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By his own count, Jay Mariotti wrote more than 3,000 columns in his 17 years as a Chicago Sun-Times columnist. But now that that's all over, and being an ESPN jabbering noggin is his main gig now, how does a professional contrarian stay relevant in a world that's swiftly passing him by? By grabbing a suit jacket and Levis and posing against a brick wall for a magazine story, that's how. In the December issue of Michigan Avenue, Josh Schollmeyer does a Q&A profile of Mariotti, Schollmeyer charitably refraining from the same character assassination tactics that made his subject famous. Title? Mariotti Unplugged ("Do Freebird!"). Ha. As if Jay was ever "plugged" to begin with. More »
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