Rick Reilly has been with Sports Illustrated since 1985. He is the author of 10 books, including the best-selling account of his unique loop through the world of golf, "Who's Your Caddy?" and three novels, "Missing Links," "Slo-Mo" and "Shanks for Nothing." He lives in Denver.
I am reading another of his prize writings, "Hate Mail From Cheerleaders," so named because he penned in one of his books that cheer-leading and sports just don't go together, in other words, cheer-leading is not a sport. He said anyone can holler out two-four, six, eight ... so a group of girls took his words to heart and wrote him some hate mail. That's funny.
The book itself features a number of Reilly's columns and it's evident that he's not only an excellent writer but one of the funniest humans on the planet. The Los Angeles Times writes, "Reilly could write about lawn bowling and make it funny, informative and entertaining. You never know what the next page is going to bring."
The Denver Post had this to say about Reilly, "He's that rare sports guy who can write about so much more than sports, even when he's writing about sports."
Last page of magazine
The story goes that Sports Illustrated put Reilly's column on the very last page of its magazine. That's Reilly's spot, the very last page.
And it has been reported that SI readers turn to the back of the magazine to begin their reading before they turn to the front section.
That's what Reilly brings to SI, great readership.
I really don't want to comment too much on Reilly's latest book, the one about the cheerleaders, since that would spoil things for his readers. However, there is a column entitled The Ceremonial First Sales Pitch which depicts baseball's marketing men as they attempt to come up with slogans that would lure fans to the park without flat-out deceiving them.
Here's several of the slogans: DETROIT TIGERS — We guarantee we'll get more wins than the Lions; KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Usually not mathematically eliminated from the playoffs until May; CLEVELAND INDIANS — This is our year (and if not this year certainly three years from now! Or the year after that); PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Ben Roethlisberger once watched a few innings here.
McNeil hired
Tim McNeil is going to be a busy man, a very busy man.
Westminster College recently announced McNeil was hired as track and field and cross country coach for both men and women.
A native of Mineral Ridge, McNeil is a 1996 graduate of Westminster and was a standout in track and field and football.
He was a three-time qualifier for the NAIA national championships in the 400-meter hurdles from 1994-96. His times of 53.8 seconds in the 400 hurdles and 7.9 in the 55-meter high hurdles are still school records.
On the football field, McNeil was the most valuable player in the 1994 NAIA national championship game, catching two touchdown passes as the Titans defeated Pacific Lutheran, 27-7, for their sixth and most recent title.
Second-leading receiver
McNeil ranks second on the school's reception list (129) and fifth in receiving yards (1,849) to go with 15 career touchdown receptions in four seasons from 1992-95. He also owns the school's single season reception record of 61 in 1994.
McNeil's coaching record includes six years as boys and girls track and field coach at Warren JFK, where he served as the school's assistant principal from 2000-06.
"I am very happy to have the opportunity to come back to Westminster College," said McNeil. "I am excited to again be part of Titan athletics and I look forward to working together with the student-athletes to make these two programs stronger."
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Rick Reilly has been with Sports Illustrated since 1985. He is the author of 10 books, including the best-selling account of his unique loop through the world of golf, "Who's Your Caddy?" and three novels, "Missing Links," "Slo-Mo" and "Shanks for Nothing." He lives in Denver.
I am reading another of his prize writings, "Hate Mail From Cheerleaders," so named because he penned in one of his books that cheer-leading and sports just don't go together, in other words, cheer-leading is not a sport. He said anyone can holler out two-four, six, eight ... so a group of girls took his words to heart and wrote him some hate mail. That's funny.
The book itself features a number of Reilly's columns and it's evident that he's not only an excellent writer but one of the funniest humans on the planet. The Los Angeles Times writes, "Reilly could write about lawn bowling and make it funny, informative and entertaining. You never know what the next page is going to bring."
The Denver Post had this to say about Reilly, "He's that rare sports guy who can write about so much more than sports, even when he's writing about sports."
Last page of magazine
The story goes that Sports Illustrated put Reilly's column on the very last page of its magazine. That's Reilly's spot, the very last page.
And it has been reported that SI readers turn to the back of the magazine to begin their reading before they turn to the front section.
That's what Reilly brings to SI, great readership.
I really don't want to comment too much on Reilly's latest book, the one about the cheerleaders, since that would spoil things for his readers. However, there is a column entitled The Ceremonial First Sales Pitch which depicts baseball's marketing men as they attempt to come up with slogans that would lure fans to the park without flat-out deceiving them.
Here's several of the slogans: DETROIT TIGERS — We guarantee we'll get more wins than the Lions; KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Usually not mathematically eliminated from the playoffs until May; CLEVELAND INDIANS — This is our year (and if not this year certainly three years from now! Or the year after that); PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Ben Roethlisberger once watched a few innings here.
McNeil hired
Tim McNeil is going to be a busy man, a very busy man.
Westminster College recently announced McNeil was hired as track and field and cross country coach for both men and women.
A native of Mineral Ridge, McNeil is a 1996 graduate of Westminster and was a standout in track and field and football.
He was a three-time qualifier for the NAIA national championships in the 400-meter hurdles from 1994-96. His times of 53.8 seconds in the 400 hurdles and 7.9 in the 55-meter high hurdles are still school records.
On the football field, McNeil was the most valuable player in the 1994 NAIA national championship game, catching two touchdown passes as the Titans defeated Pacific Lutheran, 27-7, for their sixth and most recent title.
Second-leading receiver
McNeil ranks second on the school's reception list (129) and fifth in receiving yards (1,849) to go with 15 career touchdown receptions in four seasons from 1992-95. He also owns the school's single season reception record of 61 in 1994.
McNeil's coaching record includes six years as boys and girls track and field coach at Warren JFK, where he served as the school's assistant principal from 2000-06.
"I am very happy to have the opportunity to come back to Westminster College," said McNeil. "I am excited to again be part of Titan athletics and I look forward to working together with the student-athletes to make these two programs stronger."
Sunday, July 22, 2007
We guarantee we'll get more wins than the Lions; KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Usually not mathematically eliminated from...
