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 ...

Rick Reilly Talks to Us About His Career at SI and Move to ESPN
thebiglead.com 10/23/2007 — 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 ...

Dan Patrick + Dave Zirin - Rick Reilly = 3 Cheers for Sports Illustrated!
cosellout.com 10/23/2007 — 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..

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.