So I'm curious to know if any of you on OS don't care for him or his writing, and any reasoning you may have.
Rick Reilly
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Rick Reilly
I got into Rick Reilly's <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/archives/rick_reilly/">archives</a href> for the zillionth time, and my mind started boggling at the concept of anyone, let alone a sports fan, disliking the guy.
So I'm curious to know if any of you on OS don't care for him or his writing, and any reasoning you may have.Tags: None -
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SI hasn't been the same without him. I always looked forward to his column every week and now I rarely even look at that page. -
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loved Riley`s columns. you should give a couple of his books a try i enjoyed Who`s Your Caddy, Shanks For Nothing, Hate Mail For Cheerleaders was good toComment
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I also looked up to him as a journalist.....Also let my SI run its course without the renewal.
So uh....pretty influential guy eh?Comment
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Re: Rick Reilly
I havent read much of his stuff for a couple of years now, but for me he was hit or miss. His stuff was usually good, but he sometimes came across as a bit condescending. I think it was him bashing soccer that made me dislike him, and also him telling Sosa to pee in a cup was ridiculously insulting. It still blows my mind how Americans can bash soccer, but still love nascar.Comment
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"It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
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