Ebert calls out Marrioti

[boomhauertjs]

This is pretty good stuff. Ebert just got major kudos points from me. I can't stand Marriotti or any of those other hacks on Around the Horn.

http://poynter.org/forum/view_post.asp?id=13570

[ThreeKing]

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Chris DeLuca of the Sun-Times absolutely murdered him yesterday.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/deluca/1131768,CST-SPT-deluca28.article

[SPTO]

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Ah, it's nice to see Marrioti get called out for being the A-Hole that he is.

Kudos to Ebert and DeLucca!

[ASB37]

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Good I always hated mariotti. I get where ebert is coming from on TV I can't stand watching Jay because it seems like he's always just yelling at the camera. He comes off as an arrogant pompous prick and it's good people are calling him out.

[boomhauertjs]

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Chris DeLuca of the Sun-Times absolutely murdered him yesterday.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/deluc...luca28.article

That was great. Here's the best quote:

"said Mariotti, who will remain a regular contestant on an ESPN game show."

[SPTO]

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Oh I forgot to mention this but Marrioti and Dan LeBastard oops I mean LeBetard must be brothers from another mother. They have almost the exact same style on TV. At least LeBetard isn't nearly as abnoxious.

[Pappy Knuckles]

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They need to replace Around the Horn with something else. PTI is quality, but on ARH they just ramble on and on about nothing most of the time. I think Woody gets lost in another dimension when he speaks.

[CMH]

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Jay Marriotti is the epitome of what's wrong in journalism.

It's sad that he makes it that way when there are actually good writers out there.

[trobinson97]

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They need to replace Around the Horn with something else. PTI is quality, but on ARH they just ramble on and on about nothing most of the time. I think Woody gets lost in another dimension when he speaks.

I loved it when when Max was host, it's fallen off a bit in my eyes, though I don't dislike Reali.

[Pappy Knuckles]

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Yeah Kellerman was definitely a better host. Reali isn't bad, but the show just doesn't do it for me like it used to.

[Brian Gee]

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I was never this way or that on Marrioti, but Ebert just stomped a mudhole in his ***.

ATH is a subpar sportstalk show anyway (most of them are). ONLY PTI is worth watching.

[SPTO]

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ATH is a subpar sportstalk show anyway (most of them are). ONLY PTI is worth watching.

Speaking of subpar sports talk shows on TV....Imagine my Horror when I saw Colin Cowherd's mug on ESPNU. I can't believe ESPN has decided to simulcast his craptastic show on one of their TV networks

[ezekiel55]

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I'm so glad that blowhard Marriotti is out of Chicago...good riddance.

As an aside, I once met him at a club downtown, and he was standin there all alone with this "my sh!t dont stink" look on his weasel face...I was a little drunk and told my friends I'm gonna give him a piece of my mind...After they unsuccessfully tried to stop me I came up to him and proceeded to tell him how much of an a$$hole he is and how terrible he is as a "journalist".

Needless to say he tried to argue with me about how great he is, because he provoked a reaction from me...so I proceeded to tell him the reaction he provoked was akin to me admiring somebody elses fart...after more back and forth similar to that, he basically had enough of me and left the club alone.

[dkgojackets]

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I'm so glad that blowhard Marriotti is out of Chicago...good riddance.

As an aside, I once met him at a club downtown, and he was standin there all alone with this "my sh!t dont stink" look on his weasel face...I was a little drunk and told my friends I'm gonna give him a piece of my mind...After they unsuccessfully tried to stop me I came up to him and proceeded to tell him how much of an a$$hole he is and how terrible he is as a "journalist".

Needless to say he tried to argue with me about how great he is, because he provoked a reaction from me...so I proceeded to tell him the reaction he provoked was akin to me admiring somebody elses fart...after more back and forth similar to that, he basically had enough of me and left the club alone.

hes right though, if you know who he is and read the articles (even just to see how stupid they are) then hes done his job better than 95% of other journalists.

Besides, who doesnt appreciate a really good fart?

[MizzouBravesFan]

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Mariotti is an idiot indeed and is getting what he deserves but hearing Ebert try to get all high and mighty on someone is laughably hyprocritical at best.

That guy is one of the biggest douchebags in media.