Sports Illustrated report: Bill Simmons will not appear again on any ESPN platform

Bill Simmons
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Bill Simmons is done at ESPN, according to a Friday report from Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch.

ESPN announced last week that it would not renew Simmons' contract when it expired in September. The Grantland editor-in-chief and longtime sports columnist has refused all interview requests since the news broke, but Simmons reportedly sent an email to his Grantland staffers earlier this week informing them that he would not be producing any more content for the site. Deitsch reports that Simmons will "also no longer do podcasts or appear on television for ESPN."

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Sarah Eberspacher

Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.