If you are missing Grantland, there is still hope. Bill Simmons’ new site ‘The Ringer’ looks like it is shaping up to be an absolute beast, and they announced a bunch of great hires on Monday. You can see the list below which were announced via The Ringer’s official Twitter account. Already announced were Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, Mallory Rubin, Juliet Litman, Bryan Curtis, Danny Chau, Riley McAtee, Craig Gaines, Ryan O’Hanlon, Amanda Dobbins, and Joe Fuentes.
We're announcing some new members of the Ringer team this morning. #RingerFreeAgency
— The Ringer (@ringer) March 14, 2016
Kicking off signing day with an old friend. @KatieBakes's back! Sports, tech, culture, love, Rangers, Giants; she will be all over the site.
— The Ringer (@ringer) March 14, 2016
Maester Jason Concepcion (@netw3rk) joins our team for #GOT, @NBA, and a lot more #AsktheMaester. (HINT: Sign up for our newsletter.)
— The Ringer (@ringer) March 14, 2016
Clever, incisive, and talented, @allisonPDavis joins us from New York Mag’s The Cut. She'll be a regular cultural critic & feature writer.
— The Ringer (@ringer) March 14, 2016
All-around Internet wiz Jason Gallagher (@jga41agher), fresh off a stint with the @DetroitPistons, will be serving your viral video needs.
— The Ringer (@ringer) March 14, 2016
Covering culture and sports, Sam Donsky (@danceremix) is a unique writer coming to us from The Players' Tribune. Sorry, Derek Jeter.
— The Ringer (@ringer) March 14, 2016
We are pumped to be bolstering our TV coverage with the gifted Alison Herman (@aherman2006), who is joining us from Flavorwire.
— The Ringer (@ringer) March 14, 2016
Tech is going to be an important part of the site, so we're thrilled to welcome Molly McHugh (@iammollymchugh), coming over from Wired.
— The Ringer (@ringer) March 14, 2016
LA native and former GQ editor Sam Schube (@SamSchube) is coming home to work with us on the culture desk.
— The Ringer (@ringer) March 14, 2016
Internships DO pay off. Megan Schuster (@megschuster) was an intern at Grantland. Now she's a researcher on our copy desk.
— The Ringer (@ringer) March 14, 2016
Did you think Simmons wasn’t going to have more basketball writers? Jonathan Tjarks (@jonathantjarks) is on the team covering hoops.
— The Ringer (@ringer) March 14, 2016
Last (for now) but not least: Lindsay Zoladz (@lindsayzoladz) brings her award-winning talents to us as a critic and feature writer.
— The Ringer (@ringer) March 14, 2016
If we missed a few please let us know.
