Bill Simmons Prepares to Stand Up to Sports Incorporated

Posted Jun 20, 2016
In this case, our protagonist, Bill Simmons, is not a bitingly funny comedian, but a bitingly influential sportswriter and commentator, who for 14 years was one of ESPN’s biggest stars. ESPN, which spends some $1.9 billion a year for N.F.L. rights, let Mr. Simmons go last year, after he repeatedly, and colorfully, criticized Roger Goodell, the N.F.L. commissioner, over his handling of two embarrassing scandals.... (New York Times)

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