Jay Mariotti has a column again, for some reason

[Uncle.Ruckus]

Oy.

http://chicagosidesports.com/jay-mariotti-cutlers-bears-still-suck/

 

[wicked]

Bill Simmons thinks Jay Mariotti writes long.

 

[Norrin Radd]

I guess he got bored just doing that BIGSPORTSWRITER Twitter feed.

[/crossthreading]

 

[YGBFKM]

That photo screams, "Those who know me want to punch me."

He looks like a 50-year-old frat boy with cirrhosis.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Ordinarily I hate reader comments at the end of an article, but I'll make a big exception here. Those are classic.

The first comment begins "Hey Jay Remember when you got arrested for beating your girlfriend and got thrown in Jail." And then they get mean.

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

Thanks for the heads-up, PC. Those comments are gold.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Is that his own website or did some supposedly rational human decide he was an asset?

 

[wicked]

Mariotti's Twitter profile photo.

 

[spikechiquet]

First line in "About Us:" for the website: "ChicagoSide brings you the best Chicago sports journalism in town."

Um, Jay lives in L.A. So much for that "best in town" schtick.

Fail.

 

[sgreenwell]

Mariotti has 1,161 followers on Twitter. That is shockingly low to me, even taking into account what an enormous asshole he is. In contrast, Bayless has 815,000. Stephen A. has 819,000.

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

Mariotti is (was) an unemployed, woman-beating convicted felon. Not surprising to me.

 

[sgreenwell]

Mariotti is (was) an unemployed, woman-beating convicted felon. Not surprising to me.

If only OJ was out, then we might have a good Twitter comparison!

But yeah, I was trying to think of someone as reviled as Mariotti for the Twitter comparison, and I couldn't think of anyone. Even bad fame typically still makes someone semi-relevant, but Mariotti has managed to avoid even that. Paris Hilton has 8.7 million followers, but she's just kind of stupid. Lohan has 4.2 million. Omarosa murdered Michael Clarke Duncan and has 39,000 followers. Courtney Love has 103,000.

 

[SockPuppet]

Oh. My. God. That lead paragraph SUCCCKKKEEDDDD!!!!!

 

[murphyc]

Ordinarily I hate reader comments at the end of an article, but I'll make a big exception here. Those are classic.

The first comment begins "Hey Jay Remember when you got arrested for beating your girlfriend and got thrown in Jail." And then they get mean.

My favorite: "I'd say stick to what you're good at, but I'm not sure what that is."

 

[bpoindexter]

Mariotti is (was) an unemployed, woman-beating convicted felon. Not surprising to me.

If only OJ was out, then we might have a good Twitter comparison!

But yeah, I was trying to think of someone as reviled as Mariotti for the Twitter comparison, and I couldn't think of anyone. Even bad fame typically still makes someone semi-relevant, but Mariotti has managed to avoid even that. Paris Hilton has 8.7 million followers, but she's just kind of stupid. Lohan has 4.2 million. Omarosa murdered Michael Clarke Duncan and has 39,000 followers. Courtney Love has 103,000.

I remained completely amazed at the stupidity of our wonderful country that Paris ****ing Hilton has 8.7M followers on Twitter.

 

[bpoindexter]

OUCH! Just read the comments. And what makes it even better - or worse - depending on one's side of the fence, is the comments are all Facebook; no hiding behind computer aliases here. They come right out and say it.

 

[LongTimeListener]

OUCH! Just read the comments. And what makes it even better - or worse - depending on one's side of the fence, is the comments are all Facebook; no hiding behind computer aliases here. They come right out and say it.

Intense dislike of Jay Mariotti isn't exactly a controversial position.

 

[HanSenSE]

I bypassed the column and went straight to the comments ... I think I chose wisely.

 

[Joe Williams]

Buh-bye, ChicagoSide.
I hardly knew ye.

 

[LongTimeListener]

BTW, that site also includes a wah-wah from Jeff Pearlman that not enough Chicagoans bought his book.