Rick Reilly leaves Sports Illustrated - now confirmed by NYT

[thebiglead]

It's unconfirmed. Do you run it? Or wait around for someone to confirm. In the internet age, you run it. Put a ? on it if you must.

**Small add, insignificant, really ... hypothetical is Moddy's word, not mine.

 

[Moderator1]

Re: Rick Reilly leaves Sports Illustrated

YOU DO NOT RUN ANYTHING THAT IS NOT CONFIRMED - GOD DAMN. HOW HARD IS THAT TO UNDERSTAND?

Now, put "hypothetical" in your title or I will.

 

[txscoop]

Re: Rick Reilly leaves Sports Illustrated

big lead..ur an idiot

 

[wickedwritah]

Re: Rick Reilly leaves Sports Illustrated - HYPOTHETICAL

So is there a rumor that he's leaving, or is this totally a fabricated piece of crap from TBL?

 

[thebiglead]

Re: Rick Reilly leaves Sports Illustrated - HYPOTHETICAL

Uh, the Watchdog at Newsday has it from 'sources.'

Does that work?

 

[Flash]

Re: Rick Reilly leaves Sports Illustrated - HYPOTHETICAL

That you even have to ask ...

 

[thebiglead]

Re: Rick Reilly leaves Sports Illustrated - HYPOTHETICAL

So if a newspaper blog reports it from 'sources' then it flies ... but if a random blog reports it, no good?

 

[Moderator1]

Re: Rick Reilly leaves Sports Illustrated - HYPOTHETICAL

Uh, the Watchdog at Newsday has it from 'sources.'

Does that work?

If the watchdog has credibility, yeah. Most blogs have not been established long enough to have that kind of credibility.


That said - I can believe it. All this Patrick stuff, the other changes. But I won't believe it until I see it credibily reported.

 

[thebiglead]

Re: Rick Reilly leaves Sports Illustrated - HYPOTHETICAL

The Watchdog is Neil Best. He's a seasoned newspaper veteran. He's been around a lot longer than The Big Lead.

Nobody else is going to really report this. It matters not to the casual newspaper reader. So does hypothetical come down?

 

[Double Down]

Re: Rick Reilly leaves Sports Illustrated - HYPOTHETICAL

You should get a comment from Matt Leinart's baby momma(s).

 

[wickedwritah]

Re: Rick Reilly leaves Sports Illustrated - HYPOTHETICAL

So Neil Best is saying Reilly is leaving.

If this is true, it's pretty damn big news. I'm suspicious of the timing of that (5 p.m. on a Friday) unless SI thought it really could keep it on the hush-hush -- and it can't. People notice.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Re: Rick Reilly leaves Sports Illustrated - HYPOTHETICAL

I definitely believe it... I'll bet SI is sick of paying seven figures a year someone who phones it in more often than not...

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Re: Rick Reilly leaves Sports Illustrated - HYPOTHETICAL

So Neil Best is saying Reilly is leaving.

If this is true, it's pretty damn big news. I'm suspicious of the timing of that (5 p.m. on a Friday) unless SI thought it really could keep it on the hush-hush -- and it can't. People notice.

People will notice, but it's still the way you try to bury a story...

 

[thebiglead]

Re: Rick Reilly leaves Sports Illustrated - HYPOTHETICAL

So Neil Best is saying Reilly is leaving.
If this is true, it's pretty damn big news. I'm suspicious of the timing of that (5 p.m. on a Friday) unless SI thought it really could keep it on the hush-hush -- and it can't. People notice.

Who will notice? This will appear in zero newspapers tomorrow. Even if it's confirmed in 10 minutes.
I have one source saying it's official, and FWIW, I don't think we've been wrong about a newspaper writer movement yet (but clearly, this is Watchdog's scoop).

 

[wickedwritah]

Re: Rick Reilly leaves Sports Illustrated - HYPOTHETICAL

People will notice when he's not in the mag. It's kind of hard to hide that.

 

[thebiglead]

Who gets Rick Reilly's backpage column?

Assuming he's gone (more than a couple people are saying this now), let's hear some names that will be considered.

 

[Moderator1]

Re: Rick Reilly leaves Sports Illustrated - HYPOTHETICAL

Some will. He hasn't been must-read in a while. Many won't know he's gone.

 

[zeke12]

Re: Who gets Rick Reilly's backpage column?

DTGDTN!

 

[Moderator1]

Re: Who gets Rick Reilly's backpage column?

We don't need multiple Reilly threads. Merge coming.

 

[thebiglead]

Re: Rick Reilly leaves Sports Illustrated - HYPOTHETICAL

Well the Watchdog item says his contract will not be renewed. And his contract, per Watchdog, is up at month's end. So you'll see him for a couple more weeks.