Bill Simmons's New Site Has A Name And Some New Hires

Posted Feb 18, 2016
Bill Simmons’s new website will be called The Ringer, CNN’s Brian Stelter reported today. It’ll also bring in a bunch of people from Grantland. Simmons’s new venture had already hired a few of his former employees before it settled on a name. (Deadspin)

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