Rick Reilly is lucky I'm not his editor. Fo' real. Because if he had turned in
Exhibit A:
If you look at Collins' face this week, you'll see a big cut on his nose. He was deer hunting, saw a six-pointer loping by, didn't have time to get a good rifle rest on his shoulder, fired anyway and the recoil nailed him. But he got the deer.
Figures. He never did like to pass the buck.
If you didn't already believe in the innate goodness of human nature, consider this: Kerry Collins, the subject of the article, had to have read these last lines and somehow resisted the urge to mount Reilly's head in his trophy room.
This article appears in Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2008.