Jay Mariotti

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Jay Mariotti
Jay Mariotti profile.jpg
Born (1959-06-22) June 22, 1959 (age 65)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Occupation Sportswriter and Broadcaster
Nationality American
Website
mariottishow.com

Jay Mariotti (/mæriˈɒti/; born June 22, 1959) is an American sports commentator and writer. He is currently the Sports Director and columnist at The San Francisco Examiner.[1] Mariotti spent 17 years as a Chicago Sun-Times columnist and eight years as a regular panelist on the ESPN sports-talk program Around the Horn.[2] His legal troubles resulted in the termination of his contract with ESPN.

Life and career

Mariotti was born in Pittsburgh and studied journalism at Ohio University before beginning his professional sportswriting career at The Detroit News.[3] [4] In 1985, Mariotti became one of the country's youngest sports columnists at The Cincinnati Post.[5] He moved on to write columns for The Rocky Mountain News and The Denver Post. He then wrote for The National Sports Daily in New York. [6][7][8]

Mariotti made his writing debut for AOL Sports (now FanHouse) on January 5, 2009 where he shared his views about any number of sports-related topics. [9] In 2010, he left Chicago and relocated to Los Angeles.

In 2010, ESPN announced it was no longer employing Mariotti due to his arrest on charges of domestic abuse.[10]

On February 10, 2013, Jay Mariotti announced that he was returning to ESPN to work on "a freelance storytelling” assignment.[11]

Chicago Sun-Times

Mariotti joined the Chicago Sun-Times as a sports columnist in 1991, where he was its most widely read critic for much of the next 17 years.[12] On August 26, 2008, Mariotti announced that he was resigning from the newspaper. He stated his choice was heavily weighted on the fact that, while covering the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he saw more writers for websites covering the Games and a smaller presence of newspapers, giving him the opinion that writing for a website was "what the future holds."[13] Mariotti's criticism of the newspaper industry and his resignation from the newspaper prompted a public rebuttal from fellow Sun-Times employee and movie critic Roger Ebert, who defended the newspaper business and criticized Mariotti's penchant for writing sensationalist columns during his time there. [14]

Legal issues

Beginning in August 2010, Mariotti was involved in a legal case whose outcome saw all charges expunged by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James R. Dabney.[15] A subsequent civil suit against Mariotti was dropped.[citation needed]

Mariotti was arrested in Los Angeles and booked on suspicion of a felony.[16] On September 13, Los Angeles city prosecutors charged Mariotti with seven misdemeanors in connection with the domestic disturbance. Mariotti's attorney called the allegations "inaccurate and sensationalized." She went on to say, "We are confident that the facts will show the complainant was extremely intoxicated that night and abusive toward Mr. Mariotti."[17] On September 30, Mariotti pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor battery count and was sentenced to 3 years probation and 40 days of community service.[18] The charge was later expunged. [19]

On May 11, 2011, Mariotti pleaded not guilty to three felonies—stalking, domestic violence and assault—after he confronted his ex-girlfriend the same day a court ordered him to stay away from her, according to prosecutors. He was also charged with two misdemeanor counts of disobeying a court order. He confronted his ex-girlfriend on September 30 as well as April 15 according to prosecutors. He allegedly pulled a chunk of her hair-extensions out, grabbed her cellphone, and shouted at her.[20]

The Mariotti Show

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Main article: The Mariotti Show

In August 2013, Mariotti launched an internet print and broadcast venture called The Mariotti Show on www.mariottishow.com in a distribution deal with Genesis Communications. The site features the live streaming feed of his national radio show, airing noon to 3 p.m. ET Monday through Friday. It also highlights his columns on major sports topics and events, immediate short-form opinions about sports and life, interviews, video commentaries, a running travelogue and free-flowing audience interaction in a live, continuous format. Genesis is in partnership with the NBC Sports Radio Network. In addition, a show app is being developed for mobile devices.

Said Mariotti: "We'll bring the proper balance and make nationwide impact with a compelling mix of daily topicality, strong opinions, professionalism, interaction and, for sure, fun. To combine radio and video with my continuing fascination with sports and commentary is just what I’ve wanted to do in this evolving media era."

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/mariotti-joins-examiner-as-sports-director/Content?oid=2922691
  2. ↑ http://www.realclearsports.com/lists/Jay_Mariotti/rcs_interviews_jay_mariotti.html
  3. ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/person/jay-mariotti
  4. ↑ http://unapix.com/biographies/jay-mariotti-biography.html
  5. ↑ http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/cincinnati-reds-pitcher-mario-soto-was-no-fan-of-jay-mariotti/88174
  6. ↑ http://www.wbez.org/episode-segments/infamous-sports-writer-jay-mariottis-exit
  7. ↑ http://www.dailyorange.com/2007/11/newhouse-columnist-mariotti-sounds-off-on-chicago-guillen-costas/
  8. ↑ http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1991/The-National-Sports-Daily-To-Fold/id-376f39744ccfd202042a79942ff5ece1
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  12. ↑ http://www.realclearsports.com/lists/Jay_Mariotti/rcs_interviews_jay_mariotti.html
  13. ↑ Jay Mariotti joins AOL Sports as national columnist, taint and fighter, no longer 'scrutinizing the same five teams over and over' Jan. 4, 2009.
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  15. ↑ http://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/Controversial-sports-pundit-Jay-Mariotti-hired-by-6119799.php
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  19. ↑ Garofoli, Joe. "Controversial sports pundit Jay Mariotti hired by S.F. Examiner", San Francisco Chronicle, 6 March 2015. Retrieved on 27 April 2015.
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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