About Rick Reilly
Richard "Rick" Paul Reilly is an American sportswriter. Long known for being the "back page" columnist for Sports Illustrated, Reilly moved to ESPN on June 1, 2008. He has won the national Sportswriter of the Year award 11 times.
Reilly began his career in 1981 with the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colorado. He joined Sports Illustrated in 1985 and contributed a column for Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue. He hosts The Riffs of Reilly on Verizon VCAST and SI.com.
Reilly has become a recognized name in the sportswriting industry because of his human interest pieces in SI. His column on Sports Illustrated's back page was called "The Life of Reilly." He announced in October 2007 that he would leaving Sports Illustrated to work at ESPN. He now writes a weekly column for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com, and reports live from sporting events for SportsCenter and other programs on the ESPN family of networks.
Reilly officially left SI during the week of November 29, 2007, after 23 years with the magazine.
He co-wrote "Leatherheads," a film starring and directed by George Clooney released in April 2008.
Reilly began his career in 1981 with the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colorado. He joined Sports Illustrated in 1985 and contributed a column for Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue. He hosts The Riffs of Reilly on Verizon VCAST and SI.com.
Reilly has become a recognized name in the sportswriting industry because of his human interest pieces in SI. His column on Sports Illustrated's back page was called "The Life of Reilly." He announced in October 2007 that he would leaving Sports Illustrated to work at ESPN. He now writes a weekly column for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com, and reports live from sporting events for SportsCenter and other programs on the ESPN family of networks.
Reilly officially left SI during the week of November 29, 2007, after 23 years with the magazine.
He co-wrote "Leatherheads," a film starring and directed by George Clooney released in April 2008.
Non fiction
The Boz: Confessions of a Modern Anti-Hero (1988)
Gretzky: An Autobiography (1990) (with Wayne Gretzky)
Sports Illustrated Pro-football 90-91 (1991) (with Peter King)
I'd Love to But I Have a Game: 27 Years Without a Life (1993) (with Marvin Albert)
Golf: Four Decades of Sports Illustrated's Finest Writing On the Game of Golf (1994)
Sir Charles: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles Barkley (1994)
The Life of Reilly: The Best of Sports Illustrated's Rick Reilly (2000)
Hate Mail from Cheerleaders: And Other Adventures from the Life of Reilly (2001)
The Best American Sports Writing 2002 (2002)
Who's Your Caddy?: Looping for the Great, Near Great, and Reprobates of Golf (2003)
Sports in Hell (2010)
Gretzky: An Autobiography (1990) (with Wayne Gretzky)
Sports Illustrated Pro-football 90-91 (1991) (with Peter King)
I'd Love to But I Have a Game: 27 Years Without a Life (1993) (with Marvin Albert)
Golf: Four Decades of Sports Illustrated's Finest Writing On the Game of Golf (1994)
Sir Charles: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles Barkley (1994)
The Life of Reilly: The Best of Sports Illustrated's Rick Reilly (2000)
Hate Mail from Cheerleaders: And Other Adventures from the Life of Reilly (2001)
The Best American Sports Writing 2002 (2002)
Who's Your Caddy?: Looping for the Great, Near Great, and Reprobates of Golf (2003)
Sports in Hell (2010)
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