AOL sports hires Jay Mariotti, Lisa Olson, Kevin Blackistone

Great. Someone else is going to overpay Mariotti. I'm sure they've got a slot for Rob Parker as well.

 

Who heads up AOL Sports? Does that person have a chance of holding Mariotti accountable on things like locker-room presence, sourcing, etc.? At least he won't have to be a "team player" working independently for AOL -- no local beat writers in close proximity to treat like serfs, no fellow columnist to threaten fisticuffs upon.

Funny, I thought AOL Sports had gone completely over to the "citizen (fan boi) journalism" thing.

 

I'm very happy for Lisa and Kevin and Jay can eat a bag of dicks. I guess he'll be called upon to fill the loudmouthed asshole void that's been there since Whitlock left for Foxsports.

 

Lisa will do great. I am very happy for her.

 

Well, it was that and celebrity sports coverage, too. But the home page today is more traditional sports news, so who knows? I guess it depends on what time it is.

With all respect to the original poster, I still haven't seen this anywhere or heard it anywhere else, yet. Doesn't mean it's not true. But this would indeed be another about face for AOL sports.

 

Outing alert: Dickens Cider is Kathy Griffin!

 

Wasn't Neal Scarbrough the sports editor for AOL for a few minutes?

 

That was indeed the case...

 

In the current climate, I'll celebrate any and every hire. If it's a friend or someone I respect (or both), then I'll celebrate even more.

Congratulations, Lisa. I'm happy for you.

 

Yikes!

 

"Jay, dammit, get to that locker room now. AOL Sports needs to have a presence there!"

 

Good to see Lisa Olson back in the fray. Happy New Year!