Sun-Times Cubs writer fired

Smasher_Sloan · Aug 4, 2006

Shaggy said:

So what did he do on his expense report?
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Must have Klapisch'ed it.

Gold · Aug 4, 2006

hondo said:

Max Mercy said:

From Teddy Greenstein's media column in the Chicago Trib (and boy, he seems to be reveling in this a bit, doesn't he? Jeez)

Mike Kiley probably would term this "shoddy speculation," but the longtime Cubs beat writer for the Sun-Times is out of a job at the paper, and sources say the cause was expense-account irregularity.

"I can confirm that he no longer works for us," Sun-Times Sports Editor Stu Courtney said. "But beyond that, it's a personnel matter I can't comment on."

Kiley also wrote for the Tribune during his long career. He filed his last Cubs-related story on July 19, then he was reassigned to cover the Sky.

Kiley, who declined to respond to phone messages and e-mails left for him, gained attention over the years on sports-talk radio for his close relationships with Sammy Sosa and Cubs general manager Jim Hendry. Among his fellow sportswriters, Kiley was known as the knockdown king. Beat him on a story and he would go ballistic, although only in print.

Example: After a game on Sept. 20, 2001, Cubs reliever Tom Gordon told the Daily Southtown's Jeff Vorva and me that his right elbow was so sore, he couldn't throw his curveball during a bullpen session.

With Gordon saying, "I have to make a good decision because I don't want to hurt my team and I don't want to hurt myself," I wrote he might shut down for the season, which had less than two weeks remaining.

The next day Kiley described that as "shoddy speculation" and wrote of "unfounded reports." The following day he called the Gordon report "completely inaccurate" and a "false representation" of the situation.

Gordon didn't pitch again that season.

Putting it kindly, Kiley was a fierce competitor. He also had a nose for hot stories, and the Sun-Times' sports pages will be blander without him.
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Let me get this straight: a competitor to Kiley on the beat scooped him on a player being injured, with the source being the player himself, on the record, and Kiley writes that the story was "shoody speculation, unfounded reports, completely inaccurate and false representation?"
What did he write when he got beat on a story where the attributon was two sources speaking on the condition of anonimity?

What a prick.
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My reaction exactly, Hondo.

This Kiley is not a "fierce competitor". He's a sorehead without any grace and a total jerk. That thing in 2001 should have gotten him busted down to JV agate.

DyePack · Aug 4, 2006

Gold said:

hondo said:

Max Mercy said:

From Teddy Greenstein's media column in the Chicago Trib (and boy, he seems to be reveling in this a bit, doesn't he? Jeez)

Mike Kiley probably would term this "shoddy speculation," but the longtime Cubs beat writer for the Sun-Times is out of a job at the paper, and sources say the cause was expense-account irregularity.

"I can confirm that he no longer works for us," Sun-Times Sports Editor Stu Courtney said. "But beyond that, it's a personnel matter I can't comment on."

Kiley also wrote for the Tribune during his long career. He filed his last Cubs-related story on July 19, then he was reassigned to cover the Sky.

Kiley, who declined to respond to phone messages and e-mails left for him, gained attention over the years on sports-talk radio for his close relationships with Sammy Sosa and Cubs general manager Jim Hendry. Among his fellow sportswriters, Kiley was known as the knockdown king. Beat him on a story and he would go ballistic, although only in print.

Example: After a game on Sept. 20, 2001, Cubs reliever Tom Gordon told the Daily Southtown's Jeff Vorva and me that his right elbow was so sore, he couldn't throw his curveball during a bullpen session.

With Gordon saying, "I have to make a good decision because I don't want to hurt my team and I don't want to hurt myself," I wrote he might shut down for the season, which had less than two weeks remaining.

The next day Kiley described that as "shoddy speculation" and wrote of "unfounded reports." The following day he called the Gordon report "completely inaccurate" and a "false representation" of the situation.

Gordon didn't pitch again that season.

Putting it kindly, Kiley was a fierce competitor. He also had a nose for hot stories, and the Sun-Times' sports pages will be blander without him.
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Let me get this straight: a competitor to Kiley on the beat scooped him on a player being injured, with the source being the player himself, on the record, and Kiley writes that the story was "shoody speculation, unfounded reports, completely inaccurate and false representation?"
What did he write when he got beat on a story where the attributon was two sources speaking on the condition of anonimity?

What a prick.
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My reaction exactly, Hondo.

This Kiley is not a "fierce competitor".Â He's a sorehead without any grace and a total jerk.Â That thing in 2001 should have gotten him busted down to JV agate.
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That's assuming the newspaper has a set of standards, enforces them regularly, follows up with them, etc.

Songbird · Aug 4, 2006

JRoyal said:

spinning27 said:

Is it just me, or was that column laced with schadenfreude?
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Great word

And, yes, it is.
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Lisa: Dad, do you know what Schadenfreude is?
Homer: No, I do not know what shaden-frawde is.
[sarcasm] Please tell me, because I'm dying to know.
Lisa: It's a German term for `shameful joy', taking pleasure in the suffering
of others.
Homer: Oh, come on Lisa. I'm just glad to see him fall flat on his butt!
[getting mad]
He's usually all happy and comfortable, and surrounded by loved ones,
and it makes me feel... What's the opposite of that shameful joy
thing of yours?
Lisa: [nastily] Sour grapes.
Homer: Boy, those Germans have a word for everything!

Columbo · Aug 5, 2006

Smasher_Sloan said:

Shaggy said:

So what did he do on his expense report?
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Must have Klapisch'ed it.
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Kiley ain't alone.... but he must have done something incredible.

estreetband75 · Aug 5, 2006

Thinking out loud ...

1. Flying first class
2. Charging air fare for spouse on company card
3. Charging meals for spouse and/or friends on company card
4. Saying he drove to L.A. at fill-in-the-blank cents/mile instead of flying Southwest for $250.
5. Turning in receipts for $50 at Jack In The Box
6. Porn. Nuff said.
7. Staying at Waldorf Astoria in NYC instead of Courtyard Marriott on the East Side.

blandcanyon · Aug 7, 2006

Any news on his replacement? Just kidding.

Ace · Aug 7, 2006

estreetband75 said:

Thinking out loud ...

1. Flying first class
2. Charging air fare for spouse on company card
3. Charging meals for spouse and/or friends on company card
4. Saying he drove to L.A. at fill-in-the-blank cents/mile instead of flying Southwest for $250.
5. Turning in receipts for $50 at Jack In The Box
6. Porn. Nuff said.
7. Staying at Waldorf Astoria in NYC instead of Courtyard Marriott on the East Side.
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