Pretty obvious he was joking here. He’s mentioned Keri writing it before - this was, at most, a bad attempt at a joke to promote his friend’s column. Deadspin going back to the anti-Simmons mine is pretty reliable tho.

“a tradition unlike any other” are words 14-17 in the first sentence of the piece. So, way to go on reading the article, what’s weird is that your issue is with something that’s true. Jim Nantz giving his tie away is -literally- a tradition unlike any other; its insane. In what other tradition is a tie given out as…

Pawtucket is actually going through a pretty significant revitalization . Lots of new businesses, a healthy brewery scene, investments in the arts with spaces for RI’s creatively minded thriving in refurbished mill space - the town is coming along quite nicely.

I’ve long contemplated this dilemma and found an answer in the popular song from popular rapper, movie star, and 1990's cultural icon, Will Smith.

I feel like we all missed an amazing opportunity to witness Goodell publicly skewered live and on camera by a hostile judge in open court when this lawyer decided to not submit this suit in Massachusetts.

What did the staff at Grantland do to you, to make you hate all of them?

The comment by Leah is one of the most bananas things I’ve ever read on the internet.

Annnnnd Deadspin’s infatuation with critiquing anything that has to do with anyone from Grantland continues. I mean... what did they DO to you guys?