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Rick Reilly wants credit for being first to Tweet

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by SportsScribe5, Nov 14, 2012.

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  1. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

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    jr/shotglass, Nov 15, 2012
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  2. Doc Holliday

    Doc Holliday Well-Known Member

    That's gold Jerry! Gold I tell ya!!!

    +1
     
    Doc Holliday, Nov 16, 2012
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  3. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    The odd thing about Reilly is I think he'd be a good edition to ESPN radio, if ESPN radio wasn't so determined to settle whether someone was a "buy or a sell", "elite or non-elite." Have him interviewing actors, politicians, writers, sports figures, actually discussing things and telling stories.
     
    DanOregon, Nov 16, 2012
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  4. Petrie

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  6. KYSportsWriter

    KYSportsWriter Well-Known Member

    ^LMFAO.
     
    KYSportsWriter, Nov 16, 2012
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  7. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    Where's Machine Head been, anyway?
     
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    Big Circus, Nov 16, 2012
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  8. awriter

    awriter Active Member

    Few would argue he was absolutely one of the best -- if not the best -- back when he was writing big features for SI. Read his Marge Schott story. It's on
     
    awriter, Nov 17, 2012
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  9. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    That's a fantastic idea. I listen to a lot of ESPN radio in the car because I don't care about the local teams, but I hate myself for it. Reilly would be a welcome addition to many of their craptastic shows. But there must be something in his contract about having his face out there.

    I look at the whole Big Ben Tweet episode with some sadness for him. Perhaps Reilly knows his reputation is mud at the moment and was just trying to be relevant. Except reporting an NFL injury from the stadium isn't exactly trailblazing.
     
    playthrough, Nov 17, 2012
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  10. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    Exactly. That's why he has so many threads devoted to him here. Because of what he used to be. And he was a must-read most times. Now, he is a well-paid clown. He can still do it every now and then, but man is he hard to watch and read these days.
     
    BDC99, Nov 17, 2012
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  11. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    TBL, surprisingly, is wrong again. Simmons signed with ESPN in 2001; Reilly signed in 2006 or 2007.

    Anyway, when Reilly doesn't want to make out with random women in the LSU press box, he can still bring the fastball. He did that a couple weeks ago, in fact. http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/8579599/chy-johnson-boys

    And this was one of his finest: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/rick_reilly/04/25/reilly0501/index.html
     
    wicked, Nov 17, 2012
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  12. KYSportsWriter

    KYSportsWriter Well-Known Member

    That first story ... holy shit.
     
    KYSportsWriter, Nov 17, 2012
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