Bill Simmons
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"William J. "Bill" Simmons III" is an American Sports journalism/sports columnist, analyst, author, and podcaster. He currently is the Editor-in-Chief for Grantland.com, which is affiliated with ESPN.com. He also contributes columns and podcasts to the website. He is a former writer for ESPN The Magazine and Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Nicknamed "The Sports Guy", formerly "The Boston Sports Guy", Simmons gained the attention of ESPN with his web site, BostonSportsGuy.com, which earned him a job offer in 2001.

Since joining ESPN in 2001, in addition to writing for ESPN.com, he has also hosted his own podcast on ESPN.com titled The B.S. Report, appeared as a special contributor on the television series E:60, is co-creator and serves as an executive producer of ESPN's documentary project, 30 for 30. He also has written two books. On June 8, 2011, Simmons launched Grantland.com, an online magazine for which he serves as Editor-in-chief. At this point he began publishing his Sports Guy columns and B.S. Report podcasts on Grantland, which are then linked to from ESPN.com.

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That's one less headache for parents.

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[Talented ESPN.com columnist Bill Simmons will be at Borders in Mission Valley at 6 tonight to sign copies of his book,] Now I Can Die in Peace. ... Think of it as the director's cut of a DVD, with the footnotes serving as the commentary.

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Even though a decision has been made, the war is not over. Some of those jobs we are confident will stay here.

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I don't understand the justification for it. It's a $14 billion cut on social mobility in this country.

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It was a big morale booster.

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I was in 26 different placements and three group homes.

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Even when all those things happened, they refused to give up on me. When most people would say, 'You stole from me. You're gone.' They refused to give up on me.

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What I need to do and what I owe the world is my very best because it gave me the very best it had when I really needed it. And it's my job to give back the very best that I've got.

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As if they're better people because they root for a baseball team only because A) they grew up within two hours of Yankee Stadium, B) they jumped on the bandwagon as a kid because they wanted to be associated with a winner or C) they have no soul.

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