Bill Simmons: A Sports Column Written Far From Print, and the Game

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33 points·prakash··7 comments

Simmons is just expounding, at the highest level, the fascinations, lifestyle and thoughts of a guy who likes sports. So much so that he actually doesn't cover sports as much as he covers being a sports fan.

2 of my favorites from the past year..

The cheating Red Sox http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/0905...

and a ~3,000 word obituary of his dog http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/0901...

I missed the one about his dog. Thanks for sharing. Awesome read.

It continues to fascinate me how someone who is willing to work hard and follow his passion can use the Internet to do something previously thought impossible.

I love Simmons and his writing. I probably never would have heard of him in the days before he could easily publish on the Web. There are an multitude of voices just like his out there that I look forward to discovering.

His Vegas columns are some of my favorites; my friends and I can relate to them on so many levels. I look forward to his column every Friday (though he has not been updating as often lately, probably due to his book signing schedule). Its one of the few columns/articles that can literally make me LoL...

Purchased his book but have not had a chance to dive into it yet :)

Here's his newest: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Basketball-NBA-According-Sports/d...

I'm a ways in (it's big) and it's enjoyable so far.

I'm going to his book signing tonight in Seattle. Any other HN people from Seattle going?

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