Four Leave ESPN's Grantland To Join Bill Simmons

On the third episode of Bill Simmons’s podcast, Simmons had former Grantland movie critic Wesley Morris on. They talked about movies in a particularly Simmonsy way (there was an extended De Niro vs. Pacino passage), and, more intriguingly, got onto the topic of Simmons’s rise and fall at Grantland. The host had sharp words for ESPN, claiming that they never pushed traffic his way and that the site was chronically understaffed.

Both former Grantlanders, though, waxed nostalgic about the site’s culture, and Simmons said he would miss working with all his Grantland pals. Lo and behold, he may get his wish. On Friday night, James Andrew Miller tweeted that four Grantland staffers had handed in resignation letters and were headed off to join Simmons ... somewhere.