I write for Sports Illustrated

[olliejeff]

A while back I submitted a little paragraph about a girl from Oregon who won the High School National Championship for racquetball.

The weeks went by and I didn't hear anything back so I gave up on it.

Then I open up the current issue and see this:

Comments

[nick]

I take it your new celebrity status was not accompanied with a sizable paycheck, eh?

[olliejeff]

I don't get a paycheck for my work for the racquetball associations, but I'm taken care of. Entry fees, food, travel expenses, equipment, etc. Plus all the work can go in my portfolio.

It's all done outside of my "normal job" on my own time.

[rynfitz]

no credit given to the author?

[olliejeff]

Nah... It is just a short thing in the "Faces in the Crowd" section.

BTW - It looks like no Giants game next Tuesday. It's going to be tight be me to get there in time, plus we don't have the tickets.

[ryanfitz]

Yeah. So I heard. I get tickets given to me at work last minute sometimes so let's hope for that.

[nick]

screw that... we don't need ollie to go to the game anyway... craigslist is usually a pretty good source for tickets at face value if you still want to go to a game.