Is Bill Simmons Serving an ESPN-Imposed 2-Week Suspension From Twitter? [UPDATE]
Bill Simmons, ESPN, Media Gossip/Musings, Twitter November 20th. 2009, 10:37am
Bill Simmons had a book signing in Beaverton, Oregon last night, and a reader who attended wrote in that he “overheard” ESPN’s Sports Guy telling a fan that he was “suspended from tweeting for two weeks” and that all he was allowed to tweet about was his book tour. We went to the usually-forthcoming Simmons this morning, and here was his response: “no commento.”
We’ve been sifting through Simmons’ twitter to try and understand what ESPN could possibly have “suspended” him for, and we’ve got nothing. Digs at Dan Dierdorf? Gambling? A boobs reference to Paranormal Activity? It all seems pretty docile, unless ESPN is upset that Simmons aggressively attacks (deservedly, in our opinion) the ineptness of Mike Dunleavy.
Best we can tell, Simmons is the first ESPN writer to be suspended from twitter (how asinine does that sound?) since the WWL reminded everyone this summer to be careful tweeting.
[UPDATE: A few readers have pointed out that his tweet last week blasting WEEI could have landed him in hot water ... since WEEI and ESPN recently hopped in bed together.]
[UPDATE II: 12:15 pm] A reader notes there is video of Simmons no-commenting his “twitter ban” around the :37 mark.]
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November 20th, 2009 at 10:39 AM
No doubt it’s about his wahhfest with Boston radio.
November 20th, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Is Bill on speed dial TBL?
November 20th, 2009 at 10:44 AM
Jesus that guy is ugly. He makes Rocky Dennis look like Brad Pitt.
November 20th, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Yep, have to agree.
November 20th, 2009 at 10:45 AM
good call clown…weei is part of the ESPN “family” now so slamming then was slamming part of ESPN.
November 20th, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Without question, it’s about the radio spat.
November 20th, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Dennis & Callahan are horrifying. Glad Simmons did that.
November 20th, 2009 at 10:50 AM
choad city
November 20th, 2009 at 10:52 AM
i hate espn but fox sports is even shittier. I have to watch high school football and texas ranger games sometimes. Fuck that channel.
November 20th, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Maybe this will allow Page 2 to thrive for once, a la the Ewing Theory.
November 20th, 2009 at 10:55 AM
but Fox HD rules.
November 20th, 2009 at 10:56 AM
damn, wrong thread. EPIC FAIL.
November 20th, 2009 at 10:56 AM
Is Bill on speed dial
TBLYoung Jason?/Simmons’d
I know Ryen Russillo of ESPN is a big fan of Dennis and Callahan (at least John Dennis/douchecanoe
I remember that beautifully helmeted hair in the 80’s when I lived in Boston and he did TV sports. He had the Tom Mees starter kit going
November 20th, 2009 at 11:01 AM
i would take young jason and run with it. you could join a crew with young $
November 20th, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Maybe for tweeting about the porn-star? He deleted his first tweet about her, then wrote a new one without her name on it
November 20th, 2009 at 11:06 AM
nerd alert
November 20th, 2009 at 11:08 AM
i didnt know about this post until i saw the link on twitter. site no load good, tbl.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:08 AM
Poor Brad, first Darrell kicks his ass on national TV, now his employer is in dire straits.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:11 AM
it loads fine, just weird. The R&D guy is on vacation (lucky prick) and i’ll have him take a look when he gets back.
if you come and dont see any updates, click the HOME tab.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Is this another Real World/Road Rules reference?
November 20th, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Si.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:14 AM
“no commento.”
Saying this and the picture of him the leather jacket looks like he’s becoming the Fonze from “Happy Days”.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:14 AM
i know mostly douches wear abercrombie but after this “oh pioneer” ad campaign from levi’s i would buy some abercrombie jeans and other crap before i would levi’s
November 20th, 2009 at 11:15 AM
bsanders, phenomenal show, i wish i could see the gauntlet fight with adam and CT for the first time again. The fight with brad on the ruins reminded me of his days with randy in the super mario costumes on real world. He was demolished drunk.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:19 AM
Was this recent? I stopped checking in on those because CT left. He’s the king of reality brawls.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:19 AM
I’m not sure I would class one Bill Simmons email as ‘usually forthcoming’. That’s like saying Chuck Klosterman is a regular contributor to the blog because you interviewed him once.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:20 AM
it was this weeks episode hernia, brad was wasted and just started challenging people. darrell stepped up, pushed him down and punched him 3 or 4 times and debacled his eye
November 20th, 2009 at 11:21 AM
HA!
November 20th, 2009 at 11:22 AM
money for nothin’ and the chicks for free.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:23 AM
You always know shit is about to go down on that show when one drunk guy starts calling another guy “son” a lot.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:23 AM
spencer, random: did you know it was me that added you on facebook?
November 20th, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Brad’s face looked worse than Cotto’s. He was in a frat at my college at came back while I was going to school there to speak and then got completely shitfaced afterwards.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:25 AM
This is amazing! What a doooooooooooouche.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:25 AM
It’s “Chics”, as in Chic Jeans.
/old’d
November 20th, 2009 at 11:26 AM
msuspartan…i did not. did i accept you yet? i never check the thing.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:26 AM
Those commercials are fucking hoooorible. Other than Flo and that Melissa Etheridge/Sad dog commerical, there is nothing currently as bad. The new Gap pop-locking Christmas video is pretty bad too, but at the end when the chick is people surfing I’m always happy with the thought that someone might have broken a collarbone or something during one of the takes. Sell me some fucking jeansi’s and leave me be, Levi’s.
/Scene
November 20th, 2009 at 11:27 AM
isn’t that sarah mclaughlan?
November 20th, 2009 at 11:27 AM
This is amazing! What a doooooooooooouche.
Why do guys on shows like this insist on sitting around each other with their shirts off. That show is more homoerotic than an episode of He-Man.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:27 AM
No shirts, no shoes, let’s fight, brah!!
November 20th, 2009 at 11:28 AM
brads kick as hes going back has to be one of the most feeble attempts at a takedown or kick i’ve ever seen in a fight.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:28 AM
It’s probably because their brains are polluted by all the steroids.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:29 AM
also i didn’t notice he used CT’s work you son line in there. “I will work you SON, i will work you!”
November 20th, 2009 at 11:31 AM
And the little guy is wrong, the dude had to hit him at that point. If he doesn’t he’s getting up right away to fight.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:31 AM
hahahaha, his eye was WRECKED
November 20th, 2009 at 11:31 AM
spencer, yea you did, need to change that profile picture to be honest
November 20th, 2009 at 11:32 AM
True hernia, he was still pretty crazy even after he got beat when he got laid on the bed. he was still ready to go.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:32 AM
he got fucked up, which is awesome.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:34 AM
word. this would have all been avoided if somebody would have been wearing a shirt.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:34 AM
i wish darrell and wes would have fought earlier in the season. i take darrell in that fight.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:34 AM
I’d say it’s rather fitting a Simmons post turned into a rabid RR/RW discussion.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:34 AM
easily the gayest show ever
November 20th, 2009 at 11:36 AM
I dunno, Wes was stone sober and Brad was piss drunk. I’d watch Darrell-Wes on the Pacquiauo-Mayweather undercard.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:37 AM
i know…but i spend all of 10 seconds on there and couldn’t give a shit less, even tho it’s just turrible.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:37 AM
I have never seen an eye swell like that. I am hungover and I think I might puke.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:38 AM
do you not chill in your house with your shirt off? they live their for 3 months. not standing up for those douchebags but its where they live..
November 20th, 2009 at 11:39 AM
there. fucking hate when i do that.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:40 AM
ESPN has rules that you cannot go on non espn radio if they are in that city, correct?
November 20th, 2009 at 11:40 AM
Yeah but they were literally all shirtless. What, one guy can’t have a fucking shirt on?
November 20th, 2009 at 11:41 AM
do you not chill in your house with your shirt off?
No not regularly. Is that weird?
November 20th, 2009 at 11:42 AM
I dated a girl in college who had to sit in her house naked for at least an hour a day. She called it “naked time” and claimed it helped her unwind. I certainly didn’t mind, but it was kinda weird.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:43 AM
Guys that regularly hang out around their house without a shirt on.. usually have “brah” and “son” in their everyday vernacular.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:43 AM
maggs, fuck michigan
ms, no im just saying, thats what they do, get ripped on roids and show off their muscles.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:43 AM
makes sense
November 20th, 2009 at 11:45 AM
the only excuse all those dudes have to being shirtless around all those other dudes is if it is a pool party,they are participating in a big gay orgy or the ac broke in the house and it hot as fuck. i didnt see no pool and i didnt see any chicks and im thinking mtv put them up in a pretty swank house so the ac works just fine.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:45 AM
ms, no im just saying, thats what they do, get ripped on roids and show off their muscles.
Fair enough, maybe if I wasn’t pushing 210 with a beer gut and didn’t have pasty white skin I’d get it.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:47 AM
i actually had a friend get to the final casting call of the Real World. wasnt crazy enough i guess.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:49 AM
Wes is a tank but it just seems like darrell would win that fight because he is pretty big himself and has boxing experience.
also regarding men not wearing shirts. i have friends that fall on both sides of the argument on that one. i usually shirt it up just because i think its strange to sit around inside your house at all hours of the day in just shorts.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:50 AM
What is his position on shirts?
November 20th, 2009 at 11:50 AM
theyre obviously told by the producers to go shirtless as much as possible but that doesnt make it any less gay. im waiting for when they sit around full blown naked and the camera has to blotch out their dicks
November 20th, 2009 at 11:52 AM
if you are by yourself or with your lady friend just chillin in the house by all means go shirtless. but when it is just dudes lets save the gun show for later or you might just end up with an eye you cant see out of.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:53 AM
O RLY?!
November 20th, 2009 at 11:54 AM
if the producers told me to go shirtless around all them dudes who are also shirtless i would ask him if was gonna be in calvin klein commercial with some creepy dude asking me questions.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:54 AM
David Eggers?
November 20th, 2009 at 11:54 AM
I love Simmons’ column this week.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Super Late to the party but I don’t think it can be mentioned enough.. dude ( think his name was Brad) got Wrecked. If your going to be kicked out a house for fighting, at least do get embarrassed like that on National TV
November 20th, 2009 at 12:02 PM
I WILL PEPPER YOUR SAUCE!
November 20th, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Duder you might be right about the producers but i don’t think these are the type of dudes that need encouragement to sit around with their shirts off
November 20th, 2009 at 12:27 PM
it was a chick. wouldnt mind if she went shirtless.
November 20th, 2009 at 12:30 PM
does simmons’s mouth always look like that?
November 20th, 2009 at 12:31 PM
Yeah Reaaazy its weird. He always looks like he just had his wisdom teeth pulled.
November 20th, 2009 at 4:02 PM
I almost went to this. Then my buddy slapped me upside the head and I came to my senses.
November 20th, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Ineptness? How about ineptitude?