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AWESOME!
Both his arrest (OH HAPPY DAY!) and likely expulsion from ESPN, and, much more so, Ebert's column.
He is a .
And explain his deplorable behavior.
http://otrsportsonline.com/2010/08/2...stic-incident/It must be noted that we never truly know the people that we watch on television. Guys who come across as stand-up dudes are often exposed as awful frauds. And some times, there are people that seem like arrogant s, but it’s just their schtick and they actually aren’t bad guys.
But, didn’t you always kind of assume that ESPN‘s Jay Mariotti was a total bag? And wasn’t that kind of reinforced when he was arrested early Saturday morning on su ion of felony domestic assault charges.
Apparently, he didn’t like that his girlfriend was being flirty with someone else at a club, so he decided to literally take matters into his own hands. A disagreement at the club continued back at Mariotti’s Venice apartment and he was arrested when they found bruises and cuts on her.
The 51-year old was released on $50,000 bail
What a . What a complete boner.
Now, there are multiple reports that he and ESPN could be headed for a split. SportsbyBrooks’ specifically has cited sources who say that if these reports of domestic assault are true, that he’s finished with the World Wide Leader.
“If the (L.A. TIMES) report is true, he’s done. It’s a death sentence to his career at ESPN,” a Bristol, CT based ESPN source told Brooks. Another ESPN source told Brooks, “I don’t think he’ll survive.”
We don’t think that’s much of a stretch. Safe to say ESPN doesn’t need him when they already have 237 talking heads on the network.
I've always thought the guy was a total hole and I hope he does lose the only career he had left. Just for fun, Roger Ebert's open letter to quitter Mariotti:
An open letter to sports columnist Jay Mariotti, who resigned from
the Sun-Times and lashed out during a TV interview announcing that
newspapers were dead:
Dear Jay,
What an ugly way to leave the Sun-Times. It does not speak well for
you. Your timing was exquisite. You signed a new contract, waited
until days after the newspaper had paid for your trip to Beijing at
great cost, and then resigned with only an e-mail. You saved your
explanation for a local television station.
As someone who was working here for 24 years before you arrived, I
think you owed us more than that. You owed us decency. The fact that
you saved your attack for TV only completes our portrait of you as a
rat.
Newspapers are not dead, Jay, although you predicted the death of the
Sun-Times and the Tribune. Neither paper will die any time soon. Job-
hunting tip: It is imprudent to go on TV and predict the collapse of a
newspaper you might hope would hire you. Times are hard in the
newspaper business, and for the economy as a whole. Did you only sign
on for the luxury cruise? There's an old saying that you might have
come across once or twice on the sports beat: "When the going gets
tough, the tough get going."
Newspapers are not dead, Jay, because there are still readers who want
the whole story, not a sound bite. If you only work on television,
viewers may get a little weary of you shouting at them. You were a
great shouter in print, that's for sure, stomping your feet when
owners, coaches, players and fans didn't agree with you. It was an
entertaining show. Good luck getting one of your 1,000-word rants on
the air.
The rest of us are still at work, still putting out the best paper we
can. We believe in our profession, and in the future. And we believe
in our internet site, which you also whacked as you slithered out the
door. I don't know how your column was doing, but we have the most
popular sports section in Chicago. The reports and blog entries by our
Washington editor Lynn Sweet have become a must-stop for millions of
Americans in this election year. After a recent blog entry I wrote
about the Beijing Olympics, I woke up at 5 a.m. one morning, when
North America was asleep, and found that 40 percent of my 100 most
recent visitors had been from China. I don't have any complaints
about our web site. So far this month my web page has been visited
from virtually every country on earth, including one visit from the
Vatican City. The Pope, no doubt.
You have left us, Jay, at a time when the newspaper is once again in
the hands of people who love newspapers and love producing them. You
managed to stay here through the dark days of the thieves Conrad Black
and David Radler. The paper lost millions. Incredibly, we are still
paying Black's legal fees.
I started here when Marshall Field and Jim Hoge were running the
paper. I stayed through the Rupert Murdoch regime. I was asked, "How
can you work for a Murdoch paper?" My reply was: "It's not his paper.
It's my paper. He only owns it." That's the way I've always felt about
the Sun-Times, and I still do. On your way out, don't let the door
bang you on the ass.
Your former colleague,
Roger Ebert
AWESOME!
Both his arrest (OH HAPPY DAY!) and likely expulsion from ESPN, and, much more so, Ebert's column.
He is a .
good this guy
him and stephen should team up and do a show together
ATH just got better too now if only paige could be busted for child pornography
what a loser
Woody is hilarious.
I like Paige alright. I think he's clueless, but whatever, I laugh.
major props to the guy on around the horn that makes a joke of this tomorrow.
I wish I could have been there when Tony Kornheiser received this news. I think he's probably the happiest man in America right now.
tbh the woody-Mariotti rivalry was one of the best parts of the show
Bill Plaschke is hands down the worst, he is the biggest homer ever. Paige is actually funny.
How the could you not want Woody on ATH?!! I don't think there was ever a 'rivalry' between them, just conflicting personalities. One guy trying to have fun while still getting his point across, another actually thinking it's a legitimate compe ion that he has to take personally when he doesn't win.
Side note, I don't give a about what Ebert has to say about all this. Nothing screams conceited bag like a movie critic
There would be so much more potential in this alias if you actually tried (or knew how) to talk like Woody, instead of sounding like every other idiotic troll on SpursTalk. , it might even be entertaining to read at that point.
Like Mariotti or not, he's a polarizing personality, and those tend to do well on debate shows. People watch to see what he and Woody are going to say next, because we all know that Plaschke is going to give us his West Coast superiority smack, and usually whoever else they have on the show is just going to say what they think will get them points from Stat Boy. I think it's in Kornheiser's best interest to want ATH to do well, because it's a perfect lead-in to his show with Wilbon.
Front note, nothing screams, "I wish I could be a movie critic, unfortunately I can't write anything worth reading" like putting a couple of quotes from over rated films in your profile and signature.to you, sir.
to the OP. He knows the good stuff when he sees it.
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/...410140304/1023Front note, nothing screams, "I wish I could be a movie critic, unfortunately I can't write anything worth reading" like putting a couple of quotes from over rated films in your profile and signature.
I agree that it's in his and PTI's best interest for ATH to do well, but he hates Mariotti's guts enough that I don't think he cares.
And as far as Mariotti's departure from ATH goes- I'm sure they'll be fine. Combined, ATH and PTI are the two highest rated, regularly programmed shows on the ESPN network. Their hour's bigger than Sportscenter's. I doubt that changes because Paige and Mariotti can't talk anymore.
Front note, nothing screams, "I wish I could be a movie critic, unfortunately I can't write anything worth reading" like putting a couple of quotes from over rated films in your profile and signature.
Now that's a of a troll.
He's also ripped on A Clockwork Orangewhat a
He loves Pulp Fiction. What's funny about that? Did you provide the wrong link? Zero to be embarrassed about in that review.
There isn't a critic or person alive that hasn't liked some movies that are generally recognized as and hated some movies that are considered classic. Look up pedantic in the dictionary.He's also ripped on A Clockwork Orange
Well, I guess I have to explain it.
The Roger Ebert troll called Pulp Fiction overrated. The real Roger Ebert loves Pulp Fiction.
"Always male (as there are no girls on the internet), the Internet Tough Guy, also known as a Keyboard Warrior talks big online, and doesn't afraid of anything, but IRL he's a total or a basement-dweller."
Way to out yourself.
Wait wtf? They talked about it today? I in missed it
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