Grantland Shutdown

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[Saint Cy of JFC]

True Story. I had the facebook.com/billsimmons name for about two years. I grabbed it in the big facebook land grab figuring that I could cybersquat it just like the old wild west days of the internet.

Nope. Out of nowhere I had my URL seized and was informed that usernames had to be tied to your actual name (there is no such rule in Facebook's TOS). It's pretty clear he complained and decided he wanted the URL and facebook accommodated him. I've never forgiven him. I wanted this to be my twins.com moment.

You should have legally changed your name to Bill Simmons beforehand.

 

[enchilada_style]

Another reason to not like espn

 

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SBNation is alright.

It's alright. It's not as high quality writing as Grantland was though.

You guys should all read the Grantland oral history of the national. It's very entertaining.