Bill Simmons unloads on ESPN bosses for firing Zach Lowe: âWho is in charge?â
Former ESPN columnist Bill Simmons piled onto the avalanche that has collapsed on the âWorldwide Leaderâ for firing Zach Lowe on Thursday. Simmons said on â The Bill Simmons Podcast â that the Worldwide Leader âlost its soulâ when it fired his close friend Lowe, whom the Ringer founder employed at his ESPN vertical, Grantland, from 2011-15.