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Media Meltdowns
Next Thing You Know, They'll Play La Marseillaise For Andy Roddick
Andy Murray is British, so naturally, he's the local favorite at Wimbledon. Hey, that would make for a sappy Rick Reilly video essay, complete with "Das Deutschlandlied," the British national anthem, as background music. More »
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By Ben CohenComment by StanGable: You're both wrong. Everyone knows "Night Rocker" is the German national anthem 2 Responses | Other threads
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rick reilly
Rick Reilly Before He Was Rick Reilly®
Once upon a time, before he was a walking Father's Day card, before his writing became a neverending telethon for the blind and the deaf, the palsied and the pinkieless, the one-armed and the no-legged, Rick Reilly was really good.
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By Tommy CraggsComment by ArkansasFred: Let's play a game: What was the wildly speculative SI cover story on the dates each of those columns... 15 Responses | Other threads
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announcements
Guest-Editing A Sports Blog Is Like Flossing A Crocodile
Hi, my name is Josh and I'm the sports editor at Slate. You may remember me from such counterintuitive articles as "Joe Buck: American hero" and "Jason McElwain: He's probably not autistic, and that other team sucked at defense anyway." More »
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By Josh LevinComment by David Hume: That photo is actually from Reilly's forthcoming free jazz album, Shades Of Beige... Approaching The Brown Note 4 Responses | Other threads
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Media Meltdowns
Trademark Wit: Rick Reilly Has Officially Turned Himself Into A Brand
Have a look at Rick Reilly's latest. Notice anything new? No, silly, it's not the jokes. Look closer.
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Rick Reilly Takes A Page From His Own Book
Last year, ESPN paid Rick Reilly "ridonkulous" money to write an original 800-word weekly column. This week, though, he utilized his space to present a recycled version of a column he penned in 2003.
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By Ben CohenComment by FozzieBear: This isn't to say that Reilly's criticisms aren't valid It's not? Than can I say it? Reilly's criticism's aren't valid. In... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Simmons and Reilly, Together As Never Before
Surprising announcement from Bill Simmons during his WEEI radio interview this morning: He'll have Rick Reilly on his podcast "soon." He then goes on to describe their relationship at the WWL. Aw, cute. More »
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Comment by Gourmet Spud: Excerpt from podcast: Simmons: So...why have you been acting so messed up towards me?Reilly: Why have you been acting so messed... 7 Responses | Other threads
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Rick Reilly Scooped On The Blind Basketball Player
I knew that Rick Reilly blind free throw shooter story sounded familiar (and not because of Twitter.) That's because it was in the Delaware County Daily Times (and our tip box) three weeks ago. [DelcoTimes.com]
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Comment by Sports-Pun: To be fair though, the Rick Reilly piece was alot cornea.. 7 Responses | Other threads
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Media Meltdowns
Rick Reilly Or Rick Rielly?
Just a couple days after the Twitter police silenced the "Rick Rielly" we'd all come to know and love, the real Rick Reilly writes a column that's absurdly Rielly-esque.
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By DAULERIOComment by Rick_James_Crack_Pipe: Thins I'd rather do than read that bland garbage by Rick Reilly: 1) Slam my dick in a drawer. 7 Responses | Other threads
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twitter sucks
Rick Reilly Doesn’t Appreciate Your Phony Twitter Feed
Love Twitter, do you? Think it's all the rage? Well, let me tell you a story about Twitter that will SHOCK AND ALARM YOU. More »
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By Drew MagaryComment by Weed Against Speed: Well done, gentlemen. Well done. And Drew, you should call the new site "Clitter". You know, for kids. 6 Responses | Other threads
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25 Random Things About Rick Reilly. Really.
Rick Reilly detests blogs, but loves Facebook apparently. Oh, and posting on his own blog (not a blog!) "Go Fish" where he publishes "occasional and random mind dumps from the brain of Rick Reilly." More »
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By DAULERIOComment by Jubilation T. Cornpone: "26. Stubby Kaye is the coolest guy I ever met. Nicely nicely guy." 4 Responses | Other threads
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Rick Reilly, Bloggers, Jesus, and You
Dr. Will Brinson wants to know if bloggers really hate Jesus, as one Rick Reilly seems to think. Head on over to Brahsome and take his pole. I mean poll. It's for science. SCIENCE! [Brahsome]
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By Pete GainesComment by J-No: I think God is dead. The sign of a true Catholic. 5 Responses | Other threads
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super bowl xliii
Larry Fitzgerald Sr. And Rick Reilly Both Thank Slate Writer For Punchbowl Turd
Fitzgerald Sr.: "Negatives come from haters. They can believe in whatever they want to believe in." Reilly: "Looks like someone just got a new search button and decided to use it." [CNBC]
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By DAULERIOComment by Bobby Big Wheel: Reilly is so bad even Peter King is (tangentially) calling him out: "I think this is the most overdone story of... 3 Responses | Other threads
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ESPN Still Protecting Simmons And Reilly From The Ragged Commentariat
In case you're wondering, no, ESPN still has no plans to add comments to Rick Reilly's or the Sports Guy's columns in the foreseeable future. As this email exchange with CBS Sports indicates. More »
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Comment by Kid Canada: February 1, 2007 - a glaring omission from the DSHOF. 4 Responses | Other threads
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ESPN Is Officially Trying To Get Rick Reilly To Do More
WWL multi-media superstar Rick Reilly's been busy with many new ESPN projects lately, but apparently it still isn't enough to justify his expensive paycheck. More »
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By DAULERIOComment by Dany Heatley Speedwagon: Oh my GOD the comment feature is open for this! 5 Responses | Other threads
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DUAN!
Prepare For More In-Your-Face Rick Reilly Goodness
Not content to just have him go to beer pong tournaments and chat with old friends in gymnasiums, ESPN has decided to give America more Rick Reilly: Behold, the SportsCenter Mt. Rushmore of Sports. More »
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By DAULERIOComment by Andy Hutchins: Tebow has 100 total TDs. Apropos of nothing, just shocking. 91 Responses | Other threads
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ricardo montalban
Rick Reilly's Beer Pong Adventure Brings Predictable Results
Oh, and "Chase's Mom ATM" is probably not a joke about the bank. In other old guy news — diabolical madman who hired Reggie Jackson to kill Queen Elizabeth now dead. [ESPN The Mag]
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By DAULERIOComment by Her?: Well if Rick Reilly declares that this is the next national pastime ... then I accidentally fell into a Delorean... 7 Responses | Other threads
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ESPN Trots Out "Quite Frankly" For Old White People
Awful Announcing reveals that Rick Reilly will finally get the consistent face-time to justify his $17 million ESPN contract. America, lock up your Ed Hardy T-shirts and your dental metaphors because "Homecoming" is here. More »
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By DAULERIOComment by Rick Mahorn's Pimp Hand is Made of Concrete Cyanide: I would've expected so much more from the television station that brought us Playmakers, Tilt, 3, A season on the... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Bill Simmons Conspiracy Theories
The Sports Fella Unleashes Another Not-So-Subtle Dig At Rick Reilly
Yesterday revealed the enormous amounts of Bill Simmons-related email sent to Deadspin and, true to form, more Bill Simmons conspiracy theories started rolling in immediately after it was published. More »
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By DAULERIOComment by Doyle McPoyle: This is the nerdiest feud since Star Wars/Star Trek. ... Lord of the Rings is better than both of them ANYWAY!! 6 Responses | Other threads
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Josh Levin's Fascination With Rick Reilly's Tooth Jokes Is Oddly Captivating
When I initially took over this site there was a lot of discussion amongst former and current editors about doing a weekly feature devoted entirely to Rick Reilly's ESPN column. It would be too easy to just pick apart its contents FJM-style (R.I.P), but given his hubris, his enormous contract, and the thinly veiled penis-showing contest he had with "blogger" Bill Simmons, he seemed entirely deserving of some sort of weekly takedown. One reader actually submitted a pretty clever idea early in the summer, which was just to keep a running list of Reilly's out-of-date references in each of his columns. His initial list went as follows: Johnny Unitas, The Taco Bell Chihuahua (!), Mike Tyson, Scottie Pippen, Jack Clark. Leitch's idea to add up the words at the end of the year to see how much his per-word rate was pretty good as well. But then there's this Slate story by Josh Levin about Reilly's overuse of tooth-oriented jokes that is just so insanely inspired, it makes all other past and future ideas seem incredibly bland. More »
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By DAULERIOComment by The KB: And THAT'S the tooth! /lisa needs braces 8 Responses | Other threads
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bill simmons
Everybody Talks to Barack Obama Except Bill Simmons
Remember last spring when America's Sports Fella, Bill Simmons, staged a passive-aggressive mutiny on his employer over "promises not kept" stemming from when Sen. Barack Obama was dropped from his podcast? Maybe you do. So, those of you who do remember that were probably thinking to yourselves, "Hey, Rick Reilly's got a mag article this month featuring Barack Obama — Simmmons MUST BE PISSSSSSED." More »
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By DAULERIOComment by I Heart Poop: I'd kinda like to see McCain on a hunting show where they give him a gun and watch him flashback... 5 Responses | Other threads
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rick reilly
Reilly's Column Not Edited For Creepy Sleaziness, But For Out Of Touch Lameness
Yesterday, we received an email about Rick Reilly's latest column on America's chances in the upcoming Ryder Cup, where he gives a list of reasons as to how Paul Azinger's Tiger-less squad could actually win this year's event. It's the usual Reilly-on-golf effort (probably his strongest subject) and it's mildly entertaining if you're into that sort of thing. However, the tipster pointed out an interesting edit to the piece that occurred during the day:
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By DAULERIOComment by Laser Guided: "-greatest shocker since Lyle Lovett married Julia Roberts-like Velveeta recipes-too easy and too cheesy-This is a mistake the size of... 4 Responses | Other threads
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You Know You Should Probably Stop Writing When You Plagiarize Rick Reilly
That's exactly what Everett Daily Herald writer John Sleeper did with his June 3rd column, "Trust Me, Coaching Girls Is A Whole New Ballgame", which has since been removed and replaced with this apology letter from the paper's executive editor. More » -
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The True Life Of Reilly
Rick Reilly is a very successful man who's made a career out of being a co-mingling hanger-on well before it was a standard media practice. As a columnist, he's always come off as the zany features reporter over at your local television newscast. Even when he puts on his serious face, like when he writes about a handicapped polo-playing teenager and his relationship with his cancer-riddled father (his real coach in life!) or whatever, you get the sense he wrote it just so he could have a few teary-eyed readers hug him on the street. One of the best descriptions I've ever heard about him was when a friend of mine ran into him at some golf tournament a few years ago and said he was genuinely nice, but "he comes off like a guy who really, really wishes he wrote the screenplay for Fletch." That works. More »
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By DAULERIOComment by shawnkempskids: @Crookednose: I am a big hoops fan and he delivers every time with those NBA columns...even the ones that don't focus... more » | Other threads
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rick reilly
There's Something Salvageable In Rick Reilly's Craft
Yes, he's smug and overpaid. His commentary in the Home Run Derby was rather cringeworthy, and he just doesn't seem to fit on camera. Having said all that, Rick Reilly's slam poetry session on the British Open had moments of brilliance, and other times moments of anguish. More »
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By Matt SussmanComment by The Stephen A. Smith Heckling Society of Gentlemen: @1980 David Bowie From The Music Video Ashes To Ashes: He does some stuff here, apparently: [www.steverushin.com] more » | Other threads
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Comment by Bullet_Tooth_Tony: "It's conveniently located down a short flight of stairs just off of the main dining room at Edgewood Tahoe"... Uhhh... That's... more » | Other threads
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rick reilly
Rick Reilly Continues To Not Think Too Highly Of That Billy Simmons Kid
The roiling tensions between Bill Simmons and newly-acquired superstar Rick Reilly had seemed to be more media created than anything else, but more and more it appears the two just absolutely despise each other. More »
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By DAULERIOComment by Johnny LaRue: @yourewithmeleather: don't you dare insult count floyd that way! more » | Other threads
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bill simmons
Bill Simmons Still Comfortable With Rick Reilly Hanging Around
All the sports news came from Boston last night, so hey: Why not keep piling on and play with some sports media news from Boston too? How could one ever get tired of Boston, right? Right? Who's with us? More »
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By Will LeitchComment by ceedat: "What happened to you man, I used to think you were cool Simmons" - Myself in High School talking to... more » | Other threads
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Welcome To Internet Land, Mr. Reilly
Well, everybody's favorite paid-more-than-a-middle-infielder columnist made his debut today, and it's a nice little column ... about Rick Reilly. As far as Look, ESPN Readers, I'm Here! columns go, it's a step above Jemele Hill's — whom we still like — and a few steps behind Simmons' epic "Is Roger Clemens the Antichrist?" piece from 2001. (Which was not technically his debut, but still kinda counts.) But Reilly brought out the big guns in the first piece, which will make the inevitable mailing-it-in Reilly Specials over the next few weeks a little more tolerable. More » -
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Prepare For Rick Reilly's Debut On ESPN
Rick Reilly might not like bloggers, but if you have a problem with that, you better get over it. Because his contract with ESPN begins next week.
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By Will LeitchComment by kurt9988: Even $3.4M per year isn't enough to wear my mom's clothes. more » | Other threads
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balls deep
Ricky Reilly, Billy Simmons, And The Follies Of Privileged Sportswriting
This is BALLS DEEP With Big Daddy Drew (Balls® is a registered trademark and has been used with the expressed written consent of AJ Daulerio). It's gonna be like an SI Point After column, only with dick jokes. Enjoy.
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By Drew MagaryComment by ImAManImForty: Those who are truly crying are the bloggers with as much traffic as access. more » | Other threads
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technology's great when it works
When Internet Browsers Devour Amazing Prose About Rick Reilly
Oh my sweet God. I had a really, really poignant article about Rick Reilly, the movie Leatherheads, and more thoughts on his comments about bloggers. Then of course, Firefox just had to crash at that very moment in history. More »
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By sussmanComment by Forced Entry: @Package: I laughed for 15 minutes straight when I saw that part in that episode yesterday more » | Other threads
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rick reilly makes comedy happen
Rick Reilly's Borscht Belt Hilarity Now Targeting Bloggers
We have a hard time getting fired up about this stuff anymore, but if you're looking for more enlightening commentary on new media from an "established" sportswriter — and a screenwriter (kind of) — let's take a listen to impending omnipresent ESPN commentator Rick Reilly.
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By LeitchComment by DwayneBoweCoalition: I do happen to be in my underwear. But then again, I'm currently masturbating. more » | Other threads
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media approval ratings
Media Approval Ratings: Rick Reilly
You might know this already, but in case you don't: Rick Reilly, late of Sports Illustrated and soon to be everywhere on ESPN to justify that enormous contract, is one of the co-writers of Leatherheads, that new George Clooney movie that's opening Friday. Supposedly Clooney had to dramatically rewrite the (old) script, but whatever: Let's see you write a George Clooney movie. More » -
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Rick Reilly's 50th birthday party, sung to the tune of Me And Bobby McGee. [Deuce Of Davenport]
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By rickchandComment by Cialis Cooper: I can't decide which one of the two I want to lose consciousness first. more » | Other threads
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Rick Reilly Makes Eight Times As Much Money As Jonathan Papelbon
As Sussman put it, ESPN filled its "Badly Needed Smart-Alecky Middle-Aged White Guy Quota" by hiring Sports Illustrated's Rick Reilly, who filed his last SI column a couple of weeks ago. He won't start until June 1 of next year, which should give him plenty of time to hone those "multimedia" skills. We knew he was making a lot of money over there, but it appears we had no idea. More » -
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ESPN Fills Badly Needed Smart-Alecky Middle-Aged White Guy Quota
A couple days ago, Boss casually wondered how Rick Reilly would handle working alongside Dan Patrick at Sports Illustrated. I suppose taking his old job is the logical reaction.
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Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art
Who's that handsome shirtless man sweating like Aaron Altman? Why, that's Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly, who, in another of his wacky journalistic stunts, entered the World Sauna Championships in Finland this weekend. More » -
we totally own that same outfit!
Come See Rick Reilly Make Armpit Noises
We've encouraged you to come to the Varsity Letters Reading Series in New York before, but if you come to tonight's endeavor, you'll be in for a special treat. (Depending on how you define "special.") The headlining reader is Sports Illustrated columnist/stand-up comic Rick Reilly. (Donald Evans and Rus Bradburd are on the bill as well.) Reilly is as big a name in this little world of sports-dork writing as you'll find, particularly when he dresses up like a woman. In preparation for the reading, he talked to Gelf about how ESPN steals all his stories. More » -
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Rick Reilly's Wide-Eyed Reaction Shots
Back in April, we told you about "The Beer Belly," a contraption that allowed you to sneak beer into stadiums through a fake beer gut. You would then drink there beer through a tube, or something like that. More »
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By LeitchComment by HoustonIllini: Can you get Shiner in LA, or does Reilly just travel around with it? I need to know whether... more » | Other threads
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