# Rick Reilly's ESPN.com columns

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-reillys-espn-com-columns/579100>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 20, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-reillys-espn-com-columns/579100 "2011-04-20T16:57:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-reillys-espn-com-columns/579100/1 "2011-04-20T16:57:54Z")

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Why isn’t there a comment section? He’s the only columnist I notice who lacks a comment tab after his columns.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-reillys-espn-com-columns/579100/2 "2011-04-20T17:05:00Z")

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Because he’s already HEARD millions of people tell him what a sphincter he is, and figures he doesn’t need to be reminded again?

More seriously, I don’t understand why MORE columnists don’t follow suit. Comboxes are, too often, a waste of space, a place for puerile, obscene, anonymous insults. Why would Reilly want to read such stuff? Why would ANY columnist?

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**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-reillys-espn-com-columns/579100/3 "2011-04-20T17:12:33Z")

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If the potential commenters for his column are anything like the commenters on our local newpaper’s website, he’s being very prudent.

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**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-reillys-espn-com-columns/579100/4 "2011-04-20T17:27:57Z")

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Just gonna agree with the first post. He knows that everyone hates him…why encourage it?  
(That being said he newest article is actually very good…imagine how great it would be if a GOOD writer would have done it)

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**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-reillys-espn-com-columns/579100/5 "2011-04-20T18:04:09Z")

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> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#):
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> Just gonna agree with the first post. He knows that everyone hates him…why encourage it?  
> (That being said he newest article is actually very good…imagine how great it would be if a GOOD writer would have done it)

The thing is, Reilly used to be a fine writer. About six or seven years ago he decided he was really a comedian, and his columns went to shit.

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**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-reillys-espn-com-columns/579100/6 "2011-04-20T20:03:32Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> Why isn’t there a comment section? He’s the only columnist I notice who lacks a comment tab after his columns.

Bill Simmons too. I don’t miss the comments; most of the time they’re pretty useless.