According to the Ringer, the Bill Simmons podcast receives more than 100 million podcast downloads per month. it is recognized as the most downloaded sports podcast of all time.
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William John Simmons III is an American sports analyst, author, podcaster, and former sports writer who is the founder and CEO of the sports and pop culture website The Ringer.
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On May 8, 2007, Bill Simmons began a podcast for ESPN.com called Eye of the Sportsguy. The podcast was changed to The B.S. Report on June 14, 2007.
Bill Simmons first gained attention with his website as “The Boston Sports Guy” and was recruited by ESPN in 2001, where he eventually operated the website Grantland and worked until 2015.
As a child, Bill Simmons read David Halberstam’s book The Breaks of the Game, which he credited as the single most formative development in his sportswriting career.
Bill Simmons served as the editor-in-chief of Grantland, a website owned by ESPN covering sports and pop culture.
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