Re: Rick Reilly
 

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Quit writing crap.

I read SI for sports news. I don't need to read about Brett Favre's childhood friend who was dying of AIDS while Favre played in his first Super Bowl. I just don't care. The back page is a prime spot, SI: please put something worth reading there.

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I AM glad he wrote about the memorabilia scam artist who was using bum checks to buy mementos from old NFL's stars with Alzheimer's. They caught the bastard and his story spearheaded relief efforts for these guys and their families. It also helped bring to light that a lot of these old time atheletes are not well taken care of by the unions, even though they paved the ground that the modern-day multi-million dollar athelete walks on.

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As am I however I am not glad that most of his articles are about somebodys horrible tragedy.

Re: Rick Reilly
 

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Smith has done a lot of nice work. But I find some of his stuff so overwritten that it's unreadable.

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I suppose I can see where you're coming from, but I disagree. To me, Gary Smith is just a great sportswriter who tends to write long, "important" pieces.

The undisputed, no-doubt champ of overwriting is Jeff MacGregor. I actually threw my SI down in disgust once at his nonsense.

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I don't recall any of MacGregor's stuff offhand. What has he done? I'd like to see for myself.

As for Smith, like I said, he's done some excellent work. I just think that when he misses, he misses by a mile.

Re: Rick Reilly
 

The piece in question was about NASCAR, and possibly largely about Dale Earnhardt Jr. He had another about his experience driving a stock car at Richard Petty Racing School or something.

He also wrote the book Sunday Money , which I have not read.

What Gary Smith didn't you like?