Fans of Bill Simmons ("The Sports Guy") have noticed that his columns on espn.com have become less and less frequent and that his podcasts have become more and more irrelevant and self-referential. His last column on Page 2 of espn.com is a collection of random thoughts without any attempt at a sustained thesis. His last few podcasts have been about reality television, his friend Jacko's song, written by the band Theocracy and Chuck Klosterman's stay in Germany at the University ofLeipzig. His last conversation with Klosterman barely touched on the sports world, with a discussion of the NBA playoffs and the (seemingly) inevitable Lakers v. Celtics final.
Deadspin has theorized that Simmons is disenchanted with the restrictions imposed on his work by his corporate employer, specifically on the cancelled podcast with Barack Obama (which, obviously, is a huge get for an internet writer/podcaster).
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