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Going to the 'Brink'

By Bill Simmons
Page 2 columnist

Thursday, March 7, 2002

Rarely -- not often, but rarely -- this isn't the greatest gig in the world. Yes, I actually get paid to write just three columns a week. Yes, I work mostly out of my own house. Yes, I covered a championship fight in Vegas and spent nine days in New Orleans for the Super Bowl. Yes, I've successfully completed a three-step handshake with Stuart Scott, called John Buccigross "Booch" and shadowboxed in the ESPN newsroom with an overmatched Brian Kenny. But it's not all peaches and cream, folks. L ...

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