It is quite the obsession. Also, Simmons was a bigger name than Jonah Keri before Grantland, and continues to be, and the notion that Keri therefore did more for Grantland than vice-versa (I had never heard of him) is pretty laughable. I mean, I wouldn’t pick a fight over it, but there is the statement, the kind of…

It is quite the obsession. Also, Simmons was a bigger name than Jonah Keri before Grantland, and continues to be, and the notion that Keri therefore did more for Grantland than vice-versa (I had never heard of him) is pretty laughable. I mean, I wouldn’t pick a fight over it, but there is the statement, the kind of…

My take on Deadspin’s hatred for Simmons is the usual “you hate the person most like yourself” thing: Simmons talks out of his ass, is an unrepentant homer, and relies on the same three or four gimmicks in his writing and analysis. So do most of Deadspin’s writers (particularly the ones most vocal about their…