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Ben Simmons was ruled OUT for Game 4 of the Nets/Celtics series with Boston up 3-0. That’s a bummer. Had he played, he could have become the first player in NBA history to be eliminated from the playoffs in two consecutive games.

We tried to be fair to Simmons during his Sixers tenure, which was tough. He did a lot of excellent things for the team, but never improved his offensive game and then forced a trade because he’s a soft crybaby quitter. Now it seems like the blue checkmarks, many of whom blamed Philadelphia fans for running him out of town, are now realizing this.

Reggie Miller

Cmon MAN!!! Out for Game 4 when it was rumored you were going to make your debut. This dude has ZERO competitive 🔥.. As small a chance as the Nets have to come back in this series, you still have KD and Kyrie, all you need is to win ONE game and take it from there.. #ManUp pic.twitter.com/Y5smcnQkqZ

— Reggie Miller (@ReggieMillerTNT) April 24, 2022

Perk

Ben Simmons has officially completed the biggest heist in NBA history. He really sat out an entire season! Carry on…

— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) April 24, 2022

Bill Simmons

Ben Simmons now targeting Game 7 or Game 8. Details to come.

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) April 24, 2022

Colin Cowturd

Ben Simmons out for game 4. Man, heartbreaking to lose a reliable teammate in crisis.

— Colin Cowherd (@ColinCowherd) April 24, 2022

Pat McAfee

I’m so confused by the Ben Simmons

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) April 24, 2022

Damien Woody

This Ben Simmons fiasco is crazy. Like bruh…u have all offseason to deal with whatever u got going on 🤦🏾‍♂️

— Damien Woody (@damienwoody) April 24, 2022

Tierney from WFAN

Ben Simmons is everything that is wrong with the NBA.

— Brandon Tierney (@BrandonTierney) April 24, 2022

(Tierney isn’t really national media but whatever, he’s a non-Philly blue checkmark)

Zach Harper

“I’m 5 minutes away.” — Ben Simmons to Game 4

— Zach Harper (@talkhoops) April 24, 2022

Kevin Clark

Everytime I see a Ben Simmons update–about anything–I am legitimately shocked he does not play for the Orlando Magic.

— Kevin Clark (@bykevinclark) April 24, 2022

The one and only Iron Sheik

BEN SIMMONS NEXT TIME I SEE YOU I SHOW YOU WHAT A BAD BACK LOOK LIKE JABRONI pic.twitter.com/Qs3BZvNlT2

— The Iron Sheik (@the_ironsheik) April 25, 2022

It’s funny to watch it all unfold. Sixers fans showed Ben a ton of support during the early part of his career. Yes, he was a polarizing player because of the offensive game/lack of shooting thing, but they were fair before they were ever unfair. When he asked out, a lot of doofus blue checkmarks blamed Philly fans for “running him out of town” or whatever that take was, and now they are realizing that Ben is a jabroni and it wasn’t anything that Philadelphia did to him.

Good morning.

EDIT –

Missed one:

Ben weak af for that shit!! Still hope he have a great career but damn in the playoffs 🤦🏾‍♂️

— Darius Slay (@bigplay24slay) April 25, 2022

The post National Media and Assorted Blue Checkmarks Now Realizing that Ben Simmons is a Loser appeared first on Crossing Broad.

Take a second and reflect: How wild is it that there’s a movie in theaters right now whose basic premise is “Jude Law and Mads Mikkelson are exes waging a clandestine magical war to work out the baggage of their relationship,” and yet somehow, no one actually seems to give a shit?

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More like No Man’s Sky of Thieves, am I right??

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II lead the high-speed heist movie

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Clear!

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Michael Bay’s undeniable technical proficiency—and to action-movie fans, his charmingly old-fashioned storytelling sensibilities—can be extremely seductive, at least when it comes to luring moviegoers into theaters. More often than not, however, those elements produce some combination of a sugar hangover and full-on…

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‘Cops love my movies’

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Apple TV+’s new sci-fi/horror/drama/thriller series Severance came at a perfect time, with many Americans reconsidering their jobs and the crushing misery that every job inevitably turns into, as the series offered a chilling glimpse into a world where people take desperate measures in order to make their work life…

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Not that the Starscourge was ‘weak’ to begin with

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Carson Wentz entered his introductory press conference with the Commies on Thursday dressed like a hot dog:

pic.twitter.com/rhyYi0UG3u

— Benjamin Solak (@BenjaminSolak) March 17, 2022

Is Carson Wentz a sandwich? https://t.co/x93Fv4vQI7

— Cat Scratch Reader (@CatScratchReadr) March 17, 2022

The only Gold Jacket Carson Wentz will ever wear pic.twitter.com/Fny2EmaXkC

— Bobby Shouse (@B_Shousejr) March 17, 2022

Who did it better

Carson Wentz or this hot dog pic.twitter.com/D4bc6aK5Cg

— Whistle (@WhistleSports) March 17, 2022

Rough 48 hours for Carson Wentz and style. Late Wednesday, he got roasted for looking like the guy who still wears his letterman jacket from winning state at the 10 year reunion:

This guy eats all the pigs in a blanket at the 10 year reunion pic.twitter.com/Y55q5uknRk

— Kyle (@KyleWooderboys) March 16, 2022

Carson Wentz looks like he just got profiled by the New York Times in a story about refinery layoffs https://t.co/9WBp6IjuIX

— Jacson A. Bevens (@JacsonBevens) March 17, 2022

The biggest punching bags in the NFL right now:

1. Carson Wentz
2. Eli Apple
3. Kirk Cousins
4. Aaron Rodgers
5. Russell Wilson

The post Carson Wentz Looking Like a Hot Dog at His Commies Press Conference appeared first on Crossing Broad.

BING BONG! –

Dropping "Bing Bong" before playing the song last night was next level. Vibes were immaculate last night in South Philly. 😎#FearTheBeard | #TrustTheProcess pic.twitter.com/4FEBJDio2G

— The Liberty Line (@LibertyLinePHL) March 3, 2022

“Bing bong” became this New York sports catch phrase. It’s the sound the NYC subway doors make when they’re closing.

Anyway, whomever is in charge of playing the song after a win deserves a fat raise. The Bing Bong soundbite before the crowd breaks into 10, 9, 8, 76ers. That’s Joel Embiid final boss-level trolling right there. Everyone was on their game yesterday. The Sixers arena staff. The 2nd half Sixers. Even Doc’s rotations didn’t make me want to pull my hair out. The crowd last night though brought it! You had two of the hottest girls in Philly hanging out:

Two Philly 10’s pic.twitter.com/Hd4cOGtgNP

— The Wooderboys (@wooderboys) March 3, 2022

These girls aren’t buying one beer at Xfinity tonight pic.twitter.com/1iQOtGLNry

— The Wooderboys (@wooderboys) March 3, 2022

Matt Cord set the tone early:

Sixers fans showing love to Harden in Philly 🔥

(via @NBCSPhilly)pic.twitter.com/c74rAweG8Q

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 3, 2022

Hey Washington Commies, that’s how you build a railing with proper structural support:

Embiid’s dad was there with the 6th Man and Meek Mill. I’ve never met a dad who is ready for a picture on the first try:

via 76ersixthman IG

Meek’s sinking 35 footers from his seats:

Sixers found their buyout player. Meek Mill with that Steph Curry range. pic.twitter.com/JXYfrxZbOh

— Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) March 3, 2022

Sixers fans are creating a “movie” like atmosphere for James Harden:

"It was a movie, everything I expected it to be"

James Harden on his home debut in Philly and the @sixers fans! pic.twitter.com/L6PkYA9vJ2

— NBA (@NBA) March 3, 2022

The Sixers are firing on all cylinders right now. Let’s go get a fucking Larry!

BING BONG! –

BING BONG pic.twitter.com/oB7zFxozWG

— The Wooderboys (@wooderboys) March 3, 2022

The post The Sixers Trolled the Knicks With a Well-Placed “Bing Bong” appeared first on Crossing Broad.

Commutes are already killer enough, so why not try a sleek bullet train full of bloodthirsty assassins? That seems to be the sentiment in the trailer for Sony Pictures’ Bullet Train, a fresh action comedy starring Brad Pitt and directed by former stuntman turned action film aficionado David Leitch (Deadpool 2, Atomic…

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Some interesting news from the limited series Justified reboot, City Primeval, this evening, as Deadline reports that Quentin Tarantino—you know, the movie guy!—is supposedly in talks to direct one or two episodes of Timothy Olyphant’s return to the Raylan Givens part.

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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom attempted a rather weird genre shift for the Jurassic series, spending half of its runtime as a standard dinosaur-filled island adventure before transitioning into a horror movie-esque nightmare in a haunted house—though the house was just haunted by a ridiculous sci-fi dinosaur monster…

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Not all detective partners are created equal

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Loooooöoooooong

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Heat sequel/prequel was once in very early development at Borderlands developer Gearbox

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You haven’t lived until you’ve played Uncharted at 120 fps

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Stop making superhero movies so long!

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N64 Zelda sequel drops in February

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Limited series will be based on Elmore Leonard’s City Primeval

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Easy to learn, but just hard enough

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In the 2010s, Jack Reacher became a secondary franchise for America’s greatest action star Tom Cruise. Another way to show off Cruise’s incredible stunt work, the Jack Reacher movies got dinged by fans for, well, casting a man of Cruise’s stature to play Reacher. In Lee Child’s bestselling series of paperbacks,…

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A little Knives Out reunion is now in the works with No Time To Die’s Ana de Armas joining Apple’s Ghosted opposite Chris Evans after Scarlett Johansson had to exit the project due to scheduling conflicts. Instead of being at odds with one another like their characters in Knives Out, de Armas and Evans will now play…

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Him:

It's wild to think back to those early days at The Athletic. I think there were 4 cities launched when I signed on. No national staff. No name recognition. Having a role in building out and launching @TheAthleticPHI will always be an experience I think back on and cherish.

— Derek Bodner (@DerekBodnerNBA) December 3, 2021

Special thanks to the editors who had to deal with me, especially @petesweigard, @ShotDrJr and @thatgonzalez. I'm sorry for….well, everything lol. But I appreciate that y'all were there to turn tell me when I was crazy and to make me better.

— Derek Bodner (@DerekBodnerNBA) December 3, 2021

Derek notes that Rich Hofmann is continuing with The Athletic, so the formerly three-man Sixers crew is down to one. It was originally Derek and Rich as full-time writers with Mike O’Connor contributing on a part-time basis. Mike moved over to RTRS in 2020 and writes articles on the podcast’s website.

Obviously there’s been a lot of recent news about The Athletic, which is exploring a sale. The site began in 2016 with a subscription-only model, and raised millions and millions of dollars through various rounds of fundraising. They expanded vigorously, so much so that you wondered who wasn’t joining The Athletic back in the day. But in recent years the whole thing has levelled off a bit, and in a recent Bloomberg article, Gerry Smith and Lucas Shaw write the following:

The San Francisco-based company, which is unprofitable and under growing pressure from investors to deliver a return, is currently exploring a sale, seeking a price of $600 million to $800 million, according to two people familiar with the matter. The New York Times did not reach a deal with the startup recently after crunching the numbers and assessing the value of The Athletic at less than $500 million, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations. Another reported suitor, the sports-betting company FanDuel, has also said it isn’t interested. (Disclosure: Bloomberg News previously had a subscription partnership with The Athletic, which is no longer active). 

To date, The Athletic has raised nearly $140 million from a range of investors, including Comcast Ventures, Waverley Capital and Laurene Powell Jobs’ Emerson Collective. In October, The Information reported that The Athletic has enough cash to cover its needs for about the next eight months.

So they have to figure something out on the business side at The Athletic.

But anyway, Derek is a fantastic basketball mind, and I’m not just saying that because I sat next to him at the games. There’s a reason he got the “Godner” nickname, and he’ll have his pick of media outlets to work with, assuming he wants to continue in sports journalism. He was actually an information technology/computer guy before getting into writing. He had a gig at Philly Mag, and then Philly Mag got rid of all of their sports coverage for whatever dumb reason. So Derek went independent for a bit and then turned that into this most recent gig.

The post Derek “Godner” Bodner Leaving The Athletic appeared first on Crossing Broad.

Former Sixer JJ Redick recently retired from the NBA to pursue a broadcasting career. He’s been pretty good on ESPN so far. Refreshingly honest and educated. It’s almost as if he played 15 years in the league!

Here he is calling bullshit on Stephen A Smith (the second video clip is what we’re focused on, but watch the first one to add some context) –

JJ Reddick just told @stephenasmith, "I dont know if you actually believe what you are saying!" Then SAS tried to say, when you watch the game.. JJ said, No, I played the game, Im telling you that you are wrong"

They gonna get rid of him like Max Kellerman. #FirstTake pic.twitter.com/0wydLfKPVQ

— HGIC (@HGIC_) November 23, 2021

lol

Redick sealed his fate. Stephen A is gonna get him kicked off the show, same way Max Kellerman got the boot.

Nice run for JJ on First Take, though. He’s just telling the truth. And Stephen A can’t handle the truth! He ordered the code red!

“You don’t want the truth because deep down in places you don’t talk about at parties, you want me on that wall — you need me on that wall.”

The post Stephen A Smith is Gonna Get JJ Redick Booted from First Take appeared first on Crossing Broad.

Well well, it looks like someone within Amazon Prime HQ has figured out the key to Jeff Bezos’ heart: space operas and adaptations. We know the pointlessly rich space-dork loved The Expanse so much that he personally fought to save it from cancellation, and we know that he wanted a Game Of Thrones so bad that he’s…

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Are we having fun yet? Well, we’re about to, because Starz officially gave the green-light to bring back Party Down! Rob Thomas’ decision to work on a Party Down revival was initially announced back in March of this year, and now Starz announced that the beloved series returns with six episodes.

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