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The Rookies » Blog Archive » Last Call: Dorm Life — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:37:05 +0000

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By: thefuseproject

thefuseproject — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:34:50 +0000

Does it make it better or worse that I’m a New Englander and Boston sports fan?

By: Sculptor?!?

Sculptor?!? — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:20:31 +0000

@Fuse: Neither have I, actually. I’m just somewhat impressed that fool knows what soccer is.

@Mags: Really. Cleveland and Chicago (Cubs) fans are queuing to have words with Mr. Simmons…

By: Magnakai Haaskivi

Magnakai Haaskivi — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:59:04 +0000

Outside of that soccer column, I’m with you. The whole “Boston is cursed!” schtick just doesn’t fly with Clevelanders.

By: Magnakai Haaskivi

Magnakai Haaskivi — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:57:43 +0000

You can just FEEL the Cohen cringe when Simmons said that he was thinking of switching.

By: thefuseproject

thefuseproject — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:04:15 +0000

I’ve still never knowingly read anything Bill Simmons has written. I consider this one of my greatest virtues.

By: lowercase

lowercase — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:05:16 +0000

I may get flogged for saying this, but I still like Simmons for the most part (I also think the sports+pop culture blog world owes him a lot, but that’s another argument), and I loved his column- it’s the first one I went back to when I started trying to pick a team. Good interview in my book.

Interesting that they recommended Villa- they’re probably the leader for my new favoriteness too, but I’m not gonna choose until the pre-season winds down.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:50:20 +0000

It’ll be interesting to see how much Simmons actually follows the sport. I was not surprised that he didn’t mention soccer after he wrote that article, but he seems like he’s more serious about the sport right now.

By: Rockabye

Rockabye — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:32:47 +0000

I’m saying this partly because Liverpool attracts me for similar reasons, plus I have a friend who’s a diehard.

But, uh, I don’t necessarily need Simmons to follow the sport.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:10:53 +0000

Honestly I think if he picked Liverpool he might actually follow the sport a little more than Spurs. Liverpool seems to be on about 3 times a month on average vs about 2 times per month for Spurs. I couldn’t see Simmons getting on a justin.tv feed to watch soccer.