Jay Mariotti resigns

[BB Bobcat]

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/1128603,mariotti082708.article

 

[dooley_womack1]

This thread will be the dictionary definition of schadenfreude

 

[Starman]

Now he can devote full time to developing nuanced, thoughtful stances for his TV appearances.


::) ::)

 

[Bubbler]

Journalism will never survive this blow.

 

[armageddon]

Now he can devote full time to developing nuanced, thoughtful stances for his TV appearances.


::) ::)

Or, he will have plenty of time to visit the White Sox dugout/clubhouse.

Anyone care to show him how to get down there?

 

[Van Lingle Mungo]

If he wasn't as bad as the stereotypical blogger before, now he doesn't have a job.

 

[Cousin Jeffrey]

I imagine he'll be writing for ESPN.com now. The Sun-Times might go under, but it won't be because he's gone. In truth, losing his bloated salary can only be good for the department.

 

[forever_town]

8)

 

[pressboxramblings07]

I'm heartbroken.

 

[Cousin Jeffrey]

just checked the trib and jay told a reporter there web sites are the way of the future. he came to this realization in China, he claims.

More good cheer:

Commenting on his 17 years at the paper, Mariotti said he loved every minute of it. But he said that with the troubled times newspapers face, it was time to consider a new future.

"I'm a competitor and I get the sense this marketplace doesn't compete,'' he said. "Everyone is hanging on for dear life at both papers. I think probably the days of high stakes competition in Chicago are over.

"To see what's happened in this business...I don't want to go down with it.''

 

[mustangj17]

Troubled times? I bet with his salary he is real troubled. **** him.

 

[Singapore Slim]

From the Trib:

"n a city with a strong sports journalism tradition, Mariotti is thought of as one of its premier columnists. With a style that relied on being contrarian no matter the topic, readers turned to him as much to disagree with what he had to say than agree."

Pathetic. He has never minded being wrong, even he knows he's wrong, just to keep up the shtick.

Deliberately misleading readers. How is that any worse than Jayson Blair or Stephen Glass?

 

[MU_was_not_so_hard]

He apparently came home from Beijing pissed off -- about what, I don't know. He's got fewer and fewer fans every day.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

 

[Songbird]

he could be a mod here.

 

[BigRed]

Aww, that's a shame.
Why anyone in Chicago would miss that pandering windbag for one second is beyond me.

 

[JakeandElwood]

He apparently came home from Beijing pissed off -- about what, I don't know. He's got fewer and fewer fans every day.

He had fans? I'm from the Chicago area, and I can honestly say I've never heard anyone say anything positive about him.

 

[Dickens Cider]

I'm guessing Telander becomes their No. 1 guy now? Or will it be Couch?

 

[playthrough]

he could be a mod here.

Not sure he could handle that pay cut.

 

[Lyman_Bostock]

Maybe he just wanted a free trip to China?