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Simmons is a native of Boston, and as such is a massive fan of Boston's sports teams (especially the Red Sox and Celtics), but moved to Los Angeles in 2002; he has since started rooting for the [[ButtMonkey Clippers]] in basketball and (during the 2011 lockout) the [[ButtMonkey Kings]] in hockey.
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Simmons is a native of Boston, and as such is a massive fan of Boston's sports teams (especially the [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball Red Sox Sox]] and Celtics), [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation Celtics]]), but moved to Los Angeles in 2002; he has since started rooting for the [[ButtMonkey Clippers]] Clippers in basketball and (during the 2011 lockout) the [[ButtMonkey [[UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague Kings]] in hockey.
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** His career arc also bears some similarities to the Boston sports teams he supports. When he first splashed onto the national scene in the late 1990s, the Red Sox were approaching an 80-year title drought, the Patriots were a mostly hapless franchise that served as the whipping boy to two historically great teams in their two super bowl appearances, the Celtics were right in the middle of a 20 year dry period between the Bird/{{McHale}}/Parish/Johnson era and the Garnett/Pierce/Allen/Rondo era, and the Bruins hadn't won a Stanley Cup in almost 25 years. By the time he secured the Spotify deal, the Red Sox had reeled off four world series championships in a sixteen year period, the Patriots had become arguably the most successful franchise in NFL history on the back of six super bowl wins, and the Celtics and Bruins had both won a title.
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** His career arc also bears some similarities to the Boston sports teams he supports. When he first splashed onto the national scene in the late 1990s, the Red Sox were approaching an 80-year title drought, the Patriots were a mostly hapless franchise that served as the whipping boy to two historically great teams in their two super bowl appearances, the Celtics were right in the middle of a 20 year dry period between the Bird/{{McHale}}/Parish/Johnson Bird/Mchale/Parish/Johnson era and the Garnett/Pierce/Allen/Rondo era, and the Bruins hadn't won a Stanley Cup in almost 25 years. By the time he secured the Spotify deal, the Red Sox had reeled off four world series championships in a sixteen year period, the Patriots had become arguably the most successful franchise in NFL history on the back of six super bowl wins, and the Celtics and Bruins had both won a title.
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** His career arc also bears some similarities to the Boston sports teams he supports. When he first splashed onto the national scene in the late 1990s, the Red Sox were approaching an 80-year title drought, the Patriots were a mostly hapless franchise that served as the whipping boy to two historically great teams in their two super bowl appearances, the Celtics were right in the middle of a 20 year dry period between the Bird/McHale/Parish/Johnson era and the Garnett/Pierce/Allen/Rondo era, and the Bruins hadn't won a Stanley Cup in almost 25 years. By the time he secured the Spotify deal, the Red Sox had reeled off four world series championships in a sixteen year period, the Patriots had become arguably the most successful franchise in NFL history on the back of six super bowl wins, and the Celtics and Bruins had both won a title.
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** His career arc also bears some similarities to the Boston sports teams he supports. When he first splashed onto the national scene in the late 1990s, the Red Sox were approaching an 80-year title drought, the Patriots were a mostly hapless franchise that served as the whipping boy to two historically great teams in their two super bowl appearances, the Celtics were right in the middle of a 20 year dry period between the Bird/McHale/Parish/Johnson Bird/{{McHale}}/Parish/Johnson era and the Garnett/Pierce/Allen/Rondo era, and the Bruins hadn't won a Stanley Cup in almost 25 years. By the time he secured the Spotify deal, the Red Sox had reeled off four world series championships in a sixteen year period, the Patriots had become arguably the most successful franchise in NFL history on the back of six super bowl wins, and the Celtics and Bruins had both won a title.
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* RagsToRiches: Started out working a menial job for the Boston Herald and doing some freelance work in the 1990s, quickly going broke and having to work as a bartender just to support himself. Just when it seemed like his master's degree in print journalism was going to go to waste, he managed to secure a part-time gig writing sports columns online for $300 a week. Barely anyone read it for the first couple years (largely due to being available only through AOL and mostly only discoverable through an email list), but the reader base grew to the point where ESPN brought him on and he got a job as a writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live. His popularity skyrocketed quickly on ESPN, eventually getting his own section in page two. Spearheading the creation of the 30 for 30 documentary series, and starting his own podcast that immediately became the most popular ESPN podcast by far, Simmons was eventually named editor-in-chief of his own website (Grantland), which he ran for several years. When ESPN decided to not renew his contract and shut Grantland down, Simmons started The Ringer, which produced content very similar to Grantland, and retained much of it's popularity. In 2020, The Ringer was bought by Spotify for ''$200 million''.
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** Started out working a menial job for the Boston Herald and doing some freelance work in the 1990s, quickly going broke and having to work as a bartender just to support himself. Just when it seemed like his master's degree in print journalism was going to go to waste, he managed to secure a part-time gig writing sports columns online for $300 a week. Barely anyone read it for the first couple years (largely due to being available only through AOL and mostly only discoverable through an email list), but the reader base grew to the point where ESPN brought him on and he got a job as a writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live. His popularity skyrocketed quickly on ESPN, eventually getting his own section in page two. Spearheading the creation of the 30 for 30 documentary series, and starting his own podcast that immediately became the most popular ESPN podcast by far, Simmons was eventually named editor-in-chief of his own website (Grantland), which he ran for several years. When ESPN decided to not renew his contract and shut Grantland down, Simmons started The Ringer, which produced content very similar to Grantland, and retained much of it's popularity. In 2020, The Ringer was bought by Spotify for ''$200million''.million''.
** His career arc also bears some similarities to the Boston sports teams he supports. When he first splashed onto the national scene in the late 1990s, the Red Sox were approaching an 80-year title drought, the Patriots were a mostly hapless franchise that served as the whipping boy to two historically great teams in their two super bowl appearances, the Celtics were right in the middle of a 20 year dry period between the Bird/McHale/Parish/Johnson era and the Garnett/Pierce/Allen/Rondo era, and the Bruins hadn't won a Stanley Cup in almost 25 years. By the time he secured the Spotify deal, the Red Sox had reeled off four world series championships in a sixteen year period, the Patriots had become arguably the most successful franchise in NFL history on the back of six super bowl wins, and the Celtics and Bruins had both won a title.
** Started out working a menial job for the Boston Herald and doing some freelance work in the 1990s, quickly going broke and having to work as a bartender just to support himself. Just when it seemed like his master's degree in print journalism was going to go to waste, he managed to secure a part-time gig writing sports columns online for $300 a week. Barely anyone read it for the first couple years (largely due to being available only through AOL and mostly only discoverable through an email list), but the reader base grew to the point where ESPN brought him on and he got a job as a writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live. His popularity skyrocketed quickly on ESPN, eventually getting his own section in page two. Spearheading the creation of the 30 for 30 documentary series, and starting his own podcast that immediately became the most popular ESPN podcast by far, Simmons was eventually named editor-in-chief of his own website (Grantland), which he ran for several years. When ESPN decided to not renew his contract and shut Grantland down, Simmons started The Ringer, which produced content very similar to Grantland, and retained much of it's popularity. In 2020, The Ringer was bought by Spotify for ''$200
** His career arc also bears some similarities to the Boston sports teams he supports. When he first splashed onto the national scene in the late 1990s, the Red Sox were approaching an 80-year title drought, the Patriots were a mostly hapless franchise that served as the whipping boy to two historically great teams in their two super bowl appearances, the Celtics were right in the middle of a 20 year dry period between the Bird/McHale/Parish/Johnson era and the Garnett/Pierce/Allen/Rondo era, and the Bruins hadn't won a Stanley Cup in almost 25 years. By the time he secured the Spotify deal, the Red Sox had reeled off four world series championships in a sixteen year period, the Patriots had become arguably the most successful franchise in NFL history on the back of six super bowl wins, and the Celtics and Bruins had both won a title.
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* RagsToRiches: Started out working a menial job for the Boston Herald and doing some freelance work in the 1990s, quickly going broke and having to work as a bartender just to support himself. Just when it seemed like his master's degree in print journalism was going to go to waste, he managed to secure a part-time gig writing sports columns online for $300 a week. Barely anyone read it for the first couple years (largely due to being available only through AOL and mostly only discoverable through an email list), but the reader base grew to the point where ESPN brought him on and he got a job as a writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live. His popularity skyrocketed quickly on ESPN, eventually getting his own section in page two. Spearheading the creation of the 30 for 30 documentary series, and starting his own podcast that immediately became the most popular ESPN podcast by far, Simmons was eventually named editor-in-chief of his own website (Grantland), which he ran for several years. When ESPN decided to not renew his contract and shut Grantland down, Simmons started The Ringer, which produced content very similar to Grantland, and retained much of it's popularity. In 2020, The Ringer was bought by Spotify for ''$200 million''.
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* SoccerHatingAmericans: [[https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060719 In one of the few columns favorable to the sport]], Simmons said "I haven't liked soccer since the New England Tea Men were thriving back in the mid-'70s", and Usefulnotes/TheWorldCup is the only time he will be appreciative of association football instead of taking potshots at it.
