that professional wrestling is more entertainment than sport, more theater than competition, more fake than real. When you see this clip from CZW’s Night of Infamy 9, you’ll know it’s quite real. Amazing. Read more More
Aquilino: Why Dan Dierdorf Makes Me Hurt Inside The network sportscaster, and the iconic voices of yesteryear that live in so many middle-aged fans’ hearts and minds, is dead…or at least dated. CJ Aquilino breaks down why sportscasters suck so badly and what can be done about it. Read more More