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Richard "Rick" Paul Reilly (born February 3, 1958 in Boulder, Colorado) is the "back-page" sportswriter for Sports Illustrated. He has won the Sportswriter of the Year award 10 times. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1313x1645, 319 KB) Summary author: rick reilly source rick reilly uploaded by: kellen reilly Licensing This image is copyrighted. ...
February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Boulder (, Mountain Time Zone) is a city in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. ...
The first issue of Sports Illustrated, August 16, 1954, showing Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Matthews at bat in Milwaukee County Stadium. ...
Reilly began his career in 1981 with the Boulder Daily Camera. He joined Sports Illustrated in 1985, and also writes an annual article for the Swimsuit Issue and hosts The Riffs of Reilly on Verizon VCAST and SI.com. Many readers of SI have reported turning to his column, "The Life of Reilly," first. The Daily Camera is a daily newspaper in Boulder, Colorado. ...
Reilly's style is usually humorous, poking fun at the absurdities of athletes, coaches, and almost anyone involved in sports at any level. Reilly does have a serious side, and has written on many subjects, from "small town" heroes to his own personal life. Reilly has also done features, notably one about a week spent with Marge Schott that ultimately helped lead to her suspension from baseball. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
In 2002, Reilly responded to Sammy Sosa's assertion that he would "take a drug test if someone offered it to him" by spontaneously offering him a drug test after a game; Sosa reacted by yelling and threatening him. Reilly then wrote a critical column the next week. Reilly has also been a constant critic of San Francisco Giants star Barry Bonds, and Bonds has become a regular subject of his columns. Reilly ridicules his treatment of his teammates, his off-field behavior, and accusations of steroid use. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...
Samuel (Sammy) Sosa Peralta (born November 12, 1968 in San Pedro de MacorÃs, Dominican Republic) is a right fielder in Major League Baseball in free agency. ...
Major league affiliations National League (1883-present) West Division (1969-present) Major league titles World Series titles (5) 1954 • 1933 • 1922 • 1921 1905 NL Pennants (20) 2002 • 1989 • 1962 • 1954 1951 • 1937 • 1936 • 1933 1924 • 1923 • 1922 • 1921 1917 • 1913 • 1912 • 1911 1905 • 1904 • 1889 • 1888 West Division titles (6...
Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24, 1964) is a left fielder for Major League Baseballs San Francisco Giants. ...
Anabolic steroids are a class of natural and synthetic steroid hormones that promote cell growth and division and muscle bulk, resulting in growth of several types of tissues, especially muscle and bone. ...
Reilly is known for being politically liberal and has criticized George W. Bush. American liberalism is a political current of modern liberalism in the United States that is descended from classical liberalism in terms of devotion to individual liberty, but rejects absolute free-market economics in favor of an economic system in which the government intervenes where it considers freedom to be threatened...
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States and a former governor of Texas. ...
Despite being highly critical of the recruiting and sexual assualt scandal at his alma mater, the University of Colorado, Reilly himself proved to be very hypocrital by not being able to supervise his own teenage daughter while an alledged sexual assualt and underage drinking took place in his own home. (http://http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/031304aae.html).
Reilly has his own football card, which he detailed in a column. The card was part of the Topps "Fans of the Game" series, and featured Reilly with the logo of his favorite team, the defunct Los Angeles Rams. Some Topps Baseball cards The Topps Company, Inc. ...
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Rick Reilly has also written Who's Your Caddy? (a bestseller), Missing Links and Slo Mo!. Missing link is a term for a transitional form from the fossil record that connects an earlier species to a later one, or which connects two different species to an earlier ancestor. ...
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