HHere’s everything I wrote (columns and blog posts) and recorded (podcasts) in 2011-12.
2012
JANUARY 6
• NFL Playoff Mailbag (Round 1)
JANUARY 13
• NFL Playoff Mailbag (Round 2)
JANUARY 20
• NFL Playoff Mailbag (Round 3)
JANUARY 30
• NBA Season In Review: Time For A Change
JANUARY 31
• NBA Season In Review: 20 Questions (Part 1)
FEBRUARY 1
• NBA Season In Review: 20 Questions (Part 2)
FEBRUARY 3
• The Half-In-The-Bag Super (Mail)Bag
FEBRUARY 6
• The Day After Super Bowl XLVI Searching for Silver Linings
FEBRUARY 10
• Sports Guy’s NBA All-Star Team
FEBRUARY 16
• The All-Linsanity Mailbag
FEBRUARY 23
• The Five-Year Anniversary Party for Danny Ainge’s Last Good Move
MARCH 9
• NBA’s Highest Trade Value List, Part One
• NBA’s Highest Trade Value List, Part Two
MARCH 13
• Favorite Traditions: The Annual Clips-Celtics Game
MARCH 21
• Trading Red Sox E-mails With Michael Schur
MARCH 22
• The Warriors: How To Annoy A Fan Base In 60 Steps
APRIL 3
• Handicapping the NBA’s MVP Race
APRIL 5
• On Concussions & the NFL’s Ongoing Hypocrisy
APRIL 11
• The Rebirth of the Celtics
APRIL 13
• 33 Reasons To Be Excited About the NBA’S Stretch Run
APRIL 20
• Fenway 100 & The Return of the Mailbag
APRIL 28
• 25 Most Intriguing People of the 2012 NBA Playoffs
MAY 3
• Rose’s ACL Injury & the 20 Biggest NBA Footnote Titles
MAY 9
• Welcome to the (New) Clipper Nation
MAY 11
• The Truth, The Whole Truth & Nothing But The Truth
MAY 18
• Handing out NBA Playoff Awards
MAY 22
• The Playoff Eclipse Chronicles: 75 Hours, 6 Games, 1 Arena
MAY 30
• Retro-Diary: The Zombies & The Invincible Spurs
JUNE 6
• The Exchange: Gladwell vs. Simmons IV (with Malcolm Gladwell)
JUNE 8
• The Consequences of Caring: 2 Losses, 2 Coasts, 24 Hours
JUNE 13
• NBA Finals: Thunder Family Values
JUNE 15
• NBA Finals: The Mandatory Power Rankings
JUNE 20
• NBA Finals: “That Boy Competed” (on Westbrook)
JUNE 22
• NBA Finals: LeBron Makes LeLeap
JUNE 27
• NBA Mock Draft: Simmons vs. Ford (with Chad Ford)
JUNE 29
• NBA Draft Diary XVI: Starring the Notorious DJS
JULY 20
• NBA Summer Review: Game of Thrones, Part 1
• NBA Summer Review: Game of Thrones, Part 2
JULY 25
• The Fantasy Legend of LaDainian Tomlinson
SUMMER OLYMPICS (7/27 to 8/15)
• London Chronicles, Vol. 1: The 10th Checkpoint
• London Chronicles, Vol. 2: Handball! (Handball?) Handball!
• London Chronicles, Vol. 3: Swimming vs. Gymnastics (The Dr. Jack Breakdown)
• London Chronicles, Vol. 4: Great Britain Lives Up To Its Name
• London Chronicles, Vol. 5: Olympic Hoopapalooza (a Quadrupleheader)
• The London Chronicles, Vol. 6: Wait, Dwight Howard Got Traded??????
• The London Chronicles, Vol. 7: Olympic Mega-Mailbag, Part 1
• The London Chronicles, Vol. 8: Olympic Mega-Mailbag, Part 2
AUGUST 27
• Red Sox Nation Hits the Panic Button
SEPTEMBER 7
• 2012 NFL Preview: The New Quarterback’s League
SEPTEMBER 14
• Week 2 Mailbag: The Combo Platter
SEPTEMBER 21
• Week 3 Mailbag: Referee Armageddon
SEPTEMBER 27
• The GoldenGate/Replacement Ref Mailbag
SEPTEMBER 28
• Week 4 Mailbag: The Elaborate Chat
OCTOBER 5
• Week 5 Mailbag: The Island of Dr. Simbeau
OCTOBER 11
• Oklahoma City & The Harden Dilemma
OCTOBER 12
• Week 6 Mailbag: Something to Trust
OCTOBER 18
• Goodell & The Hierarchy of Hypocrites (plus Week 7 Picks)
OCTOBER 24
• 30 for 30 Short: Jake (An Appreciation)
OCTOBER 26
• LeBron’s Quest for Immortality
OCTOBER 30
• The Harden Disaster (OKC Cuts Bait)
NOVEMBER 2
• The Polarizing Michael Vick (plus Week 9 picks)
NOVEMBER 9
• Going All Out with the Week 10 Picks
NOVEMBER 16
• Just Go Away, Gary Bettman (plus Week 11 picks)
NOVEMBER 21
• The Mailbag: Special Thanksgiving/NFL Edition
NOVEMBER 30
• The NFL’s Year of Living Cautiously
DECEMBER 7
• Thoughts on Bill Russell, Kobe Bryant and Leadership
DECEMBER 14
• The Sports Movie/NFL QB Power Poll
DECEMBER 21
• Mayan Apocalypse Holiday Mailbag
BLOG POSTS
A Staples Center Hoops Doubleheader (3/12) … The Re-Throning of the Kings (3/14) … Pushing Around the Kings … Down Go The Bruins (4/25) … Drew Brees Signs (7/13) … Russia Beats Spain (8/10) … Sequeltology: Breaking Down the Brackets (9/4) … Down Goes Granger (with Zach Lowe, 11/6)
Skunk of the Week Picks: Week 1 … Week 2 … Week 3 … Week 5 … Week 6 … Week 7 … Week 8 … Week 11 … Week 12
B.S. REPORTS
Flea (1/12) … Jonathan Kraft (2/3) … Larry Bird (2/7) … Bob Ryan (2/13) … President Barack Obama (3/1) … Sloan Conference: Mark Cuban, Daryl Morey, Eric Mangini, Jeff Van Gundy & Bill James (3/6) … Magic Johnson (3/12) … Steve Nash (3/24) … Bill Hader (3/25) … Dustin Penner (5/29) … Lena Dunham (6/12) … Louis CK (6/26) … MLB All-Star Week (7/10): Matt Kemp, Kevin Millar, Sean Casey, George Brett … Cousin Sal, Vegas + NFL Over/Unders (8/29): Part One and Part Two … Jack Black (9/5) … Seth Meyers (9/12) … Jimmy Kimmel (9/19) … Arnold Schwarzenegger (9/25) … Malcolm Gladwell (10/5) … Brian Scalabrine (10/23) … NBA Over/Unders with Joe House: Part 1 and Part 2 … Adam Carolla (11/6) … Nate Silver (11/29) … Half-Baked Ideas with Kevin Wildes (1/7), (2/3), (12/10) … Chuck Klosterman (2/15), (7/18)
2011
JANUARY 7
• Dissecting The Brady/Manning Rivalry
JANUARY 13
• Solving the Carmelo Trade Dilemma
JANUARY 14
• Round 2 NFL Playoff Picks
JANUARY 20
• The Most Loaded NBA All-Star Game Ever?
JANUARY 28
• How Kobe, Dirk & Other Oldies Are Defying the NBA’s Age Curve
FEBRUARY 4
• The Super Mailbag + My Super Bowl Pick
FEBRUARY 17
• The 2011 NBA Trade Value List, Part One
• The 2011 NBA Trade Value List, Part Two
FBERUARY 25
• Part 1: NBA Trade Deadline Grades
• Part 2: The Perkins Trade (And The Death of Ubuntu)
MARCH 4
• Greed is Good in the NFL Labor Talks
MARCH 11
• Running Diary: Lakers-Heat
APRIL 1
• The NBA Power Poll, Part 1
APRIL 8
• The NBA Power Poll, Part 2
APRIL 11
• The Gift of Tiger Woods
APRIL 26
• The Maloofs & the NBA’s Small Market Woes
MAY 3
• Part One: Handing Out “The Wire” Quotes as NBA Playoff Awards
• Part Two: Handing Out “The Wire” Quotes as NBA Playoff Awards
MAY 13
• Lunch with the Zen Master
MAY 24
• Remembering the Macho Man
JUNE 8
• Welcome to Grantland
JUNE 8
• LeBronDown II: LeBron Melts Down Again
JUNE 9
• The Bruins, My Dad & The Stanley Cup Finals
JUNE 10
• The Red-Hot NBA Might Be Going Away
JUNE 13
• NBA Finals Game 6 Retro-Diary
JUNE 16
• The Bruins Finally Get the Hot Goalie
JUNE 20
• Hate-Watching “The Killing” Season Finale
JUNE 22
• Painting the NBA Trade Picture
JUNE 24
• Welcome to NBA Draft Diary XV
JUNE 29
• The Movie Star, Part One: Ryan Reynolds
• The Movie Star, Part Two: Will Smith
JULY 8
• How to Solve the NBA Lockout
JULY 15
• Sports Book Hall of Fame: “The Game,” by Ken Dryden
JULY 22
• CM Punk & the Art of Wrestling Entrance Music
JULY 27
• Breaking Down the 2011 Red Sox
AUGUST 5
• Summer of Mailbag, Vol. 1: Rucker Park, A-Rod & Pippa
AUGUST 12
• Summer of Mailbag, Vol. II: Curbing Enthusiasm about Mustache Jokes
AUGUST 17
• The 2011 Sports Collectors Convention: A Mega-Photo Essay
AUGUST 19
• Summer of Mailbag, Vol. III: Brawling in China
AUGUST 25
• Summer of Mailbag, Vol. IV: Kobe & Politically Incorrect Sports Movies
AUGUST 30
• E-Mail Exchange: Keri & Simmons on Desmond Jennings
SEPTEMBER 2
• Summer of Mailbag V: Should Verlander Win the MVP?
SEPTEMBER 9
• 2011 NFL Preview: It’s All About Continuity
SEPTEMBER 16
• NFL, Week 2: The Volatile Stock Market
SEPTEMBER 23
• Summer of Mailbag, Vol VI: Why Tom Hanks Rules All
SEPTEMBER 27
• Breaking Down the NBA’s Amnesty Clause (with Jonathan Abrams)
SEPTEMBER 29
• MLB Running Diary: Game 162, The Wheels Come Off
OCTOBER 4
• Creating a Renegade Basketball League: The Oracle (with Jay Kang)
OCTOBER 7
• NFL, Week 5: Picking Anything & Everything
OCTOBER 14
• Bitching About the Red Sox & the NBA Lockout
• NFL, Week 6: Lessons from the First 5 Weeks
OCTOBER 19
• How the NBA Pushed Me To Buy NHL Season Tickets
OCTOBER 21
• Mourning a Possibly Lost NBA Season
OCTOBER 28
• The NFL Quarterback Power Poll
OCTOBER 29
• The Career Arc: Eddie Murphy
NOVEMBER 2
• Jay & Bill’s YouTube Adventure: Mariah Carey
NOVEMBER 8
• Joe Frazier’s Death & The Ghosts of Manila
NOVEMBER 11
• NFL E-Mails & Week 11 Picks
NOVEMBER 14
• TV Recap: A Superior “Homeland” Episode
NOVEMBER 18
• Business Vs. Personal: The NBA’s Nuclear Winter
NOVEMBER 23
• The Case For the Grantland Quarterly
NOVEMBER 25
• A Black Friday Half-Mailbag + Week 12 Picks
DECEMBER 2
• NBA X-Mas, Day 1: “Road to Groundhog Day”
DECEMBER 5
• NBA X-Mas, Day 2: “The Donut Dilemma”
DECEMBER 6
• NBA X-Mas, Day 3: “Is Arron Afflalo Really Worth $50 Million?”
DECEMBER 7
• NBA X-Mas, Day 4: “Where the Hell is Chris Paul Going?”
DECEMBER 9
• NBA X-Mas, Day 6: “The Day David Stern Stayed Too Long”
DECEMBER 13
• NBA X-Mas, Day 8: “The Chris Paul NBA Hostage Continues”
DECEMBER 14
• NBA X-Mas, Day 9: “The Might of Dwight”
DECEMBER 15
• NBA X-Mas, Day 10: “The Black Sheep Little Brother’s Revenge”
DECEMBER 16
• NBA X-Mas, Day 11: “The Day After The Day The Market Crashed”
DECEMBER 22
• NBA X-Mas, Day 12: “The Day I Unveiled the Greatest Fantasy League Ever”
DECEMBER 23
• NBA X-Mas, Day 13: “The Day This Gimmick Wouldn’t Die (Plus, 2012 Predictions)”
DECEMBER 30
• Breaking Down Week 17: Who Knew It Would Matter?
NFL QUICK PICKS
Round 3, 2011 Playoffs … Week 4 … Halloween Costume Rehash … Week 11 … Week 14 … Week 15
YOUTUBE HALL OF FAME SUBMISSIONS
July 6 … July 20 … Aug. 3 … Aug. 10 … Aug. 24 … Sept. 8 … Sept. 14 … Sept. 28 … Oct. 5 … Nov. 2 … Nov. 30 … Dec. 21
SIGNATURE BS REPORTS
David Duchovny (1/7) … Adam Carolla (1/14) and (1/14) … Patton Oswalt (1/19) and (1/19) … Half-Baked Ideas with Kevin Wildes & Joe House (2/10 …
Friday Night Lights w/ Alan Sepinwall (2/11) … David Stern (2/14) … Jimmy Kimmel (2/17) … Jason Sudekis (2/21) … William Goldman (2/28) … Chris Nowinski on concussions (3/8) … Jalen Rose on Fab Five (3/9) … “Drive Angry” with Adam Carolla (3/11) … Jackie MacMullan (3/11) … Jeffrey Ross (3/25) … Chuck Klosterman (3/2) and (4/6) … Norm McDonald (4/12) … “Fast Five” with Adam Carolla (4/24) … Chuck Klosterman & Charles Barkley (5/24) … David Kahn (6/24) … Chris Connelly (3/1) and (7/6) … Seth Meyers (7/11) … CM Punk (7/27) … Alex Gibney (9/27) … Sugar Ray Leonard (10/4) … Al Michaels (10/14) … Blake Griffin (10/19) … Ticketmaster’s Nathan Hubbard (10/20) … David Stern (8/12) and Billy Hunter (10/24) … Jane Leavy (10/26) … John Walsh on Hunter Thompson (10/27) … Chris Herren (11/2) … Adam Carolla (11/3) … Louis CK (12/15) … Mega-NBA Preview w/ Joe House (12/19)
Bill Simmons is the Editor in Chief of Grantland and the author of the recent New York Times no. 1 best-seller The Book of Basketball, now out in paperback with new material and a revised Hall of Fame Pyramid. For every Simmons column and podcast, log on to Grantland. Follow him on Twitter and check out his new home on Facebook.
