backporch.fanhouse.com - 8/29/2008
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Until he resigned this week, Jay Mariotti had been the second most famous columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times. The paper's most famous columnist, Roger Ebert, is the latest to tell Mariotti, "Good riddance." An open letter from Ebert to Mariotti includes the following: 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, ...
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Jerry Reinsdorf To Us On Jay Mariotti: ‘He’s a Piss Ant’
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
As the world continues to turn in the saga that is Jay Mariotti’s resignation — or hissy fit, if you will — all his um, friends are coming out of the woodwork to voice their opinions. Rick Telander had some words for him, as did Roger Ebert.
And today, boys and girls, we have a special treat for you. It’s White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf giving us his thoughts on Jay. Jerry, not known to be overly vocal with the media, was kind enough to speak to our own Kendahl Damico yesterday afternoon. A sample: ...
Jay Mariotti’s Sun-Times Column Is Gone, But His Legacy Remains
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
... to Roger Ebert’s scathing takedown yesterday, Mariotti was harangued by anyone who ever had anything to do with sports journalism in Chicago. It was a bloodbath. ( ...
Jay Mariotti: ‘Roger Ebert Can Kiss My Ass’
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
... If you remember, Ebert wrote a farewell letter to Mariotti when his Sun-Times tenure ended, in which he told Mariotti: “on your way out, don’t let the door bang you on the ass.” There is a lot of ass talk going on between them. ...
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Rumors and Rants
Thumbs up to you, Roger! Just a small batch of items for you to enjoy as you begin your Labor Day Weekend. Oh wait, that means you probably aren't going to read any of this. - Here's Roger Ebert's best review yet . The subject? Jay Mariotti. I tried to do the subject justice earlier this week, but Ebert's delightful vindictiveness trumped any words I could muster . Although I do have to ...
Jay Gets a Thumbs Down —
Fire Jay Mariotti
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury of public opinion: I present to you a careful, articulate, and darkly humorous rip of our own Jay Mariotti by one of his former colleauges. Though I don't read a lot of his movie criticism, I'm a bit impressed by Ebert's capable pen. I think he correctly calls Jay out for his childish antics, and comes off the bigger for it. It's not a long article, but I think ...
EBERT SHREDS MARIOTTI —
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The best response to Mariotti quitting comes from none other than Mr. Roger Ebert. Ebert just tears him up.
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.
Read the rest here , and don’t miss Ebert’s close. As the ...
Ebert scolds Mariotti for “ugly way” he left Sun-Times —
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One thumb down!
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, ...
One more reason Roger Ebert is our herohe hates Mariotti, too. —
Clubhouse Cancer
Here is an open letter Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert wrote to Jay Mariotti which was sent to us by a friend, but…checking the other blogs, we see it has been posted in more than one location. Oh well, that certainly doesn’t make it any less awesome. This, from a Pulitzer Prize winner, no less: Dear Jay, What an ugly way to leave the Sun-Times. It does not speak well ...
An Open Letter From Roger Ebert To Jay Mariotti —
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Mariotti is an easy target at the best of times, but his abrupt departure from the Chicago Sun-Times, right after they paid his way to China for the Olympics, left his most distinguished now-former colleague more than a little out of joint. And no one writes a screw-you letter like Roger Ebert.
