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Hate Mail from Cheerleaders: And Other Adventures from the Life of Reilly
Written by Rick Reilly
Narrated by James Lloyd
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Each week, when Sports Illustrated's 21 million readers open up their magazine, many turn right to the last page because that's where to find SI's most popular feature: the Life of Reilly column written by bestselling author Rick Reilly. A twenty-one-year veteran of the magazine and ten-time Sportswriter of the Year, Reilly took over SI's back page in 1998, and his column immediately attracted a devoted audience who helped make his 1990 book, The Life of Reilly, a New York Times bestseller.
This new collection includes 100 of Reilly's favorite columns from the last six years, along with an introduction by Lance Armstrong. The title of the book signifies the strong reader response his columns typically generate (he wrote a column saying that cheerleading isn't a sport, and there was a light-hearted backlash). Alternately side-splitting and heart-warming, but always opinionated and provocative, this book brings together the best work by the best columnist in the business.
This new collection includes 100 of Reilly's favorite columns from the last six years, along with an introduction by Lance Armstrong. The title of the book signifies the strong reader response his columns typically generate (he wrote a column saying that cheerleading isn't a sport, and there was a light-hearted backlash). Alternately side-splitting and heart-warming, but always opinionated and provocative, this book brings together the best work by the best columnist in the business.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great collection of stories. Some of them were incredibly moving and some were hilarious. The editor should be shot, though... Who puts a tear jerking story about a kid with MS who runs cross country and has his team run his final laps with him back to back with a 9/11 story? REALLY? If I wanted to be a mess of tears during a lunch break at work there are many other things I could do. Not the best choice of order, but still a great book overall. Glad I found it in the Kindle store for next to nothing and decided to buy it.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Humor and InsightRick Reilly of Sports Illustrated has the best job in the world and he knows it. If you're a collector of Sports Illustrated magazines, you'll probably have no need for this book. For everyone else, this book is a must have and must read as the editors and Reilly himself have done a great job picking out the best of the best of Reilly including his updated comments after each column.In my opinion, Reilly is the finest sports essayist of our time. His combination of satire, wit and insight is truly unmatched in the sports writing field. He's one of the few writers where his style is indistinguishable from anyone else.Some of his best columns in the book include: "Getting by on $14.6 Mill", on Latrell Sprewell's now infamous "I gotta feed my family" statement. "The Ceremonial First Sales Pitch", a spoof on MLB advertising. "Corrupting our Utes", on the ridiculousness of NCAA regulations regarding gifts. "Fear Factor", on the example of over-bearing fathers in the Sean O'Hair story. "Turning Losing into a Science", on Caltech men's basketball team's dubious honor of losingest team in history.Some stories will make you laugh, others will tug at your heartstrings, all will make you glad your read this book. You will not find a finer collection of intelligent sports commentary anywhere else.