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Bill Simmons: Biography
Birth Name:
William J. Simmons
Birth Place:
Worcester, MA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign:
09/25/1960, Libra
Profession:
Author; journalist
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Bill Simmons Fast Facts:
First writing experience came from a steady column in The Crusader, Holy Cross's school paper, called "Ramblings"; later served as the paper's sports editor.
Worked for the Boston Herald soon after college covering high- school sports and penning sports profiles and editorials; also freelanced for the Boston Phoenix.
Gained notoriety after creating his own site dubbed "Boston Sports Guy" for a online site called Digital City Boston; it earned him an offer from ESPN.
Left the Boston area after being hired to work as a writer on
Jimmy Kimmel Live
; he left the show to write full-time for ESPN.
Columns appear in ESPN.com's "Page 2" section; formerly wrote a column for ESPN The Magazine, calling it quits in July of 2009 after seven years.
Executive producer for ESPN's documentary series,
30 for 30
.
Hosts a podcast on ESPN called the
BS Report
; interviews tend to be sports-focused but guests range for sports analysts to actors and comedians to writers, even to friends.
Authored the succinctly titled books
Now I Can Die in Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation, with a Little Help From Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank, and the 2004 Red Sox
and
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
.
Created a recurring cartoon short that appeared on ESPN.com called the
The Sports Guy
.
Bill Simmons Relationships:
Kari Crichton - Wife
Zoe Simmons - Daughter
William Simmons - Father
Ben Simmons - Son
College:
College of the Holy Cross, Greenwich, MA (BS in Political Science, 1992); Boston University, Boston, MA (MA in Print Journalism)
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