Rick Reilly author biography, plus links to books by Rick Reilly.

Rick Reilly

Rick Reilly has been voted National Sportswriter of the Year eleven times. Formerly a writer for Sports Illustrated and ESPN.com, he continues to deliver his opinion essays and features on ESPN's SportsCenter. He is also the author of eleven books, several of which have been New York Times bestsellers. His Sports From Hell, My Search for the World's Dumbest Competition was a finalist for the Thurber Prize. Reilly lives in Denver, Colorado.

Reilly speaks passable Italian and dabbles in piano, paddle boarding, memory games, back-alley basketball, magic, skiing and snowboarding. He lives in Hermosa Beach, CA and Florence, Italy, with his wife — The Lovely Cynthia — and a putter he's not currently speaking to.

This biography was last updated on 05/02/2006.

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