Anyone who feels passionately about the issues defining, challenging, or troubling the world of sports has probably read ESPN.com Page 2's Bill Simmons, aka The Sports Guy, for a little relief. My favorite aspect of Bill Simmons' work is his relatively new "Curious Guy" column, which is derived from e-mail exchanges between him and another noteworthy, usually interesting person (Mark Cuban, Chuck Klosterman, Curt Schilling, OC creator Josh Schwartz, etc). The most recent edition of the Curious Guy finds Simmons engaging The New Yorker magazine's Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink and The Tipping Point, in one of the funniest, interesting, and thought-provoking discussions I've read in a long time. I nominate Gladwell to replace Skip Bayless full-time on ESPN.
Here are the links. Print for your next trip down the hall.
The Sports Guy meets Malcolm Gladwell: Part I, Part II
