Twitter reacts to the death of Grantland
By John Buhler
Twitter is not happy about ESPN’s decision to end the publication of sports/pop culture website Grantland
ESPN decided it was in the company’s best interest to cease publication on Grantland.com Friday. Grantland was the brain child of former writer Bill Simmons, as an innovative way to combine both sports and pop culture. Simmons’ departure from ESPN was the beginning of the end for the sports/pop culture website.
As you would expect, this news isn’t setting well with the Twitterverse.
I loved everyone I worked with at G and loved what we built. Watching good/kind/talented people get treated so callously = simply appalling.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) October 30, 2015
Cancel that Lowe Post, @coachthorpe. Tuesday column was gonna be fun, too. Return of the 10 Things I Like and Don't Like!
— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) October 30, 2015
/turns phone off
— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) October 30, 2015
So both the two most notable former members of Grantland, Editor-In-Chief Bill Simmons and NBA expert Zach Lowe are not pleased with ESPN’s decision.
Teams are also paying respect to the publication, like the Atlanta Hawks.
Big thank you to everyone at @Grantland33 for writing about and covering us. ❤ all of you. pic.twitter.com/uEf8FuGOF0
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) October 30, 2015
Other writers are going to miss the collective assortment of writing talent in one place.
Best wishes to all the talented Grantland writers/editors who got caught in the crossfire of silly industry politics. They deserved better.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) October 30, 2015
People are even questioning ESPN’s logic in stopping Grantland, but keeping a show like First Take.
Grantland dies but First Take continues to drop feces on a regular basis. Hate you, ESPN
— local bIogger (@fergoe) October 30, 2015
You really have to wonder about a company that loves "First Take" and kills Grantland.
— Joe Sheehan (@joe_sheehan) October 30, 2015
Overall, this isn’t a good day for sports journalism or for fans that just wanted to read something a little different.