Episode CXCV: The Internet is Dead. Long Live the Writers of the Internet.

Deadspin.com is dead, and we want to talk about it.

On this edition of the X Millennial Man Podcast we discuss the end of Deadspin, and what will happen when the writers reappear on another part of the internet. ESPN was able to deal with the loss of Bill Simmons, and now Bill Simmons is losing his audience. Why?

Come in for our conversation on why we do not care about websites, we care more about who writes on the website. Download the show for free.

Check out this great article that started this conversation.

Episode L: The X Millennial Man Oral History of the Good, and the Bad, of ESPN

ESPN launched when Generation X was growing up. It gained popularity when the millennials were young. The X Millennial Man looks back on growing up with ESPN in their lives. In the early days ESPN was quite good.. Today? Not so much. Come on in for a listen and remember the good, and the bad, of ESPN.

Big thanks to the book Those Guys Have all the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN by James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales. Go buy it here.

Mini Episode XVIII-2: Why is it so hard to predict the future of football?

Ty makes sports predictions for SeedSing, and they are not always correct. He comes in today to make minor changes to his college and pro football season prognostications. He and RD also discuss why sports predictions seem so wildly off, especially from the professional media.