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Rick Reilly Talks to Us About His Career at SI and Move to ESPN
Rick Reilly Talks to Us About His Career at SI and Move to ESPN
Although Rick Reilly initially refused comment when we emailed him Friday inquiring about his move from SI to its rival, ESPN, now that the move has formally been announced , he felt more comfortable talking to us. We asked him a few questions about his industry-shaking move, and “ America’s Best Loved Sports Writer ” answered them. (You can find the rest of our interviews ...
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Chad Johnson Gets Used by “Big House” Key
Sports On My Mind — I will leave delving into historic black versus black arguments to others. And I, unfortunately, do not expect many white people to understand what I am about to say, which is sad because that means you probably relished the scene that so disheartened me. The glee with which the Johnson vs. Johnson interview is clearly illustrated in this comment left by one of the many sophomoric - mikeychx is his moniker - readers of the blog, The Big Lead : Is there any chance in hell that we can get SI to take Chris Berman off of ESPNs hands? He would complete the demise of SI as the sports ...

Keyshawn vs. Ocho-Cinco - A Sad Display
Nationalsportsreview.com Blogs — ... delving into historic and antagonistic black versus black arguments to others. And I, unfortunately, do not expect some people to understand what I am about to say, which is sad because that means you probably relished the scene that was so disheartening to many people of color, including me. The glee with which the Keyshawn Johnson vs. Chad Johnson verbal jousting on ESPN's NFL Countdown was viewed is clearly illustrated in this comment left by one of the readers of the blog, The Big Lead: ...

Rick Reilly's Contract With ESPN, It's Umm Big
AwfulAnnouncing — ... I was reading through a quick interview that The Big Lead did with Rick Reilly yesterday where they quoted him as saying the money ESPN paid him is "redonkulous", and I began to ask a few folks what they thought he was making now at the leader. Well that answer is out, and it's a ton of money.... ...

AaronGleeman.com — ... to be a five-year, $10 million contract with ESPN. Reilly has held one of the highest-profile jobs in all of sportswriting for a long time and wins big-time industry awards seemingly every year, but I've never understood what all the fuss was about. With that said, I give him credit for doing an interview with The Big Lead in which he accurately described the money that he'll be getting from ESPN as "ridonkulous." ...

Rick Reilly ESPN Contract Worth Over 17 Million Dollars
SPORTSbyBROOKS — ... . " " 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 , maybe Mr. Reilly can put some of that money to a teeth whitening kit and something to abate those alarmingly multiplying liver spots.—

Rick Reilly Takes A Page From His Own Book [Media Meltdowns]
Deadspin — ... "ridonkulous" money to write an original 800-word weekly column. This week, though, he utilized his space to present a recycled version of a column he penned in 2003. ...

Rick Reilly, Arbiter of Modesty
The Rookies — ... If Reilly wants a time when no human took pride in and tried to maximize the value of their accomplishments, he is welcome to use his “ridonkulous” money and build a time machine to take himself back to the year Never. ...

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