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.

Awful Announcing, who appears to be the only blog patient enough to read through ESPN press releases, has the long, convoluted gimmick all block-quoted for those of you who can't get enough of ESPN public relations staff yarn-spinning. I'll attempt to summarize it for you: all 50 states nominate their top athletes on ESPN.com, the votes are tallied, winners heads etched on a computer-generated rock, Reilly banter, and...back to you Neil. Oh, wait Wilbon's involved somehow too. Should be fun. One caveat:"To be eligible, the sports icons must be individuals who have made significant contributions to the world of sports in their respective states/regions (athletes, coaches, team executives, owners, media/commentators, et al)."

So no Baby Mangino. Calm down, Kansas.

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Tomorrow: My mayor's bet, Waxing Off, Deleted Scenes, other stuff.

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