ESPN.com presents Rick Reilly Go Fish http://espn.go.comhttp://espn.go.com/espn/rickreilly/ 60 en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:12:16 webmaster@espn.go.com http://assets.espn.go.com/i/espn/teamlogos/lrg/trans/espn_dotcom_black.gif 110 110 I'm grateful to all of you who wrote emails to me in reaction to my columns lately. Yes, many of them were hateful and venomous and involved me acquiring nose cancer, but a full 17 percent of you spelled every word correctly, up 3 percent from the last mailbag. (By the way, mega-tool is not spelled with a “u”.) We begin with my Colin Kaepernick column, which was about as popular with most readers as gout. In this one, I told the story of how Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49ers star quarterback, was born to a white mother from a black father and then given by that mother to be raised by a white couple, Rick and Teresa Kaepnerick.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/rick-reilly-go-fish/post/_/id/1234/rick-reillys-mailbag-kaepernick-nfl-mvp-and-armstrong Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:28:40 EDT 1234 Among the things I hate most in golf are (a) fried-egg lies, (b) plumb-bobbing from the fairway, and (c) this hideous new "Light the candle!" thing people shout after Tiger hits his drive. Light the candle? What is he, an altar boy? So my 11 Twitter followers and I set out to find something better to yell after Tiger hits, and not the so-worn-out-you-want-to-club-yourself-in-the-forehead-with-your-6-iron "Get in the hole!" I suggested, "Friend me!]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/rick-reilly-go-fish/post/_/id/1222/cashtag-newtigerphrases Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:36:34 EDT 1222 Lately, readers have accused me of publishing only negative emails and tweets (@ReillyRick) in order to stir up controversy and get attention. I'm also getting ripped for being falsely modest. Therefore, this mailbag will feature only people who think I'm wonderful and talented and smell of lavender. We begin: U.S. OPEN Do us all a favor: If Tiger starts birdie-birdie at the British Open, save the "Tiger is back" montage clip until he actually makes it through the weekend with a number less than 75.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/rick-reilly-go-fish/post/_/id/1207/mailbag-nothing-but-nice Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:52:53 EDT 1207 At the Stage Deli in New York City, there are 31 sandwiches named after celebrities, but only five of those are in homage of athletes -- The Derek Jeter, The Alex Rodriguez, The Pedro Martinez, The Paul LoDuca and The Tiger Woods. Thanks to #cashtag, the Twitter game that's sweeping the nation (@ReillyRick), we can change all that. I asked my followers to invent new sandwiches for jocks, and I started with a few suggestions: The John Daly: Hamburger, double cheese, triple mayo -- toasted.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/rick-reilly-go-fish/post/_/id/1196/cashtag-athlete-sandwiches Tue, 22 May 2012 08:12:44 EDT 1196 Let's get straight to the griping, shall we? TIGER AND HIS HALF BROTHER ... in which I described how the body and finances of Tiger Woods' 53-year-old half brother, Kevin Woods, are being ravaged by MS, and how his family is exasperated at not being able to contact Tiger for the past six years. This should be your last column about Tiger. This column just proves that he is an arrogant, self serving [expletive]. It is so sad that some people still worship him.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/rick-reilly-go-fish/post/_/id/1175/rick-reillys-mailbag-april-11-2011 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:50:48 EDT 1175 This week's #cashtag on Twitter was #ToPlayAugustaIWould ... Apparently, you people would do a lot of sketchy things to yourself to play Augusta National, home of the Masters. Many of them were unprintable and also un-doable. You were cutting off body parts that I'm not sure exist. Anyway, Randy Wilson (@uncrandy) is the winner of $7.93 (equivalent of a grilled cheese sandwich meal at Denny's). Randy, my wife will send you a check, which actually do still exist.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/rick-reilly-go-fish/post/_/id/1164/cashtag-toplayaugustaiwould Mon, 9 Apr 2012 08:32:30 EDT 1164 This week, for absolutely no reason, I'll be making small, sometimes snarky comments after some of this week's notable #Cashtag entries, which was #SportsWouldBeBetterIf. These will be denoted with an asterisk. But first, you need to know that #Cashtag will take this coming week off for National Farm Safety Week. You people should be declared Commissioners of All Sports and then we'd finally get some things done. Many ideas were actually brilliant and useful.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/rick-reilly-go-fish/post/_/id/1155/cashtag-sports-would-be-better-if Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:49:56 EDT 1155 Before we announce the winner of last week's #cashtag -- sentences that have #NeverBeenUttered -- we need to tell you what happened to the winners from the last two weeks. 1) The guy who won for #LamestJockMoment, Wes Katagi ... ("7th grade swim meet. I won the 50M freestyle race only to be informed it was the breast stroke event") ... donated his $7.93, plus another $13.07, for a total of $20, to Nothing But Nets, our anti-malaria bednet campaign in Africa.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/rick-reilly-go-fish/post/_/id/1133/cashtag-neverbeenuttered-2 Fri, 9 Mar 2012 14:27:37 EDT 1133 This week's #Cashtag is sentences that have #NeverBeenUttered. For instance, "Shaq, go shoot the technical for us." Or, "Ran into Tim Tebow at FlashDancers last night." Or, "Tiger, I'd like you to meet my sister." Tweet a good one to me @ReillyRick and you could win a whopping $7.93, the approximate cost of a grilled cheese sandwich, fries and Coke at Denny's. (Tip not included.) Be sure to include the #NeverBeenUttered hashtag or I won't see it.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/rick-reilly-go-fish/post/_/id/1120/cashtag-neverbeenuttered Fri, 2 Mar 2012 08:40:14 EDT 1120 You people are sick, twisted and definitely out-of-round. This is why I like you so much. Approximately 93 percent of your answers to this week's #Cashtag: #WorstSportsMascots were so dirty, awful and disgusting that I laughed for hours. Also, my editor said I couldn't use them. We did have a winner, but, before you find that out, you must learn what this week's #Cashtag is. This week's #Cashtag is #MyLamestJockMoment. These are your most embarrassing moments in sports.]]> http://espn.go.com/blog/rick-reilly-go-fish/post/_/id/1109/cashtag-3 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:01:05 EDT 1109