I sang in the D.A.R.E. choir.

That seems super dangerous. Concrete gets hot as it cures.

I found his writing was getting more and more self referential and too concerned with his own history of opinion. Drew hit on this in the Funbag very nicely. The Book of Basketball was awful.

somewhere between 8 and 9 i assumed it was jessica chastain proudly displaying the remains of the last person to ever confuse her with bryce dallas howard.

I agree with that sentiment. I listen to all his podcasts except for the athlete interview ones. Overall he seems like a normal dude, in his podcasts, to me anyway. It is funny when he has Chuck Klosterman on though and he laps Simmons on everything.

Hopefully this lets Bill spend more time and effort into making The Ringer work. There is such an Identity Crisis going on at that site, where they are trying to do a little bit of everything and its not working. You can tell they know it too, Sean Fennessy sent out a email on the newsletter basically defending the…

As a fellow Simmons fan — do you get the feeling that he doesn’t really know or keep up with sports quite as much anymore?

That’s really interesting to hear. I am the exact opposite. I’ve never been a fan of BS, and I don’t mean that in a bad way. I’ve never listened to his podcast and haven’t really read any of his stuff. But a sports show on HBO sounded appealing and I’ve watched every episode. I don’t think it is a great show but it…

Yep, he spread his wings and learned flying solo, on TV, requires a different skills set than he has. He doesn’t seem comfortable or charismatic enough.

It made sense for him to try, as pretty much all big-time writers in the past 10-15 years have made the move to TV in one form or another. The most obvious example is…

My aunt truly believes that Huma and Hillary are lovers. She also thinks that women shouldn’t work because they take jobs away from men. Old-fashioned Spaniards are the worst!

Nice to see Huma has finally sworn off Weiner for good.

I consider myself to be a huge Simmons fan.

let me tell you, it’s fucking nuts

The character’s name is Mrs Ketts, so I’m pretty sure it’s a kettle.

“This one tells us that kidnapping, Stockholm syndrome and bestiality are all just fine, as long as the girl finds love in the end.”

I find many beloved children’s stories disturbing. This one tells us that kidnapping, Stockholm syndrome and bestiality are all just fine, as long as the girl finds love in the end.

“I consider myself to be more respectful to women than the average guy”

There is a difference between a casual remark and an email, as one newspaper found out in a recent libel suit. But more, if I were these women, I would expect that my fellow athletes view me as a sister or a colleague, not as meat to be graded.

We use First Nations in Canada. I like that.

This is the only way to watch football now, and once you’ve done it, it is even MORE painful to go back to watching live games.