Bill clearly hired her so he can just talk about Boston sports all the time. I know people in this thread don’t necessarily like russillo but I’d much rather it be him and bill talking about the nba, or KOC, or even Tjarks than this.
Everything he says sounds so market-tested and publicist-approved. Turned it off halfway through, so vanilla. I obviously don’t know him at all, but he seems like the the physical embodiment of “republicans buy sneakers too.”
back when bill actually wrote, he had a pretty good joke about how bob ryans hair looked like alexander hamiltons if he had defeated aaron burr and then fled the scene on a motorcycle at 80 mph
Jackie has the same arrogance and self importance that makes just about every media person from NY and Boston unbearable. Her gender just makes you ignore that when it's in small doses.
Bill saying he hates mvp talk when he’s the only person I’ve ever heard talk about the mvp not on pti or am radio.
Rusillo with a bizarre and incoherent rant about the Antonio Brown signing that featured a random shot at Mike Florio What the hell did I just listen to
Thought a combo of Shea, Jason and Russillo would be the best for Rocky IV but Sal and Kyle Brandt were great.
Morey likes efficiency first and foremost. Simmons is a very efficient player, even if he doesn't fit the Morey archetype
Good for Jason. He's one of my favorites. I kinda assumed he was going solo. Not sure where he could go to get some massive payday. He doesn't exaclty fit into the big network mold. I mean he has one unique niche. R/X rated humor involving the NBA and nerdy subcultures.
and I'm not saying he's not going to get rich. He could easily launch his own platform and make plenty of money off his own creative endeavors. I just don't know of a big cross-platform media company that is going to give him some massive contract. I'm not sure many of those exist out outside of the Ringer.
Why would he work for anyone else? He can work ~10 hours a week doing podcasts and probably make like half a million
Bill with a random Bernie Sanders driveby that definitely makes me want to hear him talk about the election
That Guess The Lines website is updated: https://guessthelinesyourself.com/ The one line that I was off entirely last week was LV-CLE and I'm off this week with LAC-LV. If I bet on the NFL, i'd bet LV again this week. Surprised AZ is giving 4.5 given how good Miami's defense looks. Also surprised that ATL is a 4 pt favorite over anyone.
this simultaneously makes sense and makes me less likely to want to watch the show even though I love shea and schur.
The inevitable Ringer oral history that follows a grantland oral history will be entertaining. ...and then Russillo came to LA. He’d bully junior staff and jokingly snort lines of pre-workout off the kitchen counter.
Except that I doubt many people will look back at the ringer website fondly. It’s mostly just a thing that exists and has limited readership and impact.