The Roundup: Miami’s New Coach, Brewers Get Defensive, Noah the Nice Guy
Baseball, Bill Simmons, College Basketball, College Football, Courts, Legal, Duke Lacrosse Case, ESPN, NBA, NFL, WWE January 17th. 2008, 8:29am
In an ode to Gossip Girls, which had its season finale last week, we offer you Blake Lively … a reader passes along a helpful website for understanding where your presidential candidates stand … the 2nd cutest of the Bush girls is getting married to some preppy kid … crazy stuff here - man rises from humble beginnings to sell his company for $300 million, then weeks later is in the hospital and falls off a table and breaks his neck, leaving him a quadriplegic … because people are intrigued by crazy: the Tom Cruise video where he sells Scientology (long, but weird as hell) … and his wife’s mystery protector, uncovered, of course, by aggressive bloggers … didn’t anyone tell displaced news anchor Alycia Lane it would be smarter to rent out her Philly pad instead of sell it before moving to NY? … help these guys with their petition for tailgating before the Super Bowl …
Joakim Noah, not a terrible guy after all? (Philly.com)
A blogger is against the UGA President who called out the Big 10? Sacre bleau! (Halftime Adjustments)
Washed-up wrestler is now directing porn. (Joe Sports Fan)
Red Sox rookie orientation includes: “how to treat clubhouse attendants and hotel workers.” No checks, obviously. (Baseball Musings)
Bob Costas talking PEDS? Sure, we’ll pull up a chair. (Sporting News)
Jay Glazer wins this round: Cowboys assistant head coach Tony Sparano takes the Dolphins coaching gig. (Fox Sports)
As if you didn’t know - Cristiano Ronaldo, man-whore. (Kickette)
Chargers fans take solace - there have been some massive AFC playoff upsets in the last three years. (Yahoo Sports)
Yes, we are aware that Jon Scheyer had a real good game off the bench for Duke in a beating of cellar-dweller FSU. (News & Record)
The Mike Cameron signing by Milwaukee is huge for defensive reasons. (Sky King 162)
Doesn’t always work out when athletes go for famous women. (Hot Clicks)
The guy who went after those Duke lacrosse players has filed for bankruptcy. (Above the Law)
Taking apart the latest from the King of Page 2. (Kissing Suzy Kolber)
Barefoot basketball coaches? What’s next, lady coaches in bikinis? (Deadspin)
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January 17th, 2008 at 8:33 am
simmons bashing is pretty old, but yesterday’s column was the height of his bullshit. BDD basically said what every non-New Englander thought. what an arrogant asshole.
January 17th, 2008 at 8:38 am
Am I the only one who thought the two interceptions Peyton threw that went through the hands of his receivers were intentional? Was I the only one watching the Colts game?
January 17th, 2008 at 8:46 am
no i saw that too. peyton intentionally threw the ball too hard because he didn’t want to face the patriots in the next round.
January 17th, 2008 at 8:52 am
Ah… Just like I’m fan of Pittsburgh sports and Spencer is a fan of Cleveland sports, Simmons is a Boston homer. He does not now–nor ever has–represented himself as an unbiased observer.
For the most part, the Simmons bashers are wholly without wit or talent. This is no exception.
January 17th, 2008 at 8:55 am
And, by the way, Blake Lively: niiiiice!
Though this picture is a bit meh.
January 17th, 2008 at 8:58 am
This Bush girl looks like her Dad with a bob. And judging by the picture of her and her man, their kids will have massive heads and creepy fake smiles.
January 17th, 2008 at 8:58 am
I wish I could be Ronaldo for a day. OK, maybe two.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:00 am
There’s a difference between a “biased observer” and making ridiculous claims along the lines of “the defending Super Bowl champions would rather lay down to a lesser team than even dare to dream about taking a shot at my Godlike Favorite Team”
And to suggest that Big Daddy Drew is without wit or talent - yikes.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:03 am
I’ll pass on the prostitutes. If I had to trade lives with an athlete for a day, I’d probably be going Derek Jeter. Unless he actually does have an STD (I’m thinking that’s unpleasant), in which case I’ll play it safe and be a Romosexual.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:04 am
412…we dont write for a national media outlet. we don’t make outrageous, arrogant claims without any basis or accuracy. we don’t claim the colts defense of their title was pathetic without acknowledging our own team’s failure to even reach the playoffs in their first title defense.
yesterday’s article was inexcusable, for any fan of any sports base.
im with you on simmons bashing being tired, but still, there is a reason for it.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:05 am
KSK is occasionally funny. They tend to take the easy/predictable way out more often than not. It’s better than “With Leather”, but…
January 17th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Wow, that Deffenbaugh story is terrible. … Though he’s got plenty of cash, I hope that hospital has to fork it over.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Okay…I’m not in the business of being the lead Bill Simmons apologist. To each his own.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:09 am
I don’t have a problem with Simmons being so biased toward his home teams, but my problem is that his articles are posted on a website of a company that claims to be the WWL in SPORTS. They are turning into the WWL in everything Patriots and Red Sox. That is the problem I have with him. This article would have been fine in a blog about the Patriots, but it doesn’t belong on a website devoted to all sports.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:12 am
Wow, I hit a few backward links on C-Ron, and the dude pulls amazing tail. Tom Brady is officially jealous.
Best career move: C-Ron’s wing man.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:16 am
I’m not a Simmons hater, his work has tailed off the past few years but I still usually read it. However, yesterdays article was terrible. Taking 5000 words to compare a 20 year old basketball team to a team that still needs 2 more wins is insane. I felt like I had been reading for quite some time when I realized I was only halfway through, then I stopped reading.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:16 am
412…dont get me wrong, simmons’ NBA stuff is still pretty good. i used to love reading his articles when he posted every day (which coincidentally was before the sox won their first WS), but there is a distinct lack of effort these days.
he writes, what, maybe 3 articles per month and 2 of them are oratory fellatios towards tom brady or KG? thats fine for barstoolsports.com, but not espn.
but hes not the only homer being obnoxious…don banks of SI has been going down on the pats all year, yet he gets a free pass for some reason because hes a respected writer. theres a place for homerism, but when youre a paid journalist for a national outlet, its kind of your obligation to remain unbiased.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Imagine how sucky it would be to work so hard for so long, sell your company for $300 million, and get to celebrate it for a few weeks before losing the ability to walk.
That is truly unreal.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Yeah, why is everyone so positive about the Patriots? It’s not like they’re 17-0 and two games away from being the best team ever.
I’m not a Pats fan, but can you blame people for getting crazy about them? Simmons isnt a journalist, he’s a fan. That’s his appeal. So, when his teams are ridiculously good, he gets silly. That’s what fans do. If he were objective, he would be as serious and boring as John Clayton or that fat guy who looks like Don Vito.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Can anybody give me a hint on why my gravatar will not appear? I have it linked to the correct address on my wordpress account, but it will not show up.
Thanks.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:25 am
My beef isn’t with Simmons. Never was. My beef is with the WWL, because they think I care what he thinks about Boston. Bill Simmons is the answer to some arrogant, myopic ESPN suit’s version of “fair and balanced” (New York and Boston).
If anything, I’d like to see more Simmonses. One for each region. Why can’t we have a writer who talks about what it’s like to be a fan of Cleveland teams? Dallas teams? Denver teams? Bay Area teams? And I don’t mean hiring some New York-based journalist like Jeff Pearlman coming to my town like Moses from the mountains and talking about the used condoms and McDonalds wrappers that litter my town.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:26 am
@TBL - Shades of Hurley, no?
January 17th, 2008 at 9:30 am
It’s a great point, jpg. I tend to like the fan’s perspective more than the “expert’s,” but they shouldnt just designate one guy — who cares only about Boston — as the voice of the fan.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:33 am
@jgp That is exactly what I was trying to say earlier. I don’t blame him for being biased. If I had a column and my team was this good, I would be doing the same thing. My problem is that this article was posted on the website of the WWL.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:33 am
People still care what Simmons writes? Even though he basically recycles columns for every season?
January 17th, 2008 at 9:37 am
One last thing about Simmons… As evidenced by the reaction here and elsewhere, his column was widely read (read: oodles of page views for the advertising boys at espn.com). Good, bad, or somewhere in between, this is what it’s about and why he has a column for the WWL.
That’s all I have to say on this. And this time…I mean it!
January 17th, 2008 at 9:38 am
jgp…great points.
and it really isnt his fault that ALL his teams are doing outrageously well. but when there is such a Mass-hole backlash and he’s spewing drivel like he did yesterday, it’s the perfect storm for reader disgust.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Anybody else get a flash of Pat Summit in a bikini? No, but you do now? Good, I’m not the only one. Thanks TBL.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:17 am
We all know that Simmons is a Boston guy, but this isn’t some blogger we’re talking about. This is supposedly ESPN’s #1 guy. His appeal is (was) that he was Joe Average Guy, writing about sports from a fan’s perspective. I used to read them pretty regularly, but like most of us I don’t care about what his dad thinks, or his wife, or get all misty eyed reminiscing about Greg Kite. Go write a fucking blog if you want to be a self indulgent homer.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:25 am
On Simmmons, what made you guys read his newest column? I read Simmons often and like his work most of the time (read: His NBA Stuff) but when I see this “It might be the toughest decision of Bill’s life: The 1986 Celtics vs. the 2007 Patriots. Ultimate breakdown” I do not click. I think it pretty obvious what its about and that I have not interest and would take a recommendation for me to ever read it. What made you guys click?
If you watched the Duke game, Mike Patrick loves Jon Scheyer. When Butler beats FSU its a good win. When Duke beats them they are just a cellar dweller (who of course bet your squad Florida)
January 17th, 2008 at 10:37 am
@ spencer 096
BRUINS!
January 17th, 2008 at 10:38 am
SM - nice Butler reference.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:40 am
cool rick, I knew you would be looking out
January 17th, 2008 at 10:47 am
It’s like the plotline to The Jerk, only if Navin ended up paralyzed…
“I don’t need this or this. Just this ashtray. And this paddle game, the ashtray and the paddle game and that’s all I need. And this wheelchair…”
January 17th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Mags…touché
January 17th, 2008 at 11:17 am
TBL - Blake Lively had a nose job pre-Gossip Girl. Check her out in Accepted. You can tell. It made her hotter too….
January 17th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I want to be Cristian Ronaldo
January 17th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
I’m a Simmons fan and even I have to agree his latest column is unreadable. I stopped halway through.