Originally published August 31, 2008 at 12:00 AM | Page modified August 31, 2008 at 12:47 AM
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Jay Mariotti: The combative sports columnist got quite a backlash when he abruptly quit after 17 years at the Chicago Sun-Times ...
Jay Mariotti: The combative sports columnist got quite a backlash when he abruptly quit after 17 years at the Chicago Sun-Times — including shots from his co-workers, who ran a "JAY THE RAT" headline in Friday's editions. A sampling:
• Sports columnist Chris De Luca: "In spinning his story to the Chicago Tribune, Mariotti depicted the Sun-Times as the Titanic, and it was clear the self-proclaimed tough guy was knocking over the old women and children to be the first to jump ship."
• Sun-Times editor Michael Cooke: "We wish Jay well and will miss him — not personally, of course — but in the sense of noticing he is no longer here, at least for a few days."
• Movie critic Roger Ebert, on Mariotti stepping down only after attending the Olympics at the newspaper's expense: "What an ugly way to leave the Sun-Times. It does not speak well of you."
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