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Sports and the Internet: Times They Are A-Changin'

Over the remainder of the year, FanHouse will be covering the top sports stories of the decade. In this installment, Michael David Smith looks at how the Internet has changed the game for sports fans everywhere over the last 10 years.At the start of this decade, we sports fans thought the Internet had given us a sports...

Bill Simmons Talks About Porn Star Encounter at LA Book Signing

Bill Simmons has gone from humble Boston-area blogger to the voice of ESPN.com in about a decade. And now his second book, The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy, is atop the New York Times bestseller list. He appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live earlier this week (Simmons briefly left ESPN to write for...

Bill Simmons Appears on Colbert Report

Bill Simmons is becoming like Brett Favre in the sense that ESPN is shoving him down our throats. (Except in Simmons' case, it's for his new book, not for his annual coming-out-of-retirement announcement. Unlike Simmons, however, Favre doesn't block random bloggers from following his Twitter account. Moving on...) And last...

The FanHouse Intern on the Bill Simmons Book Tour

WASHINGTON -- No one covers book signings. There is probably a reason for this. But with the second Bill Simmons book tour commencing in Washington on Monday, it seemed like a good enough idea. At the least, 15-year-old, Page 2-gobbling me would be quite delighted. I called a friend of mine to inform him of my...

Bill Simmons' Mansion Makes Mike Francesa Very Unhappy

ESPN.com's Bill Simmons is currently on his book tour (more on that here), but on Monday, he and his Beverly Hills mansion were featured on "Mayne Street." Kenny Mayne has made a career out of his deadpanned quirkiness. That, along with the fact that Simmons doesn't have much of an acting resume, figured to make for an...

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05/22/12 KSAT Ball Hog Blog: Spurs' titles tainted? Source: ABC - KSAT 12 - San Antonio TX While we wait a month until the Spurs play their next playoff game thanks to the Bobcats, I mean the Jazz not putting up much of a fight, I thought it would interesting to look at a recent article that somewhat discredits the Spurs four championships.
05/17/12 Zachary Pincus-Roth Source: LA Weekly - Los Angeles CA One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue.
05/16/12 ESPN 30 for 30: Addition of Shorts Series Will... Source: Bleacher Report ESPN's 30 for 30 series will return for another run, according to the New York Times.
05/15/12 ESPN 30 for 30: Worldwide Leader Makes Smart Move... Source: Bleacher Report ESPN's 30 for 30 series was supposed to end with the airing of "Pony Excess" on Dec. 11, 2010.
05/15/12 Upfronts 2012: ESPN to Resurrect '30 for 30' Docs,... Source: The Hollywood Reporter ESPN will roll out a second helping of its 30 for 30 documentary series, the cable network announced Tuesday during its Upfront presentation to Madison Avenue ad buyers.