Comments on: Jay Mariotti will not be missed by his editor http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/08/27/jay-mariotti-will-not-be-missed-by-his-editor/ Exploring the soft underbelly of sports Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:41:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Sassbottom http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/08/27/jay-mariotti-will-not-be-missed-by-his-editor/#comment-49093 Sassbottom Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:45:40 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/08/27/jay-mariotti-will-not-be-missed-by-his-editor/#comment-49093 Things Douchebags Do: 1) Pop their collars 2) Show off their tribal arm band tattoos 3) Fiddle with their Bluetooth headsets 4) Talk about what a douchebag Jay Mariotti is Things Douchebags Do:

1) Pop their collars
2) Show off their tribal arm band tattoos
3) Fiddle with their Bluetooth headsets
4) Talk about what a douchebag Jay Mariotti is

]]> By: muxhut http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/08/27/jay-mariotti-will-not-be-missed-by-his-editor/#comment-49087 muxhut Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:20:58 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/08/27/jay-mariotti-will-not-be-missed-by-his-editor/#comment-49087 My investigative research thunder STOLEN by a new Randball post coming out just as I typed that last comment. I smell collusion. My investigative research thunder STOLEN by a new Randball post coming out just as I typed that last comment. I smell collusion.

]]> By: muxhut http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/08/27/jay-mariotti-will-not-be-missed-by-his-editor/#comment-49085 muxhut Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:19:45 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/08/27/jay-mariotti-will-not-be-missed-by-his-editor/#comment-49085 From the Chicago Tribune article linked in Rand's post: "Sun-Times sports editor Stu Courtney declined to comment as well." Implied, but not noted, was that the Sun-Times sports editor was busily looking up details on Tom Gugliotta for a Minneapolis Sports Blog. Stu: Hunted Down. From the Chicago Tribune article linked in Rand’s post: “Sun-Times sports editor Stu Courtney declined to comment as well.”

Implied, but not noted, was that the Sun-Times sports editor was busily looking up details on Tom Gugliotta for a Minneapolis Sports Blog.

Stu: Hunted Down.

]]> By: Dave MN http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/08/27/jay-mariotti-will-not-be-missed-by-his-editor/#comment-49083 Dave MN Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:39:39 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/08/27/jay-mariotti-will-not-be-missed-by-his-editor/#comment-49083 <i>Add a few empty bags of Cheetos, Reusse wearing a “Keep the Paper in Newspapers” T-shirt, and Sid blowing bubbles, and you have yourself the Thursday morning sports staff meeting.</i> Ah, the smell of boiled coffee and stale farts. Strib aromatherapy Add a few empty bags of Cheetos, Reusse wearing a “Keep the Paper in Newspapers” T-shirt, and Sid blowing bubbles, and you have yourself the Thursday morning sports staff meeting.

Ah, the smell of boiled coffee and stale farts. Strib aromatherapy

]]> By: StraightCashHomey http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/08/27/jay-mariotti-will-not-be-missed-by-his-editor/#comment-49081 StraightCashHomey Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:37:15 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/08/27/jay-mariotti-will-not-be-missed-by-his-editor/#comment-49081 <i>Just a lot of Rand's squinting and uninspired beat writer hairstyles.</i> Add a few empty bags of Cheetos, Reusse wearing a "Keep the Paper in Newspapers" T-shirt, and Sid blowing bubbles, and you have yourself the Thursday morning sports staff meeting. Just a lot of Rand’s squinting and uninspired beat writer hairstyles.

Add a few empty bags of Cheetos, Reusse wearing a “Keep the Paper in Newspapers” T-shirt, and Sid blowing bubbles, and you have yourself the Thursday morning sports staff meeting.

]]> By: Stu http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/08/27/jay-mariotti-will-not-be-missed-by-his-editor/#comment-49080 Stu Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:33:40 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/08/27/jay-mariotti-will-not-be-missed-by-his-editor/#comment-49080 <i>uninspired beat writer hairstyles</i> Redundant. uninspired beat writer hairstyles

Redundant.

]]> By: newbie http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/08/27/jay-mariotti-will-not-be-missed-by-his-editor/#comment-49079 newbie Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:30:23 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/08/27/jay-mariotti-will-not-be-missed-by-his-editor/#comment-49079 <i>except to say he will continue doing his regular stint on ESPN's "Around the Horn."</i> ESPN responded by saying: "Right. We don't even have sports writers on that show. Why would we keep a wanna-be blogger on it?" except to say he will continue doing his regular stint on ESPN’s “Around the Horn.”

ESPN responded by saying: “Right. We don’t even have sports writers on that show. Why would we keep a wanna-be blogger on it?”

]]> By: Dave MN http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/08/27/jay-mariotti-will-not-be-missed-by-his-editor/#comment-49078 Dave MN Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:29:13 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/08/27/jay-mariotti-will-not-be-missed-by-his-editor/#comment-49078 See this? This is my new haircut. See this? This is my new haircut.

]]> By: lattewarrior http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/08/27/jay-mariotti-will-not-be-missed-by-his-editor/#comment-49077 lattewarrior Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:24:29 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/08/27/jay-mariotti-will-not-be-missed-by-his-editor/#comment-49077 I sat through Good Sports in the hopes it would end with in a three-way, Native American leg wrestling death match. Alas, no such luck. Just a lot of Rand's squinting and uninspired beat writer hairstyles. I sat through Good Sports in the hopes it would end with in a three-way, Native American leg wrestling death match. Alas, no such luck. Just a lot of Rand’s squinting and uninspired beat writer hairstyles.

]]> By: roughkat http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/08/27/jay-mariotti-will-not-be-missed-by-his-editor/#comment-49076 roughkat Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:21:03 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/08/27/jay-mariotti-will-not-be-missed-by-his-editor/#comment-49076 The smugness of his photo makes me think he has at least 3 collars popped when he goes out. The smugness of his photo makes me think he has at least 3 collars popped when he goes out.

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