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There are certain rites of fall we all look forward to as the summer’s embers begin to fade. The orange and reds of the leaves that abandon their safety on the branch and float to the ground. The one pumpkin spiced product you buy before remembering that all that stuff …

Ben Simmons‘ name was back in the news yesterday thanks to a lengthy one-on-one interview he did with Marc Spears for Andscape. Simmons has not been effective on a basketball court for over a year thanks to a back injury (and the whole Philadelphia 76ers thing) so this interview was …

As speculation about Skip Bayless’ next partner on Undisputed grows, the New York Post’s Andrew Marchand threw a new name and wrinkle into the mix yesterday by reporting Richard Sherman is a candidate to slide into Shannon Sharpe’s empty chair. That would certainly be a juicy acquisiton and not one …

Stephen A. Smith has gone at Bill Simmons‘ criticism of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. On Monday’s episode of The Stephen A. Smith Show, the titular host thought Simmons went too far when describing the couple as “f**king grifters” over the end of their deal with Spotify. Here’s what Stephen …

Spotify has ended their $25 million podcast deal with Harry and Meghan after two and a half years. Since signing the deal in 2020 the pair have produced 12 episodes of one podcast totaling around 12 hours of total content. Truthfully, there’s not a podcaster out there that wouldn’t be …

What’s the opposite of a victory lap? Because that’s what Bill Simmons is doing on Friday. For weeks, Simmons loudly proclaimed he had inside information that the Phoenix Suns were going to hire current assistant Kevin Young. He was 100 percent sure, all the Nick Nurse/Doc Rivers/Frank Vogel talk was …

The Miami Heat beat the Boston Celtics, 103-84, on Monday night to win the Eastern Conference Finals and advance to the 2023 NBA Finals against the Denver Nuggets. The Celtics lost the first three games of the series, but became the fourth team in NBA history to come back and …

Ben Simmons has wasted little time rejoicing at his old team’s playoff exit, taking a thinly-veiled swipe at the Philadelphia 76ers on an Instagram story. Simmons has rarely posted on his account in recent years, with his last post coming in November last year, but that didn’t stop him from …

The Philadelphia 76ers lost Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals to the Boston Celtics on Sunday, ending their season in devastating fashion. The 112-88 loss was embarrassing for Philly, and a former player decided to rub salt in the wound. Ben Simmons let the world know he was watching. …

Could the Dallas Mavericks be the NBA next super team? Apparently, Bill Simmons sees LeBron James and Draymond Green ending up there within the next couple of seasons. The Boston-based sports writer took to his podcast on Wednesday to do one of his segments called “Half-Baked Ideas”, and he had …