tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post8222190653798955667..comments2024-02-16T02:12:08.305-08:00Comments on Fire Jay Mariotti: According to Rick Reilly, the person most hurt by Lance Armstrong's lies was Rick ReillyLarry Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141943214237719821noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post-796068280837290492013-01-19T13:53:05.254-08:002013-01-19T13:53:05.254-08:00I know you mention it in your post, but I think it...I know you mention it in your post, but I think it deserves to be repeated. Reilly will literally take anything and make it about himself. He was the true victim in the Penn State scandal. Forget that he claims to have been duped ~10 years before any investigations were ocurring (I'm not going to speculate on what happened when or when Paterno knew about it, but the timeline for Reilly to claim he was 'fooled' doesn't add up). <br /><br />http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/8162972/joe-paterno-true-legacy<br /><br /><b>What a fool I was.<br /><br />In 1986, I spent a week in State College, Pa., researching a 10-page Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year piece on Joe Paterno.</b><br /><br />http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-10-09/business/sns-rt-usa-pennstate-timeline-update-1l1e8l99cm-20121009_1_coaches-association-names-sandusky-university-police-interview-sandusky-jerry-sandusky<br /><br /><b>1998: Sandusky asks a boy identified as Victim 6, now 24, to shower with him when he is 11, and Sandusky lathers soap on his back and bear-hugs him, according to the grand jury report. The boy tells his mother, who reports it to the university.<br /><br />1998: University police investigate allegations of sexually inappropriate behavior involving Sandusky. No criminal charges are pursued.</b><br /><br />It amazes me how in both of these cases, Rick is the one hit hardest. Forget the danage that's been done to Livestrong, the sport of cycling, etc... Rick Reilly was wronged. What an ass.Snarfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post-30803901766248791312013-01-18T11:29:07.317-08:002013-01-18T11:29:07.317-08:00Ahh, Emma O'Reilly - my third favorite Who son...Ahh, Emma O'Reilly - my third favorite Who song.Tim Nnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post-67588880378323015582013-01-18T08:25:04.924-08:002013-01-18T08:25:04.924-08:00This Reilly article should have been titled "...This Reilly article should have been titled "My Resignation Letter" because all he preceeds to do is outline how fucking horrible he is at his job. Wonder if anyone at ESPN even noticed. jacktotheracknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post-9040457739796340652013-01-18T05:53:10.723-08:002013-01-18T05:53:10.723-08:00I'm not sure but recollect that Reilly was sig...I'm not sure but recollect that Reilly was signed to a lengthy, big money contract to write on the ESPN website. I'm not sure if he came from SI or ESPN The Magazine or where exactly but I never feel compelled to read him. Maybe it's the fact that his suit and balding pate makes him seem old fogeyish or the fact that his link is just below that of the king of the center of the universe voice but Reilly leaves me cold.<br />His column seems devoid of any originality and is hackery at its most mundane.Barry Melrosenoreply@blogger.com