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William John Simmons III [1] [2] (born September 25, 1969) [3] [4] is an American podcaster, sportswriter, and cultural critic who is the founder and CEO of the sports and pop culture website The Ringer.
Bill "El Wingador" Simmons in 2019. William Simmons (born November 1, 1961), known as El Wingador, is a competitive eater, author, entrepreneur, speaker and former member of the International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE). Simmons achieved notoriety after winning Philadelphia's Sports Radio 94 WIP's Wing Bowl in January, 1999.
The Ringer was launched in March 2016 by Bill Simmons, who brought along several editors who had previously worked with him on Grantland, an ESPN-owned blog he operated from 2011 to 2015. [2] At launch, the Ringer had a staff of 43 and focused primarily on sports and pop culture as content areas, with a few writers also working on technology ...
Simons was born on 17 November 1940 in Swansea where his father was stationed in the Second World War and he grew up in South Wales until the family moved to North London.He started acting as a child, [4] appearing in the films No Place for Jennifer (1950), Where No Vultures Fly (1951) and West of Zanzibar (1954).
Wildes has appeared on multiple podcasts hosted by Bill Simmons. While with ESPN, Simmons hosted The B.S. Report, on which Wildes appeared. [10] Wildes has also made guest appearances on Simmons' eponymous sports podcast. [11] [12] Wildes contributes to the "Half-Baked Ideas" segment on Simmons' podcast. [3]
The combined net worth of the billionaire list rose to a record $4.6 trillion. However, net gainers (460) barely outnumbered net losers (441, including 7 of the top 20). The list average was a net worth of $3.7 billion. [2]
Titus' blog, and his antics as a player, gained him some attention in the sports media. Titus had many of his followers join him in growing mustaches and pictures were posted on his blog. He appeared on ESPN.com's 'BS Report' with Bill Simmons on March 11, 2009, and again on March 24, 2010. [8]
Barnwell began his sportswriting career while a student at Northeastern University as an intern for Football Outsiders, a football statistics and analysis website. [2] [3] [4] He remained at Football Outsiders until 2011 when he was brought on to write at Grantland, a sports and pop-culture website started by Bill Simmons in affiliation with ESPN.