Sooner the Cavs blow this series, sooner I can go back to watching the Indians finish in last place. Johnny Football?

All of London sighs plaintively.

Somewhere along the line, he became Rick Reilly.

I know the prevailing opinion is that simmons was/is a douche, and being such a homer was at times annoying, I have to say I love his columns. Strictly because they are entertaining, and he is only a little older than me, so most of his references are right up my ally. He’s a fanboy who writes in the style of fanboys,…

“My firing reminds me of the 1980 playoff series between the Celtics and 76ers, where in game 5, Larry Legend hit 5 of 19 from the field while Dr. J put up 25 ppg in the series. Bird got smoked in game five while I sat in the rafters of the Garden with my Dad. He sat that dumbfounded for a good 45 minutes before we…

How will history remember the Jack-o era?

Simmons may be something of a blowhard these days, but his writing is still great when he wants it to be, and he’s at least somewhat self-aware of his own ego. Taking ESPN’s side would be like rooting for the Joker because you’re pissed at Harvey Dent.

Fans of ancient history will remember that Keith Olbermann first left ESPN in 1997 after he made an unauthorized appearance on Craig Kilborn’s Daily Show.

Classic old man grumbling here, but I liked him better before he became BILL SIMMONS. He took a big old sip of being a talking head and liked it very much.

I’m a fan of quite a few of their podcasts, except the new one where Juliet & Jacoby review food. Nothing is less appealing than listening to people chew into a microphone for forty-five seconds. Not even their genuine rapport can salvage that fact.

It’s pretty hard to get me to root for Simmons, but if his appearance yesterday on Patrick’s show was the final nail in the coffin, then count me as a part of Team Simmons on this one. That would be utter bullshit...and keeping in line with the kind of fuckery that ESPN engages in, so yeah.

Does this mean I’m not getting Part II of the Summer Movie Preview? Harumph!

It’s only fitting his dismissal was kept to 140 characters.

Deer ESPN,

10 Reasons Why Bill Simmons Will Be Named Editor-in-Chief at Buzzfeed

I pick Grantland as a prime Ewing Theory candidate.

This is just like that time on Saved By The Bell when the show got cancelled....

I think this could be a B.S. Report, amirite?

It will be interesting to see where Bill “I asked for more money than my employers were willing to pay for someone whose only shtick is making unnecessarily long and unfunny fake nick names for athletes which is now a crutch that I use in place of forming an actual opinion about the athlete in question but hey I…