Ah, the power of PTW

No sooner than we make our very first mention of the ubiquitous Bill Simmons and then this happens: he is dropped from ESPN The Magazine -- sorry Bill, we were unaware of our reach.

Actually, we have no insight to what this departure is about and will leave the conjecture to others.

Bill Simmons’ Column in ESPN the Magazine is No More
The Big Lead
July 2. 2009

ESPN the Magazine executive editor Gary Belsky sent out an email earlier today (how convenient; the day before a holiday weekend!) with the news that Bill Simmons would no longer be writing for ESPN the Magazine...

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If only we could get a certain loud-speaking, Florida resident who rarely rises to the level of insight he can actually offer consigned to covering, say, television poker.