The crowd was very D-list (the least-known Kardashian sister and some football players, according to the photos at wire image), but Rick Reilly showed up, and so far, it appears as if Bill Simmons didn’t. The intrepid You Been Blinded actually scored an invite and talked to Reilly, Slick Steve Lavin, and Chad Johnson, among others. The exchange with Lavin was fantastic – Slick dodged all USC questions, then politely took a dig at the Duke players who were drafted high, but never panned out. Then, he quickly backtracked.

And then Rick Reilly showed up and talked about a press box visit that was well-chronicled in the blogosphere.

Everyday Should be Saturday ran this item about Reilly eight months ago. A few days later, we decided to email Reilly and ask about it, and he confirmed to us that he was indeed at the game and in the press box with his girlfriend (the one pictured above). We didn’t bother ask him about the “drunk/stoned” allegations because nobody has anything to gain by admitting they are drunk or stoned in a place of work, so obviously he’d say no. What’s the point of asking a question when you know the response is going to be no?

At any rate, Reilly wasn’t thrilled with the EDSBS post: “There’s a site, Every Day Should Be Saturday, that wrote some bullshit about us (gesturing to his girlfriend) that was just wrong. They didn’t double check, they didn’t call me, they just printed it. Call me, I’m available, I’m out there. People can email me. Before you write something like that you should check your sources. The bloggers have more power than they realize and things that they write can spread quickly.”

ESPN The Magazine Chad Johnson-Rick Reilly Party (You Been Blinded)