All Entries Tagged With: "Deadspin"
Mariotti finally heading to Tribune?
We were told by many sources back last fall that Jay Mariotti would find his way to the Tribune. After legalities delayed the union, rumors have re-surfaced that Mariotti will indeed end up writing for the Trib. Deadspin (who linked our stories on Jay last September) has sources that have Jay joining the Trib’s new Chicago Now site.
It would be more than likely that Mariotti would end up writing for the Tribune in other aspects as well, once his non-compete ends in August.
Now, onto the Tribune rumor. According to sources at that paper and other Chicago newspaperland employees, Mariotti’s going to jump over to the Trib-owned “Chicago Now” blog operation as soon as that pesky Sun-Times non-compete clause ends in August. Chicago Now is overseen by Bill Adee, a former Sun-Times sports editor, and the man who was heavily lobbying the Zell-owned paper to snap up Mariotti last year. He hearts Jay.
Once this is finalized (they apparently already have mock-ups of Mariotti’s page prepared), what will become of the Fanhouse column?
Popularity: 6% [?]
Weird Lasorda interview on “CTL”
Everyone is talking about the weird interview that went down on Chicago Tribune Live between host Dave Kaplan and Tommy Lasorda. Deadspin has more.
Popularity: 4% [?]
Telander/Mariotti..This time they’re nude?
Deadspin brings you the encounter of Jay and Rick in the sauna.
“I was taking a sauna, which I do like once every ten years, and who walks in but Jay Mariotti. I swear to God. If God is my savior, if he is (he probably doesn’t want to save me, but) there he was. He almost freaked out. There were other people in the sauna. I probably shouldn’t even go on about this, but it was an hour ago. It was one hour ago, and he just started babbling.
I don’t think it’s fair for me…I’m telling you so much…it’s just surreal. I think if my eyes don’t deceive me, if he’d seen the Yeti or…Michael Myers sitting there, I don’t know, it would have been about the same. But you’d have to ask him that.
The first thing out of his mouth, ‘well, let’s just bury the hatchet.’ I had not said a word. Hatchets or anything – I didn’t have a hatchet in hand. Nothing.”
Popularity: 1% [?]
Cubs suprise 104 year- old in front of 40,000.
The Cubs, after all let 104 year- old Leo Hildebrand throw out the ceremonial first pitch Saturday at the division clincher. They surprised him with the last minute duty.
Perhaps recognizing that the tons of bad publicity the story had been generating just wasn’t worth it, the Chicago Cubs relented on Saturday and let 104-year-old Leo Hildebrand throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to their game with the Cardinals. Here is Leo throwing the hard cheese, although he looks a little confused by that newfangled contraption they call a “catcher’s mask.”
Popularity: 1% [?]
Chi-ball story linked on Chicago Tribune.com
Deadspin linked to Chi-ball’s story on their site Tue. Their sources indicate that Mariotti to the Trib is a strong rumor within the paper and there could be mass resignations if indeed true.
Said one Deadspin emailer: “People at the Trib have heard this rumor just like the rest of us, and it has definitely been a cause for concern for the staff. I would say more people believe it to be true than not. … Either this is being handled at a very high level (and/or is being compartmentalized as some sort of web-only deal) by one of the Zell-ots, or it isn’t happening at all. If it does in fact happen, expect resignations.”
Rahula Strohl of the Trib has more.
Mariotti “won” the show and in his final face time, called himself “between newspaper jobs.” Wait, didn’t he say that newspapers were dead?
Lyle Overbay strikes out swinging. Scott Rolen pops out to second and Greg Zaun pops out to third. I’m told the board may not work at all today. I’m sure these technical issues will be straightened out once Jay Mariotti is hired by the Tribune to write an online column. Can’t wait.
Popularity: 1% [?]
