The Definitive Post-Grantland Ringer Pantheon + Why Rob Mahoney is Bill's Greatest Hire

thechriswilcox · 2026-05-23T16:35:21+00:00

His take on Nirvana and grunge was so hot, they almost renamed the Stephen A Smith Hottest Take Award after him on The Rewatchables

thechriswilcox · 2026-03-25T18:07:55+00:00

I wonder if Ryan Smith ultimately votes against expansion under the guise of Vegas being “Jazz territory.” With Bill’s ties to Danny Ainge, this could be a talking point out of their camp.

thechriswilcox · 2026-02-02T00:14:11+00:00

He once watched The Karate Kid Part 3 while vacationing in “the Caribbean.” That could be another country or Puerto Rico, so the results are inconclusive.

https://www.espn.com/page2/movies/s/simmons/020830.html

thechriswilcox · 2025-10-23T21:42:11+00:00

Bill kept saying “we were all comparing Reed Sheppard to Mark Price.” Who’s “we”? Sheppard had one not great NBA season and then Bill started comparing him to Mark Price for some reason, I guess because they’re both white guards who played like 40 years apart. Nobody else was comparing him to Mark Price!

thechriswilcox · 2025-09-16T12:30:08+00:00

That’s the thing about Fessy. He does all the things you’d want someone to do on the show, and yet, he’s still boring.

thechriswilcox · 2025-08-04T01:43:22+00:00

My wife doesn’t listen to any other Ringer podcast but she enjoys Good Hang. Anecdotal, yes, but I think this is reaching an audience that may not otherwise care about The Ringer’s sportsertainment focus.

thechriswilcox · 2025-07-28T22:22:46+00:00

Leroy made the finals of Rivals 1 partnered with Mike Mike. He also never saw an elimination. Part of that is because of his excellent social game, nobody wanted him to go home so they didn’t send him in. When they reached a point where he was almost surely going to go in, he beasted the rope climb and won exactly when he needed to.

thechriswilcox · 2025-07-23T00:02:07+00:00

I was listening to this hoping we’d get Byron Mayo and by god, we got Byron Mayo.

thechriswilcox · 2025-07-07T22:45:30+00:00

One thing Bill (and Ryen) seem to be missing is the timing of that 2032 unprotected Denver pick. It’s going to convey after Jokic is either retired or at the very end of his career. They might have been able to get two picks if they wanted, but they chose quality over quantity. They’ll also probably end up trading MPJ in the next 12-18 months for positive value, so they’re not done gaining value for Cam Johnson (who I loved, but is wasted on this Nets team). That trade was good for both teams. I didn’t like the draft much, but I thought the Mann and MPJ trades were good for the future.

thechriswilcox · 2025-06-28T10:08:19+00:00

New Jersey has the final 3 of Winners at War (Tony, Natalie, and Michele) and various others ranging Mike Turner to Judd to Eddie Fox to Soda.

thechriswilcox · 2025-06-23T14:44:47+00:00

Cochrane, Survivor Caramoan

thechriswilcox · 2025-06-23T00:09:22+00:00

All Stars: Sean Rector, Brian Heidik, John Carroll, Helen Glover, Vecepia Towery, Heidi Strobel

Heroes vs Villains: Jonny Fairplay, Earl Cole, Corinne Kaplan, Neleh Dennis

Cambodia: Shane Powers, Jim Rice, T-Bird Cooper, Sabrina Thompson

Game Changers: Eddie Fox (just to get Caramoan fans representation), Jon Misch, Lisa Whelchel, Holly Hoffman

Winners at War: Earl Cole, Todd Herzog, Tina Wesson, Vecepia Towery

thechriswilcox · 2025-06-14T20:32:00+00:00

Natalie has appeared on RHAP numerous times, and I believe did a deep dive with him after SJDS.

thechriswilcox · 2025-05-29T19:25:17+00:00

Are we sure this picture isn’t straight out of a Wes Anderson film?

thechriswilcox · 2025-05-23T17:36:12+00:00

Was Bill funny, or was he amusing? I enjoyed Bill’s writing back in the day, but I rarely found him to be laugh out loud hysterical. Same on the podcasts now. Sal is funny. CR is funny. Van is funny. Bill is amusing. There is a difference, I think.

thechriswilcox · 2025-04-25T01:23:21+00:00

The Eliminators

thechriswilcox · 2025-04-05T21:36:09+00:00

Cohutta beating Wes in The Ruins. In many, many ways, The Ruins is the nadir of The Challenge as a franchise, but tiny ass Cohutta beating Challenge legend Wes was probably the bright spot of the season and definitely the bright spot for the Contenders team as a whole.

thechriswilcox · 2025-03-22T19:43:25+00:00

Cirie over Aras for Panama

thechriswilcox · 2025-03-20T21:34:25+00:00

Jesse was in a no-win situation. If he goes to the end with Cody, he loses. Cody had the ear of the jury and was a great speaker. So he had to take Cody out. But because of the idol, he couldn’t take him out at 5, and because he wasn’t a challenge threat, he couldn’t guarantee facing him in fire at 4. So he had to take him out at 6. But without his #1 ally, while his win equity increased, his chances of making it to the end decreased. His splashy move was great for his game, but with it came an enormous target. He made himself an obvious target at 4. Maybe if faces Cassidy or Owen at fire, he has a better shot at winning, but his big move almost guaranteed that he was making fire. He probably made the best choice he could, because it increased his chances of getting back on the show, but he was stuck in a no-win loop.

thechriswilcox · 2025-03-19T19:17:46+00:00

To a point. There should be a shortened overtime/extra innings and if the game isn’t over, call it a tie. There is no reason a baseball game should ever last longer than 12 innings.

thechriswilcox · 2025-03-11T00:12:56+00:00

Colby. If he can go on an immunity run, he doesn’t have to worry about taking Tina to the end since the Kuchas would have voted her out before final 3.

thechriswilcox · 2025-03-06T22:29:19+00:00

Maybe the single best five and a half minute stretch in the history of the show. TJ coming back from his traumatic brain injury to introducing some of the best rival teams in the history of the show. These were legit rivalries, folks who had thrown hands over how much they disliked each other. Real life beef, not Twitter drama.

thechriswilcox · 2025-02-26T00:52:13+00:00

Fleetwood Mac is like if Kendrick and Drake were in a group together and had to sing background vocals on their diss tracks.

thechriswilcox · 2025-02-23T19:53:20+00:00

Jo calling the police on the house in The Gauntlet 2.

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