Do people actually like Rick Reilly?

[ChuckyB]

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simmons>>>>>>reilly

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This is the sports columnist equivalent of:
LeBron>>>>>>>Jordan

[Lester B]

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Scoop Jackson should have the back page of SI.

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I wouldn't hire Scoop Jackson to write for the back page of Dog Fancy, let alone SI.

[SBR]

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simmons>>>>>>reilly

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LeBron>>>>>>>Jordan

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I'd say its more like the sports equivalent of

mediocre, sometimes very good, sometimes very bad basketball player >>>>>>>> almost always bad, used to be somewhat good once in a blue moon basketball plyaer

[DVaut1]

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mediocre, sometimes very good, sometimes very bad basketball player >>>>>>>> almost always bad, used to be somewhat good once in a blue moon basketball plyaer

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steve francis > greg ostertag

[Pudge714]

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simmons>>>>>>reilly

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Apples >>>>>>>>> Oranges

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Not really. People shy away way too much to try to compare things. Any two things can be compared. Get it over with.

Both suck hard though.

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I can prefer apples to oranges, but still recognize they are very different. Simmons writes stuff which can be current (like running diaries, etc.) and he has a lot more control over how much or how little he can write.

[MCS]

I did for a while, but I've kind of grown tired of his shtick.

I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Gary Smith to an irrational degree.