Bill Simmons has been trying to get on PTI for years, and now it finally appears that it will become a reality. Simmons has a book coming out and as a part of his tour, he’ll be appearing on PTI next Tuesday. On top of that, he’ll be appearing on Sports Nation, The Colbert Report, and joining Mike Breen and Hubie Brown during their call of the Bulls-Celtics game on October 30th….

Monday, Oct. 26th: Washington, D.C. – ESPN Zone (11:30pm)
Tuesday, Oct. 27th: Philadelphia – Borders (6pm)
Wed., Oct. 28th: New York – Professor Thoms’ (7pm)
Thursday, Oct. 29th: New York – Borders (Noon)
Friday, Oct. 30th: Boston – Barnes & Noble (12:30pm)
Friday, Oct. 30th: Boston – Hurricane O’Reilly’s (4pm)
Monday, Nov. 2nd: Chicago – ESPN Zone (5:30pm)
Tuesday, Nov. 3rd: Phoenix – Barnes & Noble (7pm)
Thursday, Nov. 5th: San Francisco – Borders (7pm)
Friday, Nov. 6th: San Diego – Borders (7pm)
Saturday, Nov. 7th: Las Vegas – ESPN Zone (4pm)
Monday, Nov. 9th: Los Angeles – ESPN Zone (TBA)
Friday, Nov. 13th: Anaheim – ESPN Zone (4pm)
Tuesday, Nov. 17th: Seattle – Sport Restaurant & Bar (7pm)
Thursday, Nov. 19th: Beaverton, Ore. – Borders (7pm)
Friday, Nov. 20th: Denver – Tattered Cover LoDo (5pm)

• Tuesday, Oct. 27th: “PTI”
• Wednesday, Oct. 28th: “SportsNation”
• Thursday, Oct. 29th: “Morning Joe” (6-9 a.m. on MSNBC) and “The Colbert Report” (11:30 p.m. on Comedy Central)
• Friday, Oct. 30th: Bill will join the announcing team during ESPN’s broadcast of the Bulls-Celtics game (ESPN, 8 p.m. ET)

There are still rumblings that Simmons is leaving ESPN when his contract is up, and if he does, at least he’ll be going out with a bang.