Rick Reilly Leaving Sports Illustrated At End Of November SPORTSbyBROOKS Exclusive

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Rick Reilly is leaving SI
Published 10/19/2007 by 100% Injury Rate at 100% Injury Rate
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THROWING LINKS
Published 10/20/2007 by BD at Epic Carnival - Pop Culture, Sports, Celebrities, Babes, Rumors, Innuendo

Rick Reilly: ESPN Fills Badly Needed Smart-Alecky Middle-Aged White Guy Quota
Published 10/20/2007 by Sussman at Deadspin

Rick Reilly leaving SI for ESPN
Published 10/20/2007 by Adam J. Morris <info@lonestarball.com> at Lone Star Ball: Front Page Posts
Long-time SI writer Rick Reilly is leaving at the end of November, and will join ESPN in June, 2008, after his non-compete runs out. Be interesting to see what Reilly does. I really enjoyed his articles and features in the late-80s and early-90s, when he focused on football and golf (the only two sports he really seemed to like). He was my favorite sportswriter for a while. But once he went into the "Life of Reilly," back-page columnist role for SI, he seemed to get too treacly and preachy, and I've quit reading him, for the most part. ' You are not logged in. In order to post a comment, you must be logged in. If you don't have a member account yet, by all means go ...

Rick Reilly ESPN Contract Worth Over 17 Million Dollars
Published 12/11/2007 at SPORTSbyBROOKS
REPORT: RICK REILLY TO MAKE STAGGERING $17M AT ESPN: SILICON ALLEY INSIDER reports today that Rick Reilly will be making well over double what he was offered to stay on at SPORTS ILLUSTRATED: " Most reports have Rick pulling down a staggering $2 million or so for his 5-year contract at his new employer. But we hear those estimates are low. Rick, we're told, is actually going to pull down $17 million over the next five years at ESPN, or $3.4 million a year . " " So maybe the moral is to work for Disney instead of Time Warner; SI was reportedly only willing to pay Rick a miserly $1.5 mil a year. " Yes, it's a cheap shot, but since he's now planning on also becoming a fixture on ESPN-TV , ...