tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post7307177396182303826..comments2024-02-16T02:12:08.305-08:00Comments on Fire Jay Mariotti: When Mariotti attacks Simmons, everybody loses, part 1Larry Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141943214237719821noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post-65040880433559281142015-05-28T12:39:23.682-07:002015-05-28T12:39:23.682-07:00Jay Mariotti (rightly) calling Simmons' articl...Jay Mariotti (rightly) calling Simmons' articles masturbatory, while accurate, is pretty fucking hilarious. If there is a man more in love with his own notoriety and "celebrity" status than Mariotti I don't want to meet them. How many times does he frame things like "I'm the only one with enough balls to ask the TOUGH questions"? His lack of self-awareness is truly astounding. jacktotheracknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post-33662280557366637822015-05-27T13:41:56.868-07:002015-05-27T13:41:56.868-07:00This is probably the only situation where I'd ...This is probably the only situation where I'd ever defend Simmons but it seems as though Jay has, like, NEVER considered that sports writing can be anything but breaking news. Simmons has never claimed to be a reporter (although he did, "accidentally," break that Randy Moss trade a few years back); that said, he probably does claim to be a journalist and that's bullshit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com