Blog Hound: Simmons Makes Waves With New ESPN Contract

Between Bill Simmons’ blog on the NCAA tournament and his new contract with ESPN, bloggers are discussing his unique style and how it plays in their world.

Hypergraphia From Hell Posted By: Derek

“For a guy who gets paid to watch sports, Bill Simmons doesn't know much about basketball. The problem is Simmons is the only writer at ESPN that actually writes in a style worth reading.”

Unnecessary Roughness

“Bill Simmons has got it all. He is a talented, entertaining writer for ESPN.com's Page 2 and ESPN The Magazine all the while using the two national outlets to vent about his favorite home teams”

Deadspin Posted By: Will Leitch

“We will enjoy reading him for the next four years. (Really.) But we hope he will please spare us the ‘ESPN won't let me be ME!’ and ‘I'm being electrocuted by ESPN editors right now!’ references from now on. We didn't believe them then, and we really won't believe them now.”

Awful Announcing

“Not sure if they'll let him run wild [in developing TV shows], or direct him in certain directions, but there's promise there. The shows will either be awesome, or terribly terribly bad (which could be awesome too).”

Don’t Ever Give Up - The Basketball Blog Posted By: Jimmy Valente

“I think he's often on-point, and when he's not, he's at least funny about it, and he has a pleasant humility and candor that is often glaringly absent from the rest of ESPN's (or any other network/news source's) writers.”

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