ESPN Responds to the Simmons Twitter Suspension

1-liner, Bill Simmons, ESPN, Media Gossip/Musings TheBigLead November 21st. 2009, 10:45am

ESPN Talks About Bill Simmons Twitter Suspension: Late Friday, ESPN.com editor-in-chief Rob King tweeted and then blogged (just typing that is mind-blowing) a reaction to our item about Bill Simmons serving a two week suspension from twitter. You also might want to read the comments.

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10 Responses to “ESPN Responds to the Simmons Twitter Suspension”

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clown Says:
November 21st, 2009 at 10:54 am
Nice to see some Simmons fanbois sticking up for him. ESPN always had the creme de la creme when it came to commenters.
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ButtersBC Says:
November 21st, 2009 at 10:56 am
So does WEEI get to talk smack about your employees without fear of reprisal?
That’s my question too, how is this not a two-way street?
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ThatsSoTaguchi Says:
November 21st, 2009 at 11:00 am

Nice to see some Simmons fanbois sticking up for him. ESPN always had the creme de la creme when it came to commenters.
ESPN’s commenters are a bunch of Bill Shakespeares in comparison to what passes for discourse at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website (and most local paper sites that I’ve seen).
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sponge-worthy Says:
November 21st, 2009 at 11:10 am
ESPN’s commenters are a bunch of Bill Shakespeares in comparison
I’d like to compare all of us to Proust.
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spencer096 Says:
November 21st, 2009 at 11:13 am
I’d like to compare all of us to Proust.
/run on sentence’d
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TheSportsHernia Says:
November 21st, 2009 at 11:32 am
The comments in the next post (11:50) should be a good time had by all.
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sponge-worthy Says:
November 21st, 2009 at 11:48 am
So how bout I had to argue with my diehard cowboys fan friend (from jersey, naturally) about Emmitt Smith being the “best running back of all time” He actually said this to me, I countered with Jim Brown and he responded that Brown only played 9 seasons so he couldn’t possibly be the best.
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ThatsSoTaguchi Says:
November 21st, 2009 at 11:50 am

So how bout I had to argue with my diehard cowboys fan friend (from jersey, naturally) about Emmitt Smith being the “best running back of all time” He actually said this to me, I countered with Jim Brown and he responded that Brown only played 9 seasons so he couldn’t possibly be the best.
You’re friends with Darrell?
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sponge-worthy Says:
November 21st, 2009 at 11:57 am
lol
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heldover Says:
November 21st, 2009 at 12:28 pm
ESPN’s commenters are a bunch of Bill Shakespeares in comparison to what passes for discourse at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website (and most local paper sites that I’ve seen).
Taguchi, do yourself a favor and check out the comments on the NBC affiliate station in St. Louis. Particularly the story about the woman cutting in line and shoving somebody at Wal-Mart. High class all the way.