Posted by chicagomedia.org on August 28, 2008 at 17:15:03:
In Reply to: Jay Mariotti quits Sun-Times posted by chicagomedia.org on August 27, 2008 at 07:21:57:
Mariotti Denies Talks With WEEI
JAY MARIOTTI is denying that he is joining ENTERCOM Sports WEEI-A/BOSTON, its website, the BOSTON GLOBE, cable channel NESN, or any other BOSTON property.
The prominent sports columnist and ESPN "AROUND THE HORN" personality told the BOSTON HERALD's JESSICA HESLAM, "In all honesty, I致e not spoken to anybody about any job in BOSTON nor has my agent because I talked to him last night ... This is crazy. They say I知 coming to NESN, they say I知 coming to the GLOBE, they say I知 coming to WEEI. I have had no discussions with anybody in BOSTON about the RED SOX, TOM BRADY's foot or me working there." WEEI has been hiring sportswriters for its WEEI.com website in recent months.
MARIOTTI stunned the sports media world this week by abruptly resigning from his longtime post as columnist for the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, saying that he feels newspapers are dying and he does not want to continue working for a struggling paper. He said at the time that he was talking to several websites about writing for them. MARIOTTI was a radio host at SPORTING NEWS RADIO for several years.
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