Rick Reilly is an American sportswriter, born February 3, 1958, best known for his back page column at Sports Illustrated before he moved to ESPN in June 2008. There he wrote the back page column for ESPN the Magazine, was a featured columnist for ESPN.com, and hosted the interview show Homecoming with Rick Reilly. His books include the essay collection Sports from Hell, the satirical Hate Mail from Cheerleaders, the novel Missing Links, and Commander in Cheat, an investigation of Donald Trump's long relationship with golf.
