Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Brief follow up re: the man some people (unfortunately) refer to as "Riles"

Two weeks ago I wrote a post describing how incredibly self-centered Rick Reilly is.  Today he has a new column, inspired by the fact that Colin Kaepernick is adopted.  Notice I used "inspired," not "about."  Know who the column is actually about?  You guessed it--Frank Stallone.  Nah, just kidding.  Of course it's about Rick Reilly.


Rae, my 23-year-old daughter, is adopted from Korea. Sometimes I look at her and feel for the woman who gave her up, who never got the joy of knowing her, raising her, watching her.

First two sentences. I don't need to read any further to know how the rest of the column will go.  Neither should you.

P.S.--remember the time Shea Hillenbrand cost himself a job because he was furious at the Blue Jays for not congratulating him on adopting a child?  That was great.

5 comments:

Stubbus said...

Game, set, match for Mr. B.

On a more picayune level, Rae Reilly, most be an homage to Rae Dawn Chong. With Rick's ego, I'm surprised she wasn't called Rickie Reilly.

Snarf said...

I'm glad Rick feels empowered to comment on how CK handles being adopted and his relationship with his birth/adoptive families. Heaven forbid CK handles things differently than RR's daughter...

Oh, and doesn't his whole premise reek of a "I've got a black friend, so I can talk about this" attitude?

Chris W said...

Hey Larry, I wonder if Rae knows Marta

Anonymous said...

What I always find hilarious is that "Riles" and Bill Simmons allegedly have beef but they are basically the same person.

Snarf said...

http://deadspin.com/5981574/rick-reilly-wrote-a-poem-about-the-super-bowl-because-espn-hates-you