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Year in Movies
"Invictus" should have been a sure thing. It had all the elements of a great sports movie but it wasn't.Bill explains why "Invictus" disappointed and "The Blind Side" succeeded -- and says there were some great sports movies in 2009 that you probably missed.
• Simmons: Best sports movies of 2009 »
The VP of Common Sense
• Expect a busy trading season
Gladwell-Simmons III: The War
• Part 1 | Part 2
The Tiger Zoo
• Dec. 10: The Tiger Zoo | All-Tiger mailbag
Turkey Day Mailbag
• Nov. 25: Giving thanks with a mailbag
The Decision
• Nov. 20: Fourth-and-reckless
On The Road Again
• Nov. 6: Book tour scenes
Sports Guy Content Archive
- Simmons: Week 6 matchups (80 days ago)
- Simmons: Mailbag, Part I (87 days ago)
- Simmons: NFL Power Poll (94 days ago)
- Simmons: Week 3 NFL picks (101 days ago)
- Simmons: Don't count Jake Delhomme out just yet (108 days ago)
- Simmons: Welcome the NFL to The Tyson Zone (116 days ago)
- Simmons: You're never too old for Vegas (123 days ago)
- Simmons: Vintage Vegas trip, Part II (122 days ago)
- Simmons: Welcome to the mailbag (129 days ago)
- Simmons: Sporting emotions at the highest pitch (140 days ago)
- Simmons: At the National Sports Collectors Convention (152 days ago)
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- @sportsguy33 Beltre = my fantasy kryptonite. Somehow lands on my AL Keeper team every year. This Sept. I decided, "No More!" Then... http://bit.ly/665nTf 30 minutes ago
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- @sportsguy33 Its never this easy for NYJ. We're due for a fluke Bengals TD so Jets fans can go thru the 7 stages of panic in 3.9 seconds. about 23 hours ago
- @sportsguy33 Gilbert's twitter binge is like the Billy Batts shinebox scene: I know it's gonna end horrificly, but it's making me laugh. 1 day ago
- @sportsguy33 How great would it be if KC-Oak won, then Cincy rolled over tonite to get revenge 3 yrs later for Kimo's hit on C. Palmer? 1 day ago
- @sportsguy33 Bernard Pollard is antagonizing the Patriots like nobody since the British in 1775. 1 day ago
- @sportsguy33 Weird that nobody believed me or even investigated it. RT @kmiles5830: You were right about Tom Brady's ribs. http://tinyurl.com/yagfft4 1 day ago
- @sportsguy33 In shock over Welker's injury. With Bernard Pollard in the building, we shoulda played all second stringers today. Dammit. 1 day ago
- @sportsguy33 Old column from 2006: "Ten Ways Tiger Could Make Himself More Interesting." A crazy-re-read. http://bit.ly/8kHt9d 1 day ago
- @sportsguy33 With the 1st pick in a "Celeb most likely to have 10-15 bodies buried in his backyard" fantasy draft, I take Stephen King. 2 days ago
- @sportsguy33 It's true. @CKlosterman = the real Chuck Klosterman. This could be the medium that finally gets us to fight to the death. 2 days ago
- @sportsguy33 Here's my "Best of 2009" list as an I-Mix: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewIMix?id=348823876&s;=143441 2 days ago
- @sportsguy33 20. Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight ... 21. Built to Spill Hindsight ... 22. Wilco - You and I. (AND THAT'S IT.) 2 days ago
- @sportsguy33 17. Blitzen Trapper -- Furr (live) ... 18. Phoenix - Liztomania ... 19. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (remix) 2 days ago
- @sportsguy33 13. Muse - Uprising .. 14. Pony Pony Run Run - Hey You .. 15. Hockey - Too Fake .. 16. Billy Boy on Poison - On My Way .. 2 days ago
- @sportsguy33 9. Telekinesis -- Tokyo .. 10. Lovvers - 100 Flowers .. 11. Fleet Foxes - Mykonos .. 12. Pains of Being Pure at Heart- Young Adult Friction 2 days ago
- @sportsguy33 5. Hockey -- Work ... 6. Phoenix -- 1901 ... 7. Stellastarr* -- Graffiti Eyes ... 8. Blitzen Trapper -- Black River Killer (live) 2 days ago
- @sportsguy33 1. The XX -- Crystallized ... 2. The Thermals -- Now We Can See ... 3. White Lies -- To Lose My Life ... 4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs -- Zero (remix) 2 days ago
- @sportsguy33 Time for my favorite indie/alt songs of 2009, arranged like an I-Mix for an 80-min CD (not ranked in order). All songs released in '09. 2 days ago
- Bill Simmons and Cousin Sal, Mike Lombardi, Aaron Schatz and Chad Millman break down the opening round of the NFL playoffs from every angle. Download | Subscribe | iTunes
- In part one, Bill Simmons, Marc Stein and Ric Bucher recap all the happenings in the NBA season so far.
- In part two, Bill Simmons, Marc Stein and Ric Bucher continue their recap of the NBA season.
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