Rick Reilly is a popular target for those in the sports blogging world. He often gets accused of mailing it in for his ESPN columns, is usually awkward (at best) during television appearances and got himself involved in some petty disagreement with fellow ESPN columnist Bill Simmons. But he’s also won National Sportswriter of the Year eleven times. Clearly he has done something right before.
Tuesday’s Column You Should Read: ‘George Vs. The Dragon’
↵But whatever your opinion of him, take the time to read his most recent work, because it’s a small example that he can still write. But also because it’s not about him -- it’s about Nuggets coach George Karl. And his battle with throat and neck cancer.
↵↵“George, this is only going to get harder,” a nurse tells him. “You’re not going to feel like working.” Clearly, she’s never met George Karl.
↵Suddenly, the huge gray machine whirs like a giant Transformer, turning sideways, first this side, then that, as though it’s trying to decide how to eat him. Then it zaps his throat and neck lymph nodes, ravaging them. It gives him a radish-red rash that’s covering his face, chest and back. I know. He shows me. He shows me many things I don’t want to see. He’s doing it because he wants people to know exactly what it’s like. Wants to take the fear and mystery out of it for people.
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