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# Daring to ask the PED question

From [Bill Simmons' Best Columns](https://listium.com/@tobias1/44020/bill-simmons-best-columns)  
By [tobias (@tobias1)](https://listium.com/@tobias1)

List stats: 6730 views · 0 likes  
Published 25 July 2019 · Updated 13 August 2019

Category: sports / basketball

- Date: 2013
- Notes: In this column, Simmons addresses another form of writerly anxiety that journalists wrestle with: Are we doing our best to present the best obtainable version of the truth? For Simmons, the question boils down to a conflict between his raw sensibilities as a sports fan and his reputation as a fixture in the sports journalism community. That tension grows more acute as he considers whether to write about performance enhancing drugs, which he finally does.
- Link: [http://grantland.com/features/daring-ask-ped-question/](http://grantland.com/features/daring-ask-ped-question/)
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