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Old 05-21-2008, 03:48 PM   #1
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What's up with Bill Simmons these days? One of the biggest stories in Boston's history just ended last week with Spygate and the only thing he puts out is some BS fluff piece on Garnett which is making him look stupid given the big ticket's performance last night.

I wonder if his bosses put a gag order on him taking a stance against the hack writers and commentators who now have egg on their face. C'mon Bill - grow some nuts
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Old 05-21-2008, 04:02 PM   #2
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Default Re: Gag order on Bill Simmons?

There are rumors that Simmons is fed up with ESPN because he's not allowed to even remotely comment on other ESPN entities or persons.

Rumor has it he's writing the bare minimum of what he's required to perform to keep his job until his contract w/ESPN expires and he can do things on his own again where he can maintain control.

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Default Re: Gag order on Bill Simmons?

This article might shed some light on it for you:

http://deadspin.com/390425/simmons-c...-were-not-kept
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Default Re: Gag order on Bill Simmons?

Also, check out:

http://sportsguy.blogspot.com/

Notice the Mitch McDere photo on the right? Bill thinks he's the Mitch of ESPN.

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Um so you guys know that the Celtics are on the cusp of their first finals appearance in 20 years right?

contrary to the sentiment on this board, the celts are WAY bigger story than spygate in new england right now. simmons is following suit.
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Default Re: Gag order on Bill Simmons?

He probably just doesn't want to alienate ESPN and the Boston sports fanbase at the same time. Silence is sometimes the best strategy, you know.
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Default Re: Gag order on Bill Simmons?

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Um so you guys know that the Celtics are on the cusp of their first finals appearance in 20 years right?

contrary to the sentiment on this board, the celts are WAY bigger story than spygate in new england right now. simmons is following suit.
Love the Celts, great story, but you're wrong. Basketball is a blip on the radar compared to the NFL, in this region and elsewhere. LIEgate was among the biggest stories in NFL history, and it was about our team. Deciding not to comment on it is seems odd for a prominent sports writer who claims a Boston affiliation.

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Um so you guys know that the Celtics are on the cusp of their first finals appearance in 20 years right?

contrary to the sentiment on this board, the celts are WAY bigger story than spygate in new england right now. simmons is following suit.
Agreed...but some might argue that the piece on Garnett seems "phoned-in", as if it was written ahead of time and run without polish. He really needed to discuss Game 7 and Paul Pierce, and nothing happened. Something's up.
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I think a lot of this has to do with things Bill wanted to do but wasn't allowed to by ESPN. He had a podcast with Obama that ESPN shot down for whatever reason. In addition, he has had some problems with other ESPN personalities over the years like Scoop Jackson. It's no wonder he went all "Whitlock" on ESPN with that deadspin article.
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There are rumors that Simmons is fed up with ESPN because he's not allowed to even remotely comment on other ESPN entities or persons.

Rumor has it he's writing the bare minimum of what he's required to perform to keep his job until his contract w/ESPN expires and he can do things on his own again where he can maintain control.
If that's the case, then he shouldn't have signed the new contract with them a year or two back. He used to joke about his editors censoring him all the time long before that, but he re-signed anyways.
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