Bill Simmons calls out Pat McAfee over ‘really weird’ Game 4 monologue
"They actually had to stop the game and wait for the monologue to finish before they started playing again."
"They actually had to stop the game and wait for the monologue to finish before they started playing again."
"They're talking about everything but the game."
"You know, when Mathurin will have those games where it's like, 'he scored 27 points in 22 minutes.' I feel like he's gonna have one of those."
"It's pretty clear, 'cause Maverick Carter is running this or is one of the people involved in pushing it, that he's dangling [that] LeBron [James] is gonna be one of the people that do it."
"It just feels like the right time for us to step out into the big, scary world of podcasts."
"I'd like Bill Simmons to sort of not just acknowledge that you're taking this f*cking blood money..."
The layoffs are expected to hit 15 people in Spotify's podcast division.
"You don’t want to fight the guy. But you did say that stuff about him."
"It's weird. Pablo's investigating it. He's doing a fantastic job. So I'm Team Pablo."
"If it weren't for gambling and gambling shows, you probably wouldn't exist anymore."
It appears that sports media's feud of the week will culminate with a highly anticipated podcast episode.
"I happen to have a few questions for you, specifically."
"Very cool and normal replies lol"
"I've never seen anybody dine on a stupider story for a week and a half while pretending you're a journalist."
"Hey, just so you know, your PR people keep turning down Bill Simmons."
"Whoever is running ESPN has not cared for this entire century about this."
The incident highlights an increasingly fuzzy relationship between digital media companies and sportsbooks.
"That's what I would tell a jury."
"All that time and energy spent on hating women could’ve been spent on finding a better platform to host your weak ass website..."
"Didn’t realize you guys were still around."
"The question is do we want to go into November and and crossover with the NBA and college basketball?"
"The fat thumb comes out when the fat thumb comes out."
"Oh get the f*ck out of here. Come on."
"To say we didn’t mention it for 2 hours is an actual lie or maybe a bias opinion."