Rick Reilly has been voted National Sportswriter of the Yeareleven times. Formerly a writer for Sports Illustrated and ESPN.com, he continues to deliver his opinion essays and features on ESPN SportsCenter. He is also the author of eleven books, several of which have been New York Times bestsellers. His Sports From Hell,My Search for the World's Dumbest Competition was a finalist for the Thurber Prize. Reilly lives in Denver, Colorado.
Don't get started reading this book. It will take three burly men to pull you away from it. --Bob Costas, NBC commentator You don't need to know your bogeys from your birdies to find at least three laughs per page in this novel. --The New York Times Book Review If you're obsessed with the 'green game, ' and it's raining or snowing, or we're under nuclear attack so you can't get out on the course, Missing Links should give you a temporary fix. --Rocky Mountain News Snappy prose, believable characters, and the funniest take on blue-collar hacking and gambling since Dan Jenkins's The Glory Game at Goat Hill...it's social satire and pure irreverence that keep this story in the groove. --Los Angeles Times Part Damon Runyon, part Raymond Chandler, and part Caddyshack...I was hooked for the full 18. --Entertainment Weekly A great piece of fiction. --Denver Post