Your favorite sports columnist...

[Mephistopheles]

Simers

 

[Canyonero!]

And to Orange Hat Bobcat, forgive me if you were being sarcastic and I just missed it. I think Simmons isn't getting love because all his columns are now are mailbags, pop culture references and Boston fanboy stuff. I used to like his writing but he seems a lot lazier than he was two years ago.

The sarcasm font was definitely on.

Gotcha ;D

 

[Smasher_Sloan]

Whatever happened to the infamous Angry Young Man?


(You had to be around two or three boards ago to understand).

 

[god shamgod]

bill simmons is *alright* but is definitely slipping. too full of himself.

 

[slowcenter]

Love Bob Ryan for NBA stuff, but overall I'll go with Michael Wilbon.

He writes it like he's talking to you in a coffee shop. Can't think of someone more clear and concise.

 

[Columbo]

Just to toss out two names that haven't been mentioned:

Bud Geracie (San Jose). Not my all-time favorite, but a consistently entertaining read.

Stephen A. Smith (Philly). Not as a talker, mind you, but as a writer. He makes me think more often than most.

God... I think Geracie is awful.

Poor... stretched attempts at comedy litter his copy like birdshot.

 

[Tom Petty]

neil hayes

 

[You're With Me Leather]

Just to toss out two names that haven't been mentioned:

Bud Geracie (San Jose). Not my all-time favorite, but a consistently entertaining read.

Stephen A. Smith (Philly). Not as a talker, mind you, but as a writer. He makes me think more often than most.

God... I think Geracie is awful.

Poor... stretched attempts at comedy litter his copy like birdshot.

Different perspectives are amazing, aren't they? A couple people mentioned Lopresti, and I don't like his stuff at all.

I'll second Rushin.

 

[Running Bear]

Wow, I read every sing post over 9 pages and ... my columnist didn't post his own name.

This can only mean one thing ... he doesn't know about this poll ... yet.

 

[buckweaver]

Just to toss out two names that haven't been mentioned:

Bud Geracie (San Jose). Not my all-time favorite, but a consistently entertaining read.

Stephen A. Smith (Philly). Not as a talker, mind you, but as a writer. He makes me think more often than most.

God... I think Geracie is awful.

Poor... stretched attempts at comedy litter his copy like birdshot.

Different perspectives are amazing, aren't they? A couple people mentioned Lopresti, and I don't like his stuff at all.

I'll second Rushin.

Hey, agree to disagree is a good policy. And Lopo is who I want to be in a future life. Both as a man and as a writer.

 

[KP]

TBSG was good. TSG not so much.

Care to translate that into English?

TBSG = Simmons on boston.com
TSG = Simmons on espn.com

 

[John Parker]

Newspaper: Marcos Breton (Sacramento Bee)

Online: Scoop Jackson

Magazine: Steve Rushin