Rick Reilly on Leaving Sports Illustrated for ESPN: 'They Want Me for the Column'

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Rick Reilly on Leaving Sports Illustrated for ESPN: 'They Want Me for the Column'
Foul Balls found this 10/22/2007 on sports.aol.com [flag]
Longtime Sports Illustrated writer Rick Reilly and ESPN made it official today that Reilly is joining forces with the Worldwide Leader. But while you can expect Reilly to appear on your TV set soon, he says he's still a columnist first and foremost. "They want me for the column," Reilly said on a conference call today. "Pam Anderson can play the harpsichord, but that's not why people date ... [link]

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High Five
Published 10/22/2007 by Fornelli at Foul Balls
... hoping Panger's house in Malibu doesn't burn down. Also hoping she realizes that if it does, it doesn't mean she's getting a day off. I actually had money on Chuck Woolery's shit. [ Deadspin ] Hey, it worked out fantastic for me! [ The Realests ] An interview with ESPN's baseball writer, Rob Neyer. [ The Hardball Times ] I have no idea how this will effect the Big Ten basketball season. [ Docksquad's Sports World ] Rick Reilly is getting paid . [ FanHouse ]

SI: Hire Deadspin's Leitch to Replace Reilly
Published 10/23/2007 by DanShanoff.com at Dan Shanoff
... I spent way too much time the past few days thinking about this wild story that Rick Reilly jumped from Sports Illustrated to ESPN. The sports-media implications are fascinating: SI's signature "name" leaving for... TV. (Although it sounds like his main focus will be simply replicating his column on the back page of ESPN the Magazine.) ...

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