cosellout.com - 10/23/2007
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Judging from many responses around the blogoshere, the general consensus seems to be that Rick Reilly moving to ESPN is a big loss for SI. But perhaps, it just might be a big GAIN and the beginning of a newfound strategy to bring respectability back to the profession of sports journalism. Anyone who truly cares about the future of sports journalism can only hope..
Media Thoughts on Rick Reilly’s Move From SI to ESPN
thebiglead.com 10/22/2007 — In the aftermath of Friday’s stunning news that SI backpage fixture Rick Reilly was joining the ESPN monolith - it that actually stunned employees of the WWL when we emailed around Friday seeking comment - we decided to pepper some journalists ...
SI: Hire Deadspin's Leitch to Replace Reilly
danshanoff.com 10/23/2007 — Sports Illustrated needs to make a bold move to replace their most coveted talent, columnist Rick Reilly, who bolted for ESPN. The answer, more than mere replacement: Hire Deadspin's Will Leitch. I spent way too much time the past few days ...
Separated at Birth
huggingharoldreynolds.blogspot.com 10/23/2007 — One talks to old people, the other to space people...
The Sports Reporter Mitch Albom's doppelganger, Dennis "The Menace" Kucinich, claims to have seen a UFO according to Shirley MacLain and the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
No word whether Albom will be reporting on it this Sunday or in his rumored new book Sundays with Dunbar.
