Bill Simmons

Biography

William John Simmons III (born September 25, 1969) is an American sports podcaster, sportswriter, and cultural critic. He is the founder of the sports and pop culture website The Ringer. Simmons first gained attention with his website as "The Boston Sports Guy" and was recruited by ESPN in 2001, where he eventually operated the website Grantland and worked for until 2015. At ESPN, he wrote for ESPN.com, hosted his own podcast on ESPN.com titled The B.S. Report and was an analyst for two years on NBA Countdown. Simmons founded The Ringer, a sports and pop culture website and podcast network, in 2016 and is its CEO. He hosted Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons on HBO for one season in 2016. At The Ringer, he hosts The Bill Simmons Podcast.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Planetary Invasion

  1984

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  No Parking On The Dance Floor

  1983

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  Headlines

  1986

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  Loving On The Flipside (Sweet Funk And Beat-Heavy Ballads 1969-1977)

  2012

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  In The Pursuit Of Leisure

  2003

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  Midnight Star

  1988

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  Greatest Hits

  1987

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  Hit Mix '86

  1986

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  Meeting In The Ladies Room

  1984

Credited work

444 releases · 69 albums · active 1980–2025

• Performance · 1,183
• Production · 45
• Engineering · 11
• Other credits · 10

Studios: Fifth Floor Recording Studios · Studio Masters · QCA Studios · Kendun Recorders

Frequent collaborators

• Midnight Star
• Various
• The Deele
• The Whispers
• Klymaxx
• Carrie Lucas
• The Sylvers
• Brad Paisley

Around the web

• Wikipedia