Rick Reilly

Rick Reilly

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Rick Reilly, an award-winning columnist and author who is best known for his popular Sports Illustrated column, Life of Reilly, joined ESPN as the back-page columnist for ESPN The Magazine and as a regular columnist for ESPN.com in June 2008.

Check out Homecoming, Rick Reilly's new hour-long series on ESPN in which he travels back with athletes to their hometowns for a visit and conversation.

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Rick Reilly compares Favre to Cher

Kevin Seifert, NFC North

...comes to waffling, does anyone compare to Brett Favre? Yes, but not who you'd think. Rick Reilly explains

Blog | August 04, 2008

Clip Reel: Kerry Collins

Ted Bauer

What is "Clip Reel?" Pop quiz, hot shot: what's the biggest storyline in the NFL this season? Some contenders: Tom Brady's injury reshuffling the lan...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2008

ESPN has minuscule margin on mistakes, apologies

Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN Ombudsman

Thanks to its wafer-thin margin of error, winning the perception game with users, writes the ombudsman, can be difficult for ESPN -- even when it endeavors to do the right thing.

Story | November 12, 2008

AUCTION BLOCK: LEATHERHEADS

Eric Angevine

You may have heard that our man Rick Reilly wrote a movie about the early days of professional football. Leatherheads, starring George Clooney and Renee...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2008

The mailbag returns after a long summer's nap

Bill Simmons, Page 2

After a four-month absence, the Sports Guy's Mailbag makes a triumphant return.

Story | Conversation | October 10, 2008

GETTING OUT EARLY

Chris Sprow

...This week, Rick Reilly writes about John Lynch, and his struggles to leave the NFL. Some do, however, and willingly...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 08, 2008

OUT OF NOWHERE

Chris Sprow

...Ed's Note: This week, Rick Reilly writes about a team where most of the guys have to play both ways. Could that...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 01, 2008

THE WEEK THAT WAS ... TRUNCATED

Mag.Com Staff

...anything but truncated. Anthony Randolph of the Warriors: bought a Denali but "kept it factory." Amen. Rick Reilly's talking sign bans in his new online-only column. Hey, you tailgate? ("Heck yes, brah...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 05, 2008

THE WEEK THAT WAS ... DEMONSTRATIVE

Mag.com

...on display. A Wikipedia founder a Forrest Gump writer and a Fridge showed off some knowledge. Rick Reilly fired up some courtroom moxy, as in, time to sue the juicers! And some of most...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 29, 2008

LIFE OF REILLY

Rick Reilly

2nd Lt. Caleb Campbell is good enough for the NFL. But that's not enough for the Army.

Story | August 05, 2008

HOW TO KEEP THE FARM

Drew Brees and Matt Ryan (as told to Max Klinger)

...lot has been made of how athletes mismanage—can we say waste?—their money. Rick Reilly's most recent column does a thorough job of cataloging those extravagances. But what about those...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 03, 2008

HOW TO KEEP THE FARM

Drew Brees and Matt Ryan (as told to Max Klinger)

...lot has been made of how athletes mismanage—can we say waste?—their money. Rick Reilly's most recent column does a thorough job of cataloging those extravagances. But what about those...

Story | Conversation | July 03, 2008

THE MAGAZINE EDITOR'S BLOG: CHAD JOHNSON TOOK MY JOB!

Gary Belsky, ESPN The Magazine Editor-in-Chief

...Century Plaza). And by we I mean Chad Johnson, our guest editor for the issue, and Rick Reilly, our new back-page columnist. They were the official co-hosts. Reilly was, as usual, funny...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 09, 2008

Rick Reilly, ESPN

The former SI writer drops by to talk about his new movie and his new job at ESPN. They boys also talk about the behemoth that is the NFL and whether ...

ESPN Insider Audio PodCast | February 01, 2008

Dogs will have their day in Week 14

Bill Simmons, Page 2

We're in the final month of the NFL season, and Bill Simmons says the dogs are about to have their day.

Story | Conversation | December 07, 2007