David Jacoby is a television producer, host, and podcaster. He is a former ESPN broadcaster and producer. [1]
He was the senior producer on the TV show The Grantland Basketball Hour as well as the show It's The Shoes . [1] As a producer for ESPN’s Grantland , he received three Emmy nominations. He was a host on the podcast, radio, and television show Jalen & Jacoby on Grantland, ESPN Radio, and ESPN. He was with ESPN for 23 years before departing the company at the end of 2022.
Jacoby is the co-host of the Ringer Food podcast with Juliet Litman and a regular guest on other Ringer podcasts. [2]
In August 2023, it was announced he would join FS1 where he now co-hosts a show with Craig Carton. [3] This lasted until summer 2024 when the show was reformatted. [4]
He now co-hosts The Mismatch podcast for The Ringer network with Chris Vernon. [5]
William John Simmons III is an American podcaster, sportswriter, and cultural critic who is the founder and CEO of the sports and pop culture website The Ringer. Simmons first gained attention with his website as "The Boston Sports Guy" and was recruited by ESPN in 2001, where he eventually operated the website Grantland and worked until 2015. At ESPN, he wrote for ESPN.com, hosted his own podcast on ESPN.com titled The B.S. Report and was an analyst for two years on NBA Countdown.
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