owenbrown
08-27-2008, 10:23 PM
Because long-time sports columnist and probably most-hated man in Chicago Jay Mariotti of the Sun-Times quit this week 2 months after he signs a 3-year contract EXTENSION!!!
several links to this story...
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/1128603,mariotti082708.article
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003843112
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-27-mariotti-jayaug27,0,609457.story
http://deadspin.com/5042479/thats-it-world-you-have-disrespected-jay-mariotti-for-the-final-time
and of course I gotta add the most anti-Jay Mariotti site on the internetz...
http://jaythejoke.com (http://jaythejoke.com/)
Now if only ESPN can get rid of him on Around the Horn or when he subs occasionally on PTI. ;)
(note... didn't know where to add this thread but it seemed most important in the sports thread since it involves a "sportswriter" if that is what you can call Mariotti.)
several links to this story...
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/1128603,mariotti082708.article
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003843112
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-27-mariotti-jayaug27,0,609457.story
http://deadspin.com/5042479/thats-it-world-you-have-disrespected-jay-mariotti-for-the-final-time
and of course I gotta add the most anti-Jay Mariotti site on the internetz...
http://jaythejoke.com (http://jaythejoke.com/)
Now if only ESPN can get rid of him on Around the Horn or when he subs occasionally on PTI. ;)
(note... didn't know where to add this thread but it seemed most important in the sports thread since it involves a "sportswriter" if that is what you can call Mariotti.)