Manish Mehta

Seems reasonable given the circumstances. IIRC, the LA Times didn't say anything about Markazi and he planted a story in Awful Announcing about how he was the victim of a culture clash and the two sides had signed a non-disparagement agreement. That obviously was untrue given what the paper has written about him since then.

 

Ben Strauss is one of the best I can think of on the sports media beat. Can't wait to read this.

 

That photo looks like it came from out takes from Shannon Tweed's body of work.

 

Tremendous reference.

Great article, too. Apparently this only skimmed the surface. I'd expect one of the Deadspins--new old one or the new new one by the brats who stomped off and started their own website--to dig in deeper.

 

Defector did this (Notorious Jets Beat Reporter Manish Mehta Fired At Long Last | Defector) , but considering the sports editor who allowed all this used to work at old Deadspin, I wouldn't expect much of the critical coverage they would direct at someone else

 

It will interesting to see where he ends up. Maybe one of the dueling sports radio stations in NYC.

 

Good point on the latter. As for Defector, I had a more damning expose in mind, a la what Adam94 said about Laura Wagner tackling it. There's definitely more to this than the Washington Post story (which was very good, not demeaning it, but this guy is N-U-T-S with a decade of this behavior out there).

 

But everyone hates him. He's more toxic than a Skip Bayless, who says dumb shit for clicks but is generally harmless. I could see him on one of the intolerable FS1 "debate" shows that nobody watches. He and Jason McIntyre can try and outstupid one another. Or maybe he just burns it all down and goes to Outkick, a site that needs more toxic assholes!

 

Athletic?

 

Ass kisser?