THE B.S. REPORT
B.S. Report: Jay Bilas
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Bill Simmons calls up Jay Bilas to evaluate this year's NBA draft crop and brainstorm new ways to say "wingspan."
Bill Simmons calls up Jay Bilas to evaluate this year's NBA draft crop and brainstorm new ways to say "wingspan."
Chad Ford joins Bill Simmons to discuss the 2012 NBA Draft Lottery, including the Anthony Davis sweepstakes and the Andre Drummond debate.
What happens when a Hall of Fame quarterback coming off four neck surgeries signs with a team run by a Hall of Fame quarterback who had no qualms about dumping a national phenomenon with mystical powers to get him? You tape an emergency B.S. Report, that's what happens. That's right, we called the NFL Network's Mike Lombardi, Grantland's Bill Barnwell and David Jacoby, and even my buddy Gus Ramsey (a die-hard Broncos fan) to get their takes on Denver's big "Peyton Manning for Tim Tebow" switcheroo.
Bill Simmons and Joe House are joined by Cousin Sal, who feels pretty good about Tony Romo today. They discuss which team was the biggest fraud on Sunday, House's unsettling food-consumption habits, and review jokes they wouldn't make in front of Ray Lewis.
Plus, the guys dissect the playoff picture and guess the Week 16 lines.
Lots to discuss on my Monday podcast with Cousin Sal, including …
Did we really win a three-team teaser this weekend?
Why does Tebow drive Cousin Sal so crazy?
Why am I getting so much enjoyment out of the Tebow Era?
Was Tebow put on earth to win football games in the ugliest ways possible?
Should we change the name of God Bless America to Tebow Bless America?
Is there a chance that either Sal or I will be starting at QB for the Texans this Sunday?
Who quit on their coach more -- San Diego or Philly?
Is there really a realistic scenario in which the AFC Playoffs could include two of Oakland, Denver and Tennessee?
Why am I so damned good at picking the lines every week?
What does it sound like when I try to do a Mike Francesa imitation with a head cold?
And most important: Is the Pats-Colts line the single-highest line we've ever guessed on the pod?
To get the answers and more, listen to our Week 13 NFL Podcast …
Find Monday's podcast here:
Previously on the B.S. Report:
Cousin Sal, David Jacoby
Mike Lombardi
Marc Stein and Ric Bucher
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Ah, three hours ago — those halcyon days when we thought an NBA season was still happening. Like always, Cousin Sal came on Monday's BS Report to discuss Sunday's games and guess next week's lines. We finished taping, and an hour later the NBA players' union decided to do something that would have worked only if it happened four months ago. So long, 2011-12 NBA season. I'm off to go punch a wall.
Find Monday's podcast here:
Previously on the B.S. Report:
Chris Connelly, David Jacoby, Cousin Sal
Adam Carolla
Chris Herren
Jane Leavy
Subscribe to the BS Report and the Grantland Network on iTunes.
Bill Simmons is the editor-in-chief of Grantland, the host of the BS Report and the author of the recent New York Times no. 1 best-seller The Book of Basketball. Follow him on Twitter and check out his new home on Facebook.
Read more of The Triangle, Grantland's sports blog.
Contact us at triangle@grantland.com
Grantland contributor Jane Leavy spent the past decade writing sports biographies about Sandy Koufax and Mickey Mantle (recently released in paperback). We talked about Koufax and Mantle, Jane's experiences in being part of the first wave of female sports reporters, why Mantle means so much to guys over 50, and why it's so hard to find a good topic for a future sports book. PS: Buy Jane's latest two books if you like sports and like to read.
Find Wednesday's podcast here:
Previously on the B.S. Report:
Cousin Sal, Mike Tollin
Mike Lombardi
Subscribe to the BS Report and the Grantland Network on iTunes.
Bill Simmons is the editor-in-chief of Grantland, the host of the BS Report and the author of the recent New York Times no. 1 best-seller The Book of Basketball. Follow him on Twitter and check out his new home on Facebook.
Read more of The Triangle, Grantland's sports blog.
Contact us at triangle@grantland.com
Bill Simmons and Buster Olney (coming to us from the field at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington) talk about how the rest of the MLB postseason will shake out and who will be the next general manager of the Chicago Cubs.
After writing a running diary of the biggest September collapse in baseball history, I woke up Thursday morning, talked to some friends, e-mailed some more friends, tried to digest what happened and ultimately realized that I needed to call my buddy JackO. Yes, he's a die-hard Yankees fan … but if the roles were reversed, I'd want him to do the podcast with me, right? So it was only fair. We spent the next 45 minutes rehashing last night's games, wondering if the Yankees are the new 1919 White Sox for the way they threw last night's game, figuring out if Terry Francona should be fired, debating how the Red Sox will handle the offseason, asking if Theo Epstein should flee for the Cubs, then leaving a little extra time to discuss the 2011 playoffs and whether Detroit's sports renaissance scares Johnny at all. I tried to remain as level-headed as possible. It was a cathartic phone call. I feel better. OK, not really.
