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[jbissell]

I'm sure soccer fans are thrilled with his new embracing of the sport.

[nec13]

Colin Cowherd has also embraced soccer. That's all the endorsement of the sport I need.

[Stupornaut]

Colin Cowherd has also embraced soccer. That's all the endorsement of the sport I need.

BUT:

[Basil the Bulgar-Slayer]

Dameshek can be a pretty obnoxious guest. I hate how he calls hockey "puck." It reminds me of people in high school who called basketball "hoop", not even "hoops."

[scratchbomb]

I'm sure soccer fans are thrilled with his new embracing of the sport.

Did he really embrace it? All I remember is him picking Tottenham as his favorite team and never mentioning soccer again. (Granted, this was when I started phasing Simmons out of my life.)

[chrisfoll577]

I'm sure soccer fans are thrilled with his new embracing of the sport.

Did he really embrace it? All I remember is him picking Tottenham as his favorite team and never mentioning soccer again. (Granted, this was when I started phasing Simmons out of my life.)

He just wrote a column on his visit to Stadio Azteca in Mexico City to see the US-Mexico World Cup Qualifier.  

I actually enjoyed the column quite a bit.  Despite my previous bellyaches in this thread on how much I hate him, what I feel has always been his greatest strength is simply his perspective as a fan and his ability to articulate that perspective in a cogent and entertaining way.
 
I can take or leave his tired 80's pop culture references and his often times weak grasp of basic facts  (e.g. his stupefying question to Jeff Ross in a recent podcast why there's no real stand up comedy scene in LA anymore)... Him sitting amongst 100,000 frenzied Mexican soccer fans and reporting the scene humorously and meaningfully is a glimpse at what made me first enjoy his work, and is the antithesis of the lazy old sports 'insider' he's become.

[gravy boat]

I am a soccer fan (particularly of the US team) and I did not like the soccer column one little bit. He knows very little about the sport or the US MNT.  I hope he quickly loses interest and leaves the soccer writing to the pros. (I'm sure he will after he gets 10,000 emails calling him "gay" for liking soccer.)

I usually like his columns about the NFL but yeah the constant pop-culture references are tiring.

[yesno]

I can't wait for his embrace of sepak takraw.

[chrisfoll577]

I am a soccer fan (particularly of the US team) and I did not like the soccer column one little bit. He knows very little about the sport or the US MNT.  I hope he quickly loses interest and leaves the soccer writing to the pros. (I'm sure he will after he gets 10,000 emails calling him "gay" for liking soccer.)

I usually like his columns about the NFL but yeah the constant pop-culture references are tiring.

I agree about his knowledge of the game (I'm a hockey fan, and similarly wish he would leave hockey to more capable columnists when he decides grace us with his opinions on the Bruins and the NHL).  I just kind of admired his enthusiasm, which has been lacking in his columns as of late.  I'm sure he'll write a boring column about a football party at Kimmell's in the next few weeks that will make me hate him once again.

edit:  I just re-read the column and this line stood out:

I got rocked by Montezuma's revenge on the way home, which was strange because I am absolutely positive I have never done anything to Montezuma.

...And I am absolutely positive Bill Simmons is turning into Rick Reilly. ugh.

[jbissell]

I'm sure soccer fans are thrilled with his new embracing of the sport.

Did he really embrace it? All I remember is him picking Tottenham as his favorite team and never mentioning soccer again. (Granted, this was when I started phasing Simmons out of my life.)

He's been making a big deal lately about how he think it's really going to take hold in the US in the next decade because of HD and other reasons.

[scratchbomb]

That soccer article was pretty interesting. Still a little too insider-y for my taste; not too many regular fans get to ride to sporting events in bulletproof limos and watch it from ESPN's luxury suite.

[betheboy]

My favorite portion of any Simmons podcast is the "Listen to Me Talk About Things I've Done No Research On" portion. For example his recent comments on Mad Men which made it sound as if he's seen the pilot and some promos but nothing since.  I found his Twitter feed to be equally ill informed and once  got tired of correcting him I stopped paying attention.

[Kid Pain]

someone please tell bill simmons to never write about, recommend, or reference popular music ever again

[jbissell]

That soccer article was pretty interesting. Still a little too insider-y for my taste; not too many regular fans get to ride to sporting events in bulletproof limos and watch it from ESPN's luxury suite.

But he would've been murdered if he had mingled with the Mexicans!

[betheboy]

someone please tell bill simmons to never write about, recommend, or reference popular music ever again

So you don't agree with him that U2 is the greatest band in history?