Bill Simmons On New HBO Show, And His Controversial Departure From ESPN | TODAY

Having already made his mark on the sports world, Bill Simmons is now trying his hand at late-night with a new show on HBO called “Any Given Wednesday,” and he has some hilarious takes on sports, politics, pop culture and more. Simmons also explains to TODAY’s Willie Geist and Savannah Guthrie that the controversial comments he made in the Hollywood Reporter were not aimed at ESPN employees, “I had 50 people that worked with me there and 27 now are with me at The Ringer so…math doesn’t lie.”
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Bill Simmons On New HBO Show, And His Controversial Departure From ESPN | TODAY

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1:40 called it and even got space jam 2 right lol

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Bill Simmons predicting Lebron to LA 2 years ago

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and spacejam 2

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Bills that dude. Been reading him forever.

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simmons called LA and space jam 2 wow

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If you had 50 people under him on Grantland and more than half left their job at ESPN to join a startup just shows you his ability to lead, acquire, grow and scale talent.

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I already liked Bill, him knowing that Explosions in the Sky did the soundtrack for Friday Night Lights makes me like him even more.

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he predicted Laker Lebron and Space Jam 2

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Everyone knew Space Jam 2 was going to happen since like 2014.

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am i the only one that's bothered by how much the interviewers smile.

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good job by you billy

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that's literally the perfect comment besides, Simmons!!!!

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TheVideoChain that was a perplexing move by John Skipper

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+Michael Eyob .. well not too perplexing. .. Roger Goodell is in John's pockets. ...

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@@TheVideoChain It was political for sure, Bugsy.

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Bill burr would be a good guest

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He was so political when talking about ESPN. Good work Bill.

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they named two j cole projects. any given sunday and friday night lights haha

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ok

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You mean 2 names of movies that were already made before j cole became a rapper? Lol

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Love the show Bill, ESPN has no idea how much they shot themselves in the foot by letting you go.

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Bill leaving was the best thing for him. Should have left sooner.

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Simmons predicted LeBron Space Jam. Amazing...

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At 0:55 look at that poster in the background... shameless promotion....

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Figure skating....?

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