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Title: Bill Simmons' pitch to Kevin Clark was totally unexpected
Link: Original article on sports.yahoo.com
Region: US
Topics: espn; really; work; bill; illustrated; ringer; pitch; simmons; unexpected; totally; clark; kevin; job; best; york; Bill Simmons; Sports Illustrated; Super Bowl; The Wall Street Journal; Michael Jordan; The Washington Post; The New York Times; The Ringer (website)
Datetime: 6/12/2026, 5:30:25 PM
Summary: Kevin Clark’s first brush with Bill Simmons came and went without leaving a mark, at least for The Sports Guy. “Any job can be the best job in America now,” Clark said, recalling Rolapp’s framing. And the best job in the country was the most powerful beat at the place with the most reach. Contes also asked Clark whether Simmons had ever expressed any reservations about him leaving for ESPN, the network Simmons himself departed under famously contentious circumstances years earlier. “Above my pay grade, thankfully.”The post Bill Simmons’ pitch to Kevin Clark was totally unexpected appeared first on Awful Announcing....

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