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Simmons has also written two books, ''Now I Can Die In Peace'' (about the Boston Red Sox' 2004 World Series championship) and ''The Book of Basketball'' (which is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|a book of Simmons' opinions on basketball]]). He was also a writer for ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live]]'' for a time, and served as executive producer for [[E Ss]] ''30 for 30'' documentaries.
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* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: His "[http://proxy.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/020528 Levels of Losing]" column, in which he broke down how bad a loss feels to the team's fans afterwards.
* [[Fan Boy]]: Simmons doesn't hide his biases. The misconception that he's a journalist (he's not - he's a columnist whose job is to express his opinion, not report the news) leads many readers to be annoyed by this.
** He often lampshades how much of a homer he is for Boston sports. He's recently taken to calling himself a "[[The Simpsons (animation)|homersexual]]".
* [[Fanon Discontinuity]]: [[In-Universe|Bill thinks this]] of ''[[The Next Karate Kid]]'' and ''[[Rocky V]]''.
* [[Footnote Fever]]: There are 50 to 100 footnotes in ''each chapter'' of ''The Book of Basketball''.
** And with the launch of Grantland, even his ''internet columns'' have footnotes.
** [http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6855994/revenge Lampshade] [[Lampshade Hanging|hung]]
* [[Full-Name Basis]]: Bernard Karmell Pollard. Bill uses his fill name because it makes him sound like an assassin<ref>
* [[Game of Nerds]]: Kind of. He wrote about being introduced to new statistical analysis methods in baseball and basketball, but he doesn't fully accept the new concepts that challenge conventional wisdom. For example, he still thinks stats like RBI's and pitcher W-L record are meaningful.
** And back when she wrote her opinion, his wife the Sports Gal would call his husband and his buddies' fantasy league The League of Dorks for this and other reasons.
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