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Agreed. His material was drop-dead funny when I first started reading it in 2002 (same time I got my first desk job). The combination of a) Boston sports success, b) marriage and c) years of the Worldwide Leader have made his articles boring.

My only caveat is that I think he is the best NBA analyst at ESPN.com, and I don't think its close. Thats how sad ESPN is - I can't think of another person worth reading there.
 
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agreed. He's not THAT funny. part of his appeal for me is that I assume we're around the same age so he pokes fun of things that were funny for me as well but long forgotten - Karate Kid and 90210 for example.
 
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http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6837774/the-glorious-return-mailbag

Look's like Bill Simmons brought back his mailbag. There's some funny and really good points in the article, although most of them come from his readers One of my favorites is how he thinks the Women's World Cup/Olympics should be done. Or this gem about Dwayne Wade

Q: You wrote that we'll remember Dwayne Wade forever as an evil genius who somehow convinced his biggest archrival to move to HIS city, play for HIS team, and become HIS sidekick. I think that this analysis is but the tip of the iceberg ? he also rigged it so that LeBron became the scapegoat if Wade's genius plan managed to fail while simultaneously remaining a great and lovable player. Check. Mate. The only guy who could have planned something this complex from the beginning is Keyser Soze. I don't know whether realizing this and understanding who the real bad guy is makes me REALLY, REALLY hate Dwyane Wade or that I simply need to tip my cap to him and say, "Well played, sir."
? Ryan Maddux, San Francisco
SG: (Dropping a coffee cup in slow motion ?)
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