I watched this live, there wasn’t even one coaches challenge, no Pheel Sims, no terrible pandering advertisements, It was great.

“EINSTEIN WAS RIGHT — THERE ARE GRAVITATIONAL WAVES AND WE’VE JUST SEEN THEM FROM THE FOOT OF NUMBER SEVEN! RIPPLING THROUGH THE FABRIC OF SPACE TIME AND LIFTING THE POOR KEEPER RIGHT OFF HIS FEET BEFORE TEARING INTO THE BACK OF THE NET.”

- Ray Hudson, quietly, to no one in particular

You should probably stop commenting on rap artists for the same reasons that I don’t blather inane opinions on gravitational waves, selenium extraction, or dadaist philosophy.

Hi,

+1 Country Grammar lesson

Good riddance.

It’s a tense time, but I predict that five years from now, whatever he’s been through will have made Future perfect.

i think this was also the name of a TED talk by athletes with CTE

Sean is planning to use the alternate spelling of his last name in an attempt to expedite the hiring process.

So Grantland was fun and, if he hires a bunch of the same writers (or similarly talented writers) I will read this new site, but from a business perspective, Grantland was a huge black hole, right? Who is funding this enterprise, and why would anyone trust Simmons to produce a site that could ever turn a profit of he…

At least one.

Out of curiosity, did Deadspin try to hire any former Grantlander’s? Thought a few of them would be a good fit here.

If this new site just brings on Lowe and Barnwell, it’ll be excellent. Those guys are easily the two best writers out there for their respective sports.

It bums me out that Barnwell is still with ESPN his was one of the few columns I always read even when it was about sports I don’t care about.

It’ll also bring in a bunch of people from Grantland.

I liked Grantland and am looking forward to seeing what Simmons does with The Ringer. Say what you want about the guy’s own writing, but he hires good writers and lets them write good stuff without over-managing them. That’s something to celebrate.

Yeah. No one is excited. Because the last Bill Simmons-ran website was so shitty. At least that’s what Deadspin tells me and my opinion is always Deadspin’s.

“I will be short and precise.”

“Friends hang sometimes. Banners hang forever.”

My translation: “At Manchester United we won the Champions League despite the fact that I missed my fucking penalty kick. Luckily, John Terry slipped and landed on his ass, which bailed me out”.