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Out With The Crowd: “Happily surprised, obviously”
May 9, 2013 – 5:37 PM | 3 Comments
Out With The Crowd: “Happily surprised, obviously”

Bill Simmons’s Dad is not actually Bill Simmons’s actual dad. He’s my friend Mike, and he’s a Red Sox fan…still, even after last year. Heh.

League Championship Serieseses 2012: When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers
October 13, 2012 – 2:30 PM | 44 Comments
League Championship Serieseses 2012: When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers

Detroit vs. New York; St. Louis vs. San Francisco. Not really the results I expected, and I’m not sure how to call these series…I think it’s probably Detroit and St. Louis in the Classic, but …

“…Oh, balls”: My new gig at Yahoo! Shine Sport
August 27, 2012 – 9:37 AM | 7 Comments
“…Oh, balls”: My new gig at Yahoo! Shine Sport

Yahoo! Shine recently launched a Sport vertical, which is awesome, and put me in charge of it, which is even awesomer. Please step over there and various regular features like Breakfast Trey, a fairly regular …