Bill Simmons "The Sports Guy" in Philadelphia TOMORROW

Love him or hate him (we love him), Bill Simmons is one of the most popular, if not the most popular, sports columnists on the Internets. Simmons has penned a new book, The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to the Sports Guy, to be released tomorrow. You can get the book via Amazon for less than 20 bones (or clams or whatever you call them). The book weighs in at right around 700 pages, but don't let that dissuade you from buying it, as Simmons himself said in an interview with the Huffington Post: "If you like my columns, you're going to enjoy the book. At the very least, it's a book that you can stick next to your toilet, read 5 pages at a time and finish five months from now. It will be the best five months of dumping you've ever had. Your colon is going to love this book."

In 2006, Simmons released an anthology of columns from his former "Boston Sports Guy" website and his current ESPN "Sports Guy's World" page relating to the Red Sox and their successful quest to break the curse. (If you don't know what curse, pinch yourself to make sure you're alive or click the link provided.)

Simmons will be at Borders in Center City tomorrow signing his fresh release. You can purchase a copy there and have it signed all in the same day. Or, bring your own and a witty quip for the Sports Guy to emblazon in your book.

Bill Simmons signing The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to the Sports Guy
Borders Books & Music (Broad and Chestnut)
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Free