Bill Simmons - Fibber
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.
2 comments:
FJM is the bestest sports message board ever.
Of 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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