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ESPN/Grantland's Bill Simmons interviews Obama

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14 months ago

The guy is a total Boston homer, and Laker/Yankee hater and fully admits it. I love his writing and podcasts, usually doesn't talk much college sports unless it is about the draft.
I don't know if getting this sort of interview shows how popular he is, but pretty impressive for a guy who started as an online blogger for Boston sports.

B.S. Report: Barack Obama - The Triangle Blog - Grantland

The B.S. Report made a special road trip to the White House yesterday to make podcast history: the first-ever podcast with a sitting U.S. President. T
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westcoastfball said...
The guy is a total Boston homer, and Laker/Yankee hater and fully admits it.

Based on that information alone, I can not read anything this guy puts out.
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cstory80 said...
Based on that information alone, I can not read anything this guy puts out.

His podcasts and tweets with his Yankee buddies are pretty funny:
Too soon! RT @jacko2323 On Thursday, the Red Sox will announce the retirement of Jason Varitek, retroactive to 2008.
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14 months ago

The other Grantland writers are pretty good, Simmons on occasion has good stuff.
The Malace in the Palace article yesterday was good, you guys should read it.
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I agree with Simmons on almost all sports-related questions. Really nice interview: both came across as very likable.
“Close tax loopholes that allow some of the truly wealthy to avoid paying their fair share,” Reagan vowed.
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