I know these things to be true: the Hayden Panettiere Clock has officially started. Kevin Durant can score 50 points with one arm tied behind his back, and one leg hacked off. The Celtics couldn’t be doing more to secure their chances at the first pick in the Kevin Durant Sweepstakes if they just sat […]
Continue reading →For this installment of “Fact or Fiction”, Yard Work is pleased to bring you two of its long-standing contributors — professional Red Sox fan Bill Simmons and resident science scholar Dr. Robert K. Adair. Let’s get to the questions! 1. Albert Pujols is the best hitter any of us will ever see. Adair: FICTION. […]
Continue reading →Since the last time I wrote one of these, a lot has happened. I had a baby — well, okay, someone else had the baby, but you know what I’m talking about –, I wrote a book about my beloved Red Sox, and I started playing “The Warriors” on PlayStation, even though none of you […]
Continue reading →As I have stated many times, I am the only adult human male in the world who still likes the NBA. I do love this game, every sweaty marijuana-addled bit of it. But time is short these days, with one thing and another — “one thing” being my book tour, “another” being the ol’ ball […]
Continue reading →Breathe easy. Breathe easy. We’re in the playoffs. After a week of biting my nails in front of the TiVo, David Ortiz’s heroics, and late-night panic sessions on the phone with Dad, we made it. We made it. Now can somebody explain to me why the Yankees won the AL pennant even though they had […]
Continue reading →What do you mean, only five baseball landmarks still matter? You can’t compare this to the NBA because nobody cares about numbers in basketball. How many 3-pointers did Jordan have in his career? Nobody remembers those sorts of details. But ask a baseball fan how many homers Teddy Ballgame hit, and they’ll tell you right […]
Continue reading →Following up from last week’s column , here are my 2005 All-Star candidates from the National League: C: Ramon Hernandez, San Diego. Mike Piazza is now a 36-year old gimpy catcher which means he’s no longer an automatic selection, so I’m going with the sentimental choice and picking Hernandez. He was responsible for the single […]
Continue reading →The outcome of the NBA Finals is still a foregone conclusion and there are no new episodes of “The O.C.” until September, so I’ve got to find something else to write about. That’s when I turn to baseball, even though I see no reason why all of my TV staples can’t be on the air […]
Continue reading →I’ve been “on hiatus” from work for a couple of weeks but believe me, I’ve been busy. Between the Red Sox trying to catch the Orioles while holding off the charging Yankees, three exciting 2nd round NBA playoff series when none were expected, and biting my nails in anticipation of tonight’s season finale of “The […]
Continue reading →My editors thought it would be a good idea for me to stop in here, since I’m one of the few regular contributors at E$PN who has experience running a website (you might remember my days as the Boston Sports Guy). So I’m Bill Simmons, and unlike the regular contributors to this blog, you haven’t […]
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