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/11286...082708.article
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/ea..._id=1003843112
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...0,609457.story
http://deadspin.com/5042479/thats-it...the-final-time
and of course I gotta add the most anti-Jay Mariotti site on the internetz...
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.)