OT: Grantland is dead

[jekelish]

The biggest overall victim of ESPN's cuts now appears to be the brainchild of Bill Simmons. This is a big blow; Grantland was far and away the best printed work that the company has been doing in a very long time.

Meanwhile, Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith are currently screaming nonsense at each other while dozens of extremely talented writers are without jobs.

 

[texascpa]

Looks like it's still up.


oops, nevermind

 

[Millhouse]

can't say i'll miss it too much. long form for the sake of long form doesn't do much for me when they don't have much to say

read like bad college essays where kids try to get to whatever required length

the nba stuff was pretty good, holtsberry?

 

[TheCusian]

It will be missed.

 

[Melancer46]

ESPN will apparently honor all contracts and use these writers on other platforms; gotta think there will be a mass exodus, especially from the pop culture guys.

I'll follow Zach Lowe wherever he goes.

http://deadspin.com/espn-has-killed-grantland-1739659651

 

[MikeSU02]

ESPN will apparently honor all contracts and use these writers on other platforms; gotta think there will be a mass exodus, especially from the pop culture guys.

I'll follow Zach Lowe wherever he goes.

http://deadspin.com/espn-has-killed-grantland-1739659651

At least SAS and Skip get to scream inane H0T Takes each day and keep getting paid /snark

Unreal.

 

[jekelish]

I have my own personal qualms with Simmons, but Grantland was a favorite. If I could have written regularly at any site, I have to believe that'd have been the one I'd pick.

 

[OttoMets]

can't say i'll miss it too much. long form for the sake of long form doesn't do much for me when they don't have much to say

read like bad college essays where kids try to get to whatever required length

the nba stuff was pretty good, holtsberry?

I'm sad at the idea that it's gone, but I won't miss it too much.

Great concept, needed tighter editorial control. 10% excellent work, 90% long fluff pieces mimicking Sports Guy's voice.

 

[JHarris44]

It's whatever the market will bear...and in this market, Steven A and Skip sell. Make of that what you will.

 

[Melancer46]

At least SAS and Skip get to scream inane H0T Takes each day and keep getting paid /snark

Unreal.

All about the money; those two sadly make more the money for the company than Grantland did lol.

 

[Shark58]

Looks like it's still up.


oops, nevermind

That's what she said

 

[OrangePA]

The biggest overall victim of ESPN's cuts now appears to be the brainchild of Bill Simmons. This is a big blow; Grantland was far and away the best printed work that the company has been doing in a very long time.

Meanwhile, Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith are currently screaming nonsense at each other while dozens of extremely talented writers are without jobs.

Excellent post.

Smith/Bayless are unwatchable.

His/Hers or whatever it is, is close behind.

And, after about an hour Mike & Mike is tough on the ears.

 

[Melancer46]

Damn, ESPN didn't even tell the Grantland staff what was going down... the staff's reactions below:

http://uproxx.com/sports/2015/10/grantland-shutdown-twitter-reacts/

 

[NYCorange]

News broke a few hours ago. I'm pretty sad about it--even though I didn't like everything about the site, there was still some pretty good writing. I'll especially miss Zach Lowe's basketball analysis--I think I learned as much about the game from him as from anyone.

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/14010310/grantland-suspend-publishing-espn-stays-statement

 

[Ozcuse]

 

[OrangeAggieArmy]

I like ESPN because they play sports on the TV

 

[baggerbob]

It's whatever the market will bear...and in this market, Steven A and Skip sell. Make of that what you will.

Those 2 are one of the main reasons I no longer watch much ESPN, except for college football, or basketball. I don't like to listen to Idiots screaming at each other.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

anyone care?

 

[Stern]

Simmons has been hiring the Grantland guys who's contracts expire one by one to start up his own site. I expect now he can hire them all at once. They will be back under a new name and a new banner.

 

[721Comstock]

This sucks. I read Grantland daily, and pretty much never visit the new ESPN site.

So of course, Grantland get axed, and all the blowhard mouth-breathers like Skip and SAS keep bloviating.

 

[jekelish]

anyone care?

Clearly, yes, a lot of people care. It was the #1 trending topic on Twitter all day.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Clearly, yes, a lot of people care. It was the #1 trending topic on Twitter all day.

Not going to argue with that point, but I was on twitter during my lunch and when I got home from work and I follow around 500 or so people (including you and most are sports related) and I never saw anything about it. I hate to say it, and I am probably in the minority, but I don't read any of the ESPN stuff unless someone that I do follow has retweeted it. In my world, Grantland never existed, so how can it be dead.

 

[Rage4CUSE]

I'm going to miss Grantland. There was usually 3-4 articles a week that would catch my eye and I'd read them.

 

[NineOneSeven]

PTI is my favorite show by far

 

[HOFCeluck]

Football and piping H0T Takes are the money makers at ESPN...so I'm not surprised.