The latest edition of the B.S. Report features Bill Simmons interviewing his “bitter rival” Rick Reilly. Simmons and Reilly talk about golf, their contrasting writing style, the blogosphere and much, much more in a 45 minute podcast.

The only moment of friction seemed to be when Reilly called out Simmons on his criticism of traditional writers squandering their access in the press box, with Reilly ripping Simmons for not being there to judge them for himself. They went back and forth on the issue, and having been on both sides of this one, I completely agreed with Reilly. The amount of information that is gotten during a game is minuscule compared to what is gathered pregame, postgame and during the commercials. Access is vital for a beat writer, and the closer to the action you are, the more you can understand the news story you are covering.

Unfortunately for many bloggers, there was no “feud” to speak of, and the two seemed to genuinely get along together.

Don’t count on the two of them hosting Pardon the Interruption 2.0 together, but any talk of a feud between them should be pretty much put to rest. Clearly they have different views on sports and journalism, but that doesn’t mean that you have to be feuding with a colleague who does different things in the business.

Like any good piece of radio or podcast, as it were, the 45 minutes went fast, therefore it’s a solid piece of media.

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