Five days ago a young man kisses his wife good-bye. He climbs aboard an old vintage plane with his buddies. He and they are catapulted back through time and lands right in the middle of a world at war. D-Day, Normandy! He watches his friends die. He is not a soldier but learns how to be one. He learns to fight. He Learns to survive.
Bill Simmons is a sports columnist, author, and TV personality. He rose to prominence as a columnist for ESPN's online 'Page 3' forum, before becoming editor in chief for Grantland, a sports and pop culture website and ESPN affiliate.
After a dispute with ESPN in 2015, Simmons began working with HBO; both developing a television show and continuing his podcast.