The Simmons Site

Ad hominem is an art, my little pear shaped friend.
You really do appear to fail on all fronts.

 

If I were your friend, I'd be your only one.

 

If you are scoring at home Thompson used the "I" 64 times, with an impressive 20 in the first 3 paragraphs.

He got off to a fast start with 11 "I's " alone in first graff. ( 4 in first sentence)


At this pace they should change the name on the place to GrantlInd

 

This isn't the first time a media company has thrown a bunch of money at a bunch of sports journalists in order to launch an online venture. It wouldn't be the first to fail, and it wouldn't be the first to succeed.

 

Don't see you bringing up any women or minorities' stories from that site, white knight

 

I don't think this is anything like aol sports, cbssportsline, yahoo sports or the others.

 

I'm not so sure, tho, that this would be a tide that raises all ships. Probably just more work for those with the big names who are already getting contracts and the space. With the economic exigencies requiring a big, sustained hit out of the gate, I doubt Simmons will be inclined to give a bunch of unknowns much of a shot. And realistically, stuff like Grantland won't proliferate in the way short-story periodicals have.

Also, those who say, "Oh, you're just jealous" are as full of it as those who say, "Simmons sucks, so this sucks." Let's judge the thing on merit

 

Are all of the writers doing this on the side like Jones & Pierce or have some been hired on full time for the project?

 

Several are full-time. Baker, I believe. Abrams. It seems like it will basically be Klosterman's full-time gig.

 

You have no argument, friends, or dog. Even they don't like you.

 

The site launched last month with two preview pieces.

One by Molly Lambert. One by Katie Baker.