Bill Simmons and Chuck Klosterman chatted earlier this week, and it was predictably awesome. (Go here, and click 1/20.) Among the highlights:
- Klosterman complaining that Michael Phelps only won all those medals because there are 8 different ways to swim and win a medal. They also discussed how certain sports- like basketball- should get bigger Olympic medals, even though athletes never consider the "street value" of the actual gold.
- Simmons' great analogy that America now resembles an NBA team that has been horrible and capped out for years, and that Obama is like the big-name free agent who just signed and we all hope works out. But comparing the country to the Sixers and Obama to Elton Brand was (hopefully) where the analogy breaks down- at this point in their respective careers, Obama looks like a better basketball player than Brand.
- Klosterman's idea that someone will one day write a great biography of Donovan McNabb. Chuck should do it himself, in fact.
I could listen to those guys for 10 hours. Check it out.