Sources tell Chi-ball that Jay Mariotti has had talks with the Chicago Tribune. Mariotti, can not write for another newspaper until his contract runs out with the Chicago Sun-Times. There is nothing however stopping the Trib from hiring the controversial Mariotti to be strictly an internet columnist. According to the source, this would not be a popular move within the Tribune staff .
September 9th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Mariotti at the Tribune? Please kill me now.
September 9th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Please no. I wish this idiot would mercy-kill himself already.
FALL ON YOUR BLADE, YOU COWARD!
September 9th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Would he allow comments on his stories? Because everyone knows he can’t take criticism.
September 9th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
So much for the BS he spewed about the dying newspaper industry. Not to mention all the swipes he was taking at Sam Zell. What a joke this hack is.
September 9th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
No worries, the Tribune allows comments ont heir articles. There’s no way he’d stand for that.
September 9th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
You have got to be kidding me! I thought we finally got rid of this jerk and now he’s back. The Tribune has just lost my respect!
September 9th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
I wish Jay Mariotti would just go away and take those metrosexually trimmed hideous eyebrows with him. He’s as ugly to look at as he is to read or hear.
September 11th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
BEST NEWS THAT I HAVE HEARD IN TWO WEEKS. WHEN CAN WE AGAIN START READING
THE BEST WRITER IN CHICAGO?
September 11th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
ALL OF THESE REPLYS MUST BE COMING FROM THE SUNTIMES
September 12th, 2008 at 8:00 am
Yep, Tribune definitely is under new ownership because the old guard would have never hired him. This would be Jay’s dream come true and the sport department’s worst nightmare.
December 13th, 2008 at 2:13 am
It won’t be long before Mariotti becomes a full-time member of the ESPN family of networks.
December 20th, 2008 at 3:37 am
He will be with ESPN for a long time, but watch for his new home by Super Bowl, we still say Trib.com for now.