The Return of the Champ

It may be temporary, but Bill Simmons reached back and delivered a fastball from his early 2000s days with his column today about PEDs in football.  I’m heartened to believe that he is back with a vengeance.  He actually seems disappointed in himself, which is important, because I think his fans seem disappointed in himself as well.  I have a long history with Bill Simmons’ work, and haven’t sat down to read a column of his in some time.  Today, when I saw that he’d written The PED Question with a provocative picture of stabber/linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens, I knew I had to read it.  I tore through it like a horse too long in the desert without an oasis.

In the Rough: 2 Surprisingly Prescient Tiger jokes

I’ve been sort of forming this in my mind for a few weeks now, and I know this is what we in the biz call “late to the game.”  By “we in the biz” I of course mean not me in the journalism business.  Because this is just some weird blog with a name that’s not snarky enough to be a witty sports blog, and it’s not unironic enough to be an overindulgent personal e-journal.  Either way, I understand that this is coming out extremely late.