Mr. Reilly is one of two guys who are permanently featured on ESPN.com's front page. The other, of course, is Sports Guy Bill Simmons, with whom I have absolutely no issue, as long as he manages to write more than twice a month.
Last week, Reilly put up his "bucket list" of ten sporting events not to miss in your lifetime. Included were a yacht race, two golf tournaments, Yankees vs. Red Sox at Fenway, Wimbledon, and the Iditarod. Really? Oh, and the Tour De France, too?
I'm going to try and not harp on the socioeconomics of this list. But it did get me thinking...
And then this week, Ol' Rick has this gem, in which he whines and complains about Tiger Woods basically going all Happy Gilmore on Turnberry on TV in front of "an audience of lots of kids." Anyone know any small children that watch golf?
I guess my point is, maybe Rick Reilly has been in his cushy job for so long that he has utterly and completely lost touch with the common fan (see picture above. Yep, that's Rick). Maybe he should try going to a sporting event for any reason other than to use his lavish expense account or write a weepy human interest story.
And maybe I'm just against Cottonelle-soft journalism. Pick it up, Reilly. Nobody wants to read this crap.
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