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http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/11049946/rick-reilly-last-column
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Rick Reilly posted:You've been better to me than I deserve. No writer in history is more flawed than me, but it was never for lack of trying. No argument here, Rick.
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Jun 10, 2014 20:54
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This had better be a national holiday
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Jun 10, 2014 20:56
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That was a pretty humanizing article in some ways, and classic Reilly in others (namedropping Peyton Manning, ok.) But I couldn't give a poo poo, gently caress off Reilly.
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Jun 10, 2014 21:07
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FuzzySkinner posted:I glanced over some of the supposed "fixes" the guy listed for NASCAR.
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Jun 10, 2014 21:16
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Yes but when will the athletes be executed after the Illuminati is done with them?
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Jun 10, 2014 22:40
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The fix is in
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Jun 10, 2014 22:41
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:Get this man a Something Awful Forums Account. He already has one Kyooooooooooon Yeeeeeeeeeeees It's party time
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Jun 10, 2014 22:56
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Reilly used to really sink his teeth into his stories, but it's like he's been on Novocaine for the past 15 years. His columns were about as fun as a root canal, and, toward the end, you couldn't be sure he was telling the full tooth.
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Jun 11, 2014 00:28
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http://deadspin.com/can-jason-whitlock-save-espns-black-grantland-from-hi-1586606960 This is a good look at Whitlock weighing down his own "black Grantland."
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Thaddius the Large posted:No argument here, Rick. I don't know, I'd go so far as to say that copy/pasting old articles and selling it as new work is actually a lack of trying.
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Jun 11, 2014 02:48
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Weebly posted:Yes but when will the athletes be executed after the Illuminati is done with them? How many years now has Bolt been on borrowed time?
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Jun 11, 2014 02:56
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Brightens my day to hear the Reilly news. Especially after the Redskins columns.
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Jun 11, 2014 03:20
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If Rick Reilly retired from sportswriting in 2004, he would've been a legend, and people would've clamored for his return. Ten years later, we're celebrating his retirement. Gotta know when to hang it up.
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Jun 11, 2014 06:19
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The Rising Suun posted:http://deadspin.com/can-jason-whitlock-save-espns-black-grantland-from-hi-1586606960 THis was a really good read. Thanks for posting it.
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Jun 11, 2014 06:39
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Can't stop laughing that no African-American sportswriter wants anything to do with Whitlock's high-profile, deep-pocketed showcase for African-American sportswriters. Whitlock is just that toxic.
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Jun 11, 2014 06:44
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Who will be Black Grantland's White Rembert?
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sportsgenius86 posted:Who will be Black Grantland's White Rembert? 
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AsInHowe posted:If Rick Reilly retired from sportswriting in 2004, he would've been a legend, and people would've clamored for his return. Ten years later, we're celebrating his retirement. Gotta know when to hang it up. He was horrible back then too.
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MourningView posted:He was horrible back then too. He was, but he was quietly horrible. After Reilly made an rear end of himself on TV for many years, the perception went from ignorable backpage sportswriter to annoying televised jackass. Once people got to know him better, the perception went strongly negative. Of course, the same could be said for most every ESPN pundit/writer.
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AsInHowe posted:He was, but he was quietly horrible. After Reilly made an rear end of himself on TV for many years, the perception went from ignorable backpage sportswriter to annoying televised jackass. Once people got to know him better, the perception went strongly negative. There was a period of time where he was fine but he bought into his own hype quickly and devolved from there. The back page of SI is just as bad now with Rushin's bullshit where he just picks a topic and then lists stuff until he runs out of space.
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Reilly wrote some good feature stuff back in the day, but that back page was either always the same schmaltzy feel good article over and over (some of which were admittedly moving, but it was still more or less the same column every time) or a bunch of lovely hack jokes about golf. And then later occasionally some self-righteous bullshit about steroids thrown in.
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While we wait for the Black Grantland that may never come, Shadow League's been quietly putting together some interesting stuff.
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How am I to feel about Whitlock? There's times when I actually really like some of his pieces.
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He's a decent poo poo-stirrer who writes one hell of a hit piece. Occasionally writes something that is actually thoughtful, can be pretty funny now and then. I actually enjoyed his radio show and wish he'd just go do that, it had as much dumb as any sports radio does (which is a loving ton) but managed to be surprisingly entertaining. On the down side he thinks he's God's gift to debate and will run poo poo into the ground for loving years, no matter how stupid his original position was. I have no idea if he really believes half the poo poo he says. And man like that deadspin piece goes into he's insecure as hell and it's hurt his career. e: Now that I think back more I should add that he's nowhere near as funny as he thinks he is despite being able to pull it off well sometimes. Grittybeard fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Jun 11, 2014 |
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Grittybeard posted:He's a decent poo poo-stirrer who writes one hell of a hit piece. Occasionally writes something that is actually thoughtful, can be pretty funny now and then. I actually enjoyed his radio show and wish he'd just go do that, it had as much dumb as any sports radio does (which is a loving ton) but managed to be surprisingly entertaining. This is how I feel about him. He can be absolutely fantastic when he wants to be but holy poo poo he's just way too paranoid and insecure to have any sort of meaningful legacy.
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I enjoyed Reilly's back page columns when I was a kid, thus proving that I was born an old man.
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More Untouchables than a Mumbai wedding
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MourningView posted:Reilly wrote some good feature stuff back in the day, but that back page was either always the same schmaltzy feel good article over and over (some of which were admittedly moving, but it was still more or less the same column every time) or a bunch of lovely hack jokes about golf. And then later occasionally some self-righteous bullshit about steroids thrown in. What is it with sportswriters and steroids. It turns even decent writers into grandstanding hectoring moralists.
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WEREWAIF posted:What is it with sportswriters and steroids. It turns even decent writers into grandstanding hectoring moralists. Pearl-clutching about steroids gets you a ton of views/reads from every white person over the age of 35.
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Sports Media Sheep Game is now open. You should come play! http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3643521
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I only skimmed this article and I don't know enough to make an informed comment about it myself (so take the following for whatever it's worth), but the comments caught my eye and made me think of this thread: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11099957/seahawks-seahawks-owe-marshawn-lynch-new-contract Mainly this one: Dustin R Curtis posted:Chadiha, Cmon man, you have no idea what your talking about. Almost ever.
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Get your sad on and read this piece about Eddie Griffin: http://grantland.com/features/eddie-griffin-nba-life-death/
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Akileese posted:This is how I feel about him. He can be absolutely fantastic when he wants to be but holy poo poo he's just way too paranoid and insecure to have any sort of meaningful legacy. I really like Whitlock. When he is fired up about something he is fantastic. His podcast is usually really good. I especially enjoy when he gets into a reporter's history and how they started. Sometimes he has some off the wall podcasts like his barber Big Deuce and him discussing Tim Tebow (probably the greatest podcast episode ever recorded), his 35 minute rant about the NCAA, etc. His twitter account is great. I like about 80% of his stuff, but the other 20%; holy god does he write some atrocious columns. His LeBron Game of Thrones column he dropped today is an example of the 20%. When he really tackles something, he does it as good as anyone. He is one of the few sportswriters who has really changed my mind on something based on his columns. I have no idea why ESPN thought he could run his own website. He is a talent but if you look at his history I don't see how you think he could run anything. He hasn't just burned bridges everywhere he left, he detonated nuclear bombs on them. His not giving a gently caress trait is also what sometimes makes him great. As far as I can tell, he was the first, and maybe only, national media member to attack Charles Robinson's Miami fairy tale from day one. He destroyed those hit pieces. Hell, he attacked Thayer Evans so hard over the OSU stories he was suspended from Twitter by ESPN before he even wrote his first article there!
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AsInHowe posted:If Rick Reilly retired from sportswriting in 2004, he would've been a legend, and people would've clamored for his return. Ten years later, we're celebrating his retirement. Gotta know when to hang it up.
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Hey you, guy that spreads pine bark at Lebron's house, what INSIDER KNOWLEDGE do you have????!?!
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Kalli posted:
up next on clevelanddotcom, will lebron james invest in the rock n roll hall of fame to announce his move to the cavs?
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Deadspin has a story up about the New York Knick's FO's vendetta against Frank Isola. You're only getting one side of the story with this article, but it's not that hard to beleive considering the other things that Dolan et al. have said and done in the past. http://deadspin.com/how-frank-isola-became-the-most-hated-man-at-madison-sq-478620919quote:Isola said he had a good relationship with Barry Watkins, the team's former head of public relations, but it has been a different story with Jonathan Supranowitz, who assumed the post in 2006. "I haven't spoken to the guy in four years," Isola said. "First of all, because he's evil. And he's a bad guy. Supranowitz. He's the worst." It also humanizes Isola a little bit if your only experience with him is Around the Horn.
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