Bill Simmons predicts TNT will be left out of NBA media rights deal
"Warner Discovery is out. That would be the prediction."
"Warner Discovery is out. That would be the prediction."
Rose's former ESPN Radio cohost David Jacoby does a podcast at The Ringer alongside founder and Rose buddy Bill Simmons, but the retired NBA guard missed the chance to work for the Spotify-owned network.
Simmons' opinions on the Burger King commercial song appeared to quickly shift between an ad read and his podcast content.
"Happy 420 and Carry on…"
"The best and worst that can happen to a celebrity all at once."
"I Googled it today and I didn't see anything."
"I'm going to cheat a little and probably put LeBron as my 'center.'
"Alright guys. Congrats.'"
"I think the final phase of progress will be a man's choice to just go, 'I think it's great you like it, but I'm not gonna watch the whole game because there was other stuff I wanted to watch.'"
"These media companies aren't investing in the announcers that do know women's sports as women's sports commentators."
"There's no way they're not doing it."
Everyone from Mike Breen to Jason Bennetti to Bill Raftery offered glowing praise of Eagle in a new profile at The Ringer ahead of Eagle's first Final Four call.
"This has been a part of sports forever."
After years of resistance and public disputes over its video podcast strategy, The Ringer is finally posting many of its podcasts to YouTube. Will it last?
Bloomberg data shows that sports content lags behind other podcast categories, and even The Ringer can't make up that ground on the platform run by its parent company.
"I don't know what the f*** the NFL's doing."
Ben Solak 1, Joe Film Guy 0.
"Is this just going to be the Patriots until Bob Kraft dies? Just super cheap."
"We’re thrilled to share that The Ringer Union has ratified our new contract with 100% yes votes."
"Bet you would love to have one-tenth of your salary and come back to L.A. now, wouldn't you?"
"I wouldn’t want anything but honesty from the Knick announcers when I was watching as a fan—and I think that’s what the fans want."
"There was never a fight for airtime, there was zero ego involved. It just clicked from day one."
"Maybe this will get him on a top-25 list."
The Miami media responded with varying degrees of anger and amusement to Bill Simmons' claim.
"He’s one of the best LA high school players since I’ve lived here."