Founder and former Grantland captain Bill Simmons tweeted his support to his former colleagues Friday when news broke that ESPN was shuttering the site effective immediately.
I loved everyone I worked with at G and loved what we built. Watching good/kind/talented people get treated so callously = simply appalling.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) October 30, 2015
Simmons left Grantland in May amid a battle of contract negotiations; he later joined HBO.
Despite Grantland’s high (and in some cases record) traffic numbers after Simmons’ departure, the site is no more.
Raise your hand of you’ve never heard of Grantland. I’ll be the first.
Simmons has got a point, but I simply don’t care enough about it.
Great site but I guess this is what happens when you call Roger Goodell a liar (which is true). Can’t bite the hand that feeds you, otherwise known as the corporate motto of ESPN.
It is a little frightening that such a fool as Goodell can wield this much power.
Second!!. WTF is it?
Sports social media site–or something. I know, the Internet has hardly any of those.