Bill Simmons is currently in a bit of a tiff with Sports by Brooks over whether he stole an SBNation Blogger's idea about how Chris Johnson needed a better name in order to become an iconic player. The answer: it doesn't matter; KSK beat them both to the punch by a couple days.
What I (and perhaps the rest of the sports blogging world should) take umbrage with is this tweet from Simmons on the matter:
I don't read sports blogs. Sorry. Swear on my daughter's life - not true. RT @utep4321 SBB reporting your a thief! http://bit.ly/5MsX7o
This is a rather bold claim, coming from Simmons, who a few months ago had this to tweet:
"AJ, the emails are coming from inside the house. GET OUT, NOW!" is my single favorite sports message board comment ever.
However, that's not actually a "sports message board" comment, that's a comment on this Deadspin post. So, in fact, Bill Simmons does read sports blogs because Deadspin is most certainly sports blog. I don't think Bill Simmons is ripping off bloggers ideas (or at least any of the good ones, ZING), and maybe his ESPN overlords don't want him acknowledging Deadspin, but still...c'mon, Bill.
FJM is the bestest sports message board ever.
ReplyDeleteOf course, if Simmons ever decided to post here, it would quickly become a sports message bored.
Does this mean Bill Simmons has to sacrifice his daughter?
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