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title: 'Bill Simmons Breaks Free: His “F—ing Sh**ty” ESPN Exit, Who Courted Him and
Details of His HBO Show | Hollywood Reporter'
date: 2016-06-14 10:51:00 -05:00
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- interview
- sports
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link_url: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bill-simmons-breaks-free-his-900291
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Lacey Rose writing for the *Hollywood Reporter*:
> Bill Simmons is mere weeks away from launching the most high-profile phase of his professional career — his very own HBO talk show to complement a recently launched website and an already popular podcast. But on this springtime afternoon, the 46-year-old sportswriter turned multimedia juggernaut sits slouched in his Los Angeles office, unable to pull himself out of the past.
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> Specifically, May 8, 2015, the day the world fell on top of him.
I didn’t know much about Bill Simmons before reading this profile, but I really like him now! Bill is opinionated, and doesn’t back down even when it meant being fired by ESPN. I’m eagerly awaiting his new show on HBO.