The Bill Simmons Podcast
Talking NBA, March Madness, JuJu, MLB and 'The Bachelor' With Callie Curry, Tate Frazier, J. Kyle Mann, and Anthony Dabbundo
25 Mar 2025
The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Callie Curry to discuss some basketball updates about Seth Curry, Doc Rivers, and Stephen Curry (2:34), before discussing 'The Bachelor' franchise approaching an existential crisis, the fundamental problems with the show, potential fixes, and more (23:55). Next, Bill is joined by Tate Frazier and J. Kyle Mann to discuss the state of the NCAA tournament and NIL's rapid impact on college basketball's transfer portal (39:57), before Tate and Kyle give their five favorite storylines heading into the Sweet 16 (01:00:30). Finally, Bill talks with Anthony Dabbundo about his five favorite MLB futures, featuring the Yankees, Red Sox, Braves, Diamondbacks, and more (01:28:33). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Tate Frazier, J. Kyle Mann, Anthony Dabbundo, and Callie Curry Producers: Kyle Crichton and Chia Hao Tat Order Michelob ULTRA today, available on Doordash! ENJOY RESPONSIBLY © 2025 ANHEUSER-BUSCH, MICHELOB ULTRA® LIGHT BEER, ST. LOUIS, MO. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Full Episode
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All of our favorite Boston heist movies that whole weekend. So you can check it out. The ringer.com slash events. Get tickets there. We're also brought to you by the Ringer Podcast Network. Put up a new Rewatchables last night. We did Blue Chips. It was actually one we had kind of talked about before, eight years ago, before we had the category. So we brought it back for the NIL era.
It was me and Van Lathan and Chris Ryan. You can check that out. You can also check out the Prestige TV podcast, White Lotus, Episode 6. We broke that down as well. Speaking of the Prestige TV pod, me and Sean Fantasy and Joanna Robinson on Wednesday did We're going to break down the first couple episodes of the studio, Seth Rogen's new Hollywood show, which we were all really intrigued by.
So that is coming on Prestige as well. And don't forget about FanDuel Sportsbook, where player performance doubles every Tuesday, all the college basketball stuff. And then we have a bunch of A bunch of bets we're going to talk about, not just for college basketball, but for the MLB later. We have Tate Frazier and Kyle Mann coming up.
We're going to talk big picture about March Madness, what we have coming, things we've noticed, favorite things. Then I asked Anthony DeBundo to come on and talk about his five favorite MLB bets heading into a new season. And then last but not least, our old friend Callie Curry is going to come on to talk about the Bachelor franchise. which is in complete disarray. What's going to happen to it?
So yeah, college basketball, baseball, The Bachelor. You're not getting this anywhere else. It's all next. First, our friends from Pearl Jam. All right, Callie Curry is here. You can hear her on the Ringer Reality TV podcast. I haven't talked to you since you've lived in Charlotte for the year. Yeah.
But, you know, it hasn't been a great season, but what would have been your Charlotte NBA impressions?
Bill, I just want to tell everyone, including the listeners, that before the season started, you texted me and said, am I crazy for thinking that Charlotte is a playoff team? I had a lot of injuries. And I said, no, you're not crazy. I think they're going to be better than people think this year. Yeah. They have a chance to get the number one pick if people are not aware.
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