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June 4, 2009

Bill Simmons - It's hard to say goodbye to David Ortiz

Great piece by Bill Simmons on the decline of the Large Father. FWIW, I don’t think Papi’s current decline is a sign of stopping using a banned substance — Why would he stop now? Nothing has changed in MLB testing over the last couple of years.

May 7, 2009

Manny Ramirez's positive drug test makes the Sports Guy confront his worst nightmare

Great piece by Bill Simmons on the Manny-being-juiced revelations today, and what it means for the Sox 2004 curse-bearing World Series win.

October 2, 2008

Manny Being Manipulated

Outstanding (and lengthy) article by Bill Simmons about the end of the Manny era in Boston. Sums up everything I felt about the whole affair — that it stank to high heaven, and I miss Manny as a player. I wish him all the best this postseason, and pray he doesn’t become a MFY next year.

July 19, 2006

ESPN.com: Page 2 : Choosing my EPL team

Bill Simmons, American sportswriter, goes through an in-depth investigation to decide upon an English Premier League to support this season. A great read.

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