A strike against the world wide leader

Anyone who knows me, knows I’m a big fan of two people. Bill Simmons, ESPN’s The Sports Guy, and the now South Side Chicago hero Barack Obama. I recently read a blurb where ESPN halted a potential interview between the two for the BS report podcast, which is one of the top rated if not top rated podcasts on iTunes. I definitely feel cheated out of what would promise to be an entertaining interview. Anyone familiar with Bill Simmons’ work knows he is an avid follower of the NBA and frequently invokes Obama campaign catch phrases into his articles, especially during the Sports Guy’s failed attempt at campaigning for the Milwaukee Bucks GM gig. Sen. Obama’s fondness for hoops is well known also. An interview between the two would have been quality entertainment without delving into overtly political themes and could have served the ESPN audience well. Apparently, ESPN was concerned about being to political, which is strange considering the network seems to go out of its why to create controversy in sports. Maybe after all of this election non-sense Bill Simmons and Barack Obama can get an interview together, that has to be a higher level of discussion than the constant yelling of Stephen A Smith…