It’s been a rocky couple of months for Bill Simmons and ESPN. After being suspended for three weeks for calling Roger Goodell a liar on his podcast, the outspoken columnist now has beef with some of his co-workers. Specifically, Mike Golic.
This clip aired Thursday morning on Mike & Mike:
As you can imagine, Simmons was not pleased with Golic’s comments. Mainly, because the clip played was out of context.
What Mike and Mike did today was absolute garbage. I would say I lost respect for that show, but I never had it. http://t.co/LRd8YzFfO8
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) November 6, 2014
For an ESPN Radio show to pull an interview out of context from another ESPN Radio show, then play the moral authority card, is disgusting. — Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) November 6, 2014
Have the balls to call me to discuss it on the show. Don’t pull it out of context just because you need fodder for a segment. Pathetic.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) November 6, 2014
Simmons’ observation that LeBron James does not look like himself early on is accurate. Plus, he did preface his comments by saying that he knows it’s early. He even asked bloggers to not throw the comments in his face.
Clearly, Golic is not a fan of BS. At the same time, we now know that BS is not a fan of Mike & Mike. The crazy part is that this actually happened. A top ESPN personality put Simmons on blast. You know that’s not going to make execs at the four-letter network happy.
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