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Disney's ESPN Suspends Grantland Website After Simmons Exit
- Network says it will honor contracts, redeploy the writers
- Decision won't affect FiveThirtyEight or new sports-race blog
William 'Bill' Simmons, editor-in-chief of Grantland.com, speaks during a panel discussion at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas, on March 8, 2014.
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Walt Disney Co.’s ESPN sports network is shutting down the Grantland sports and pop culture blog founded in 2011 by commentator Bill Simmons.
“After careful consideration, we have decided to direct our time and energy going forward to projects that we believe will have a broader and more significant impact across our enterprise,” ESPN said Friday in a statement.