Since yesterday’s post detailing Bill Simmons’ egocentric foibles, the Sports Guy’s feud with former ESPN crank Keith Olbermann has escalated.
Today, Olbie took Bill further to task, with snide comebacks to each of Simmons’ snarky Friday tweets. I’m not sure who’s winning here, nor if any of this is even interesting. Really, though, aren’t Simmons and Olbermann alike? Could this feud actually be a concoction to drive Keith’s baseball traffic, or to excise Bill from the evil clutches of ESPN?
Alas, no one will ever know. Or care. Besides, Simmons is all square with me. How, you ask?
Well, I should point out that the Mister Faded Glory road to redemption isn’t exactly arduous … but during Bill’s Mar. 5 podcast with Chuck Klosterman, the Sports Guy re-earned his stripes. Discussing college basketball, Bill described Evan Turner’s return from injury, and I transcribe loosely:
“But, I mean, Evan Turner’s comeback from injury. This is a guy … (pause)…
Oh, wait. I sound like I’m on ESPN. HERE IS A GUY WHO … (giggles)…”
Yes, the road to my heart is short. Simply make fun of the ubiquitous “Here is a guy” syntax dotting jockspeak and poor context. An unnecessary prefix that makes you, another guy, sound stupid.
Bill Simmons, welcome home! See how easy that was?
In other news, the podcast was notable for Klosterman’s crazy/brilliant theory that ESPN and Nike are collaborating to engineer a dual NBA-NFL lockout in 2011 simply to promote soccer in the U.S. One of my readers is now giddy with joy.
Also notable about the podcast, it’s further demonstration I spend way too much time in the car. But, uh, here’s a guy who digresses.
