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Bill Simmons is leaving ESPN
Updated by Todd VanDerWerff on May 8, 2015, 11:02 a.m. ET
Bill Simmons is leaving ESPN, the New York Times reports:
View: https://twitter.com/NYTSports/status/596680975767175169
"I’ve decided that I’m not going to renew his contract," ESPN president John Skipper told the Times' Richard Sandomir. "We’ve been talking to Bill and his agent, and it was clear we weren’t going to get to the terms, so we were better off focusing on transition."
Skipper expanded on that thought in an official statement posted on the ESPN Front Row website:
ESPN’s relationship with Bill has been mutually beneficial — he has produced great content for us for many years and ESPN has provided him many new opportunities to spread his wings. We wish Bill continued success as he plans his next chapter. ESPN remains committed to Grantland and we have a strong team in place.
Simmons's contract expires in the fall, and he will exit ESPN at that time. He first wrote for the network's website in 2001 and quickly became one of its most prominent personalities. His fan-centric brand of sports column grew to be the predominant form of internet sportswriting for much of the last decade.
Simmons was also instrumental in developing the website Grantland, which has become a major force in longform writing on both sports and pop culture, and in developing the sports documentary series 30 for 30, which has won both a Peabody and an Emmy.
Bill Simmons is leaving ESPN
Updated by Todd VanDerWerff on May 8, 2015, 11:02 a.m. ET
Bill Simmons is leaving ESPN, the New York Times reports:
View: https://twitter.com/NYTSports/status/596680975767175169
"I’ve decided that I’m not going to renew his contract," ESPN president John Skipper told the Times' Richard Sandomir. "We’ve been talking to Bill and his agent, and it was clear we weren’t going to get to the terms, so we were better off focusing on transition."
Skipper expanded on that thought in an official statement posted on the ESPN Front Row website:
ESPN’s relationship with Bill has been mutually beneficial — he has produced great content for us for many years and ESPN has provided him many new opportunities to spread his wings. We wish Bill continued success as he plans his next chapter. ESPN remains committed to Grantland and we have a strong team in place.
Simmons's contract expires in the fall, and he will exit ESPN at that time. He first wrote for the network's website in 2001 and quickly became one of its most prominent personalities. His fan-centric brand of sports column grew to be the predominant form of internet sportswriting for much of the last decade.
Simmons was also instrumental in developing the website Grantland, which has become a major force in longform writing on both sports and pop culture, and in developing the sports documentary series 30 for 30, which has won both a Peabody and an Emmy.