January 17, 2013
The Catfishing of Manti Te’o and the Complications of Online Affairs
Manti Te’o’s fraudulent online emotional affair is eerily similar to Chris Webber’s timeout in the 1993 NCAA championship game. Webber’s temporary lapse in judgment ultimately defined his career despite a 15-year NBA run. Similarly, the defining moment of Te’o’s collegiate life may cast an even longer, weirder shadow over his pro career. Never mind that […]
Read moreSolving the Centerback Conundrum: Does the USMNT Need a Leader?
In 2012, United States national team captain Carlos Bocanegra and relative newcomer Geoff Cameron started nine matches each at centerback. Clarence Goodson figured in Jurgen Klinsmann’s first XI six times. A duo made from that trio started 10 of the team’s 15 games, including all six World Cup qualifiers and the last five fixtures of […]
Read moreThe B.S. Report: Guest Host Adam Carolla With Mike Tyson
Bill turns over the B.S. Report to guest host Adam Carolla, who conducts an intimate interview with legendary boxer Mike Tyson. To listen to this podcast, you can download it on iTunes here or go to the ESPN.com PodCenter here.
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NBA Shootaround: Watch the Throne
So much amazing is happening, and the Shootaround crew is here to help you keep track of it all. You’ll find takes on moments you might’ve missed from the previous night, along with ones you will remember forever. Milestones So, LeBron reached a milestone yesterday in amassing 20,000 points (along with tallying 5k assists) — […]
Read moreThe Trenches NFL Podcast: Robert Mays and Ephraim Salaam
Robert Mays and Ephraim Salaam talk coaching hires, the conference championship games, and the future of NFL quarterbacking.
Read moreVideo: Jalen Rose Explains the NBA ‘Inner Circle’
Jalen Rose explains to Bill Simmons and David Jacoby how he gets inside NBA information before everyone else, and offers a cryptic answer to Bill’s question about whether Michael Jordan’s famous flu game was a “flu game” or a “hangover game.”
Read moreHow Two Teams Found a Way to Lose a Three-Team Trade
The Mariners, A’s, and Nationals pulled off a three-way trade, one that likely improves just one of the three teams this year, and potentially makes one team worse, both now and in the future. Seattle dealt catcher John Jaso, acquiring first baseman/corner outfielder/DH Michael Morse from the Nats. Oakland picked up Jaso, sending pitching prospects […]
Read moreAbout Last Night: LeBron’s Historic Night
In case you were busy deleting everything interesting from your Facebook account before Graph Search goes live, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday. LeBron James reached a major milestone Wednesday night, becoming the youngest NBA player to reach 20,000 points in a 92-75 Heat win over the Golden State Warriors. James broke Kobe […]
Read moreJanuary 16, 2013
Australian Open Updates, Through 1.5 Rounds
At this very moment, there are no matches being played at the Australian Open. This is true for two reasons: (1) Everyone’s asleep, because it’s early in the morning, and (2) we, the East Coast liberal media elite, need time to write about what happened the day before without the distraction of amazing tennis matches. […]
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Questions and Answers Surrounding Chip Kelly’s Move to the Eagles
Chip Kelly is the new head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. This is more exciting than it probably should be; obviously, coaches change jobs all the time. But this feels different, somehow. Kelly is the best contemporary offensive mind in America (that’s an arguable designation, but it’s certainly the argument I would make if you […]
Read moreThe B.S. Report: Aaron Schatz and Bill Barnwell
Aaron Schatz and Bill Barnwell join Bill Simmons on Smart Guy Wednesday to talk about the NFL conference championship matchups. In addition, Simmons and Barnwell debate Peyton Manning’s playoff record to determine if it means anything at all. To listen to this podcast, you can download it on iTunes here or go to the ESPN.com […]
Read moreThe Peyton Manning Playoff Question
Now that we are living in the aftermath of another Peyton Manning playoff defeat, there’s only one way to determine whether no. 18’s postseason record really matters: Have two people argue about it. Below you’ll find all the numbers you need to draw your own conclusion; in addition you’ll get a B.S. Report with Bill […]
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Men in Blazers: All Roads Lead to Manchester
Michael Davies and Roger Bennett examine a Manchester-dominated weekend and answer telegrams about singular names, manager habits, and school poetry. Listen to this podcast here.
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Basketball Decisions: Should the Raptors Keep Kyle Lowry or Jose Calderon?
The Toronto Raptors gave up a likely lottery pick, now property of the Oklahoma City Thunder, to make Kyle Lowry their starting point guard of the present and future — the dynamic off-the-bounce creator that boring old Jose Calderon could never be. Lowry had worn out his welcome amid lineup uncertainty in both Memphis and […]
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An Artist’s Rendering of What J.J. Watt Could Look Like Next Season
J.J. Watt just completed one of the more impressive seasons by a defensive football player in NFL history. You don’t need us to tell you what he did. You can just read Mays’s LiveJournal for a refresher course. We’re here to talk about the future. When asked to look ahead to his forthcoming third season […]
Read moreOh, Canada: Assessing the Marc Trestman Hire
I’ll admit that I, too, went right to the South Park jokes, but alas, it looks like Marc Trestman is now my buddy, guy. The Chicago Bears hired their 14th head coach in team history early this morning, and they didn’t just get him from a different country. They got him from a city that […]
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Marshall Henderson Is College Basketball’s Newest Madman
If you were lulled into a stupor watching Bo Ryan run slow, agonizing circles around Tom Crean as the eleven o’clock hour approached last night, you might have missed the hidden gem on ESPNU. And that’s too bad, but I’m here to help. Because while Indiana was losing its first home game, an Ole Miss […]
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Teemu Selanne! … Plus Nine Other Dudes to Watch This NHL Season
After an exhaustive six-hour training camp, the NHL makes its long-awaited return Saturday. And while it’s been easy to forget over the past few months of lockout negotiations between grim-faced men in suits, hockey is a sport played on ice by actual hockey players. Let’s take a look at some of them now. Here are […]
Read moreAbout Last Night: The Cheese Stands Alone
In case you were busy preparing to confess your sins to Oprah for some reason, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday. Wisconsin notched their 11th straight win against Indiana, upsetting the no. 2 Hoosiers, 64-59, in Bloomington. After the game, Indiana head coach Tom Crean said, “Oh, those rascals got us again, but […]
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