Bill Simmons
Bill Simmons has been a columnist for "Page2" on ESPN.com since 2001. He is best known, as The Sports Guy, for the extraordinary length and frequency of his columns, his extended analogies, and his references to pop culture (especially from the 80s).
One of his most used Internet memes has been the "Ewing Theory", which details the unusual increase in success teams often have after the departure of an aging superstar.
From 2003-2004, he moved to California to work as a comedy writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live. Although he left the show in 2004, he remained in California.
He graduated from College of the Holy Cross in 1992, and subsequently studied sports journalism at Boston University, where he got his masters degree. Before his affiliation with ESPN, he was known as the "Boston Sports Guy" on his own web site. Simmons has earned a love/hate relationship with his readers, who often complain he only writes about Boston-related topics.
Simmons now boasts his own section of ESPN.com's Page 2, entitled "Sports Guy's World", and in late 2004 launched an online cartoon based on his columns. He has appeared on VH1's "I Love The 90s, Part Deux" and is an occasional guest on several sports talk radio shows.
Hundreds of Bill Simmons fans and detractors congregate daily at the fan site linked below.