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ESPN personality and popular sports columnist Jay Mariotti was arrested this morning in Los Angeles, this according to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department website. 
Mariotti was arrested on a felony charge at 4:30 AM -- a police source tells us it is a domestic violence charge.
He was held on $50,000 bail and released shortly after noon.
Mariotti is a regular on the ESPN show "Around the Horn" and a writer for the popular sports website Fanhouse.com.
UPDATE: A rep for ESPN said the network had no comment.
TMZ Sports8/21/2010 12:48 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
Jay Mariotti, Famous Sports Columnist, Arrested in LA
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If you want to be taken seriously in sports writing...never call him a "popular" sports columnist. He is far from it.
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domestic violence charge, meaning: his wife was pissed because he didn't take out the trash, so she called the police.
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This news is a downer for sure. Mariotti and Paige are my two favorite sports columnists on Around the Horn. If the charge sticks and he's off the show it will be a bummer for sure. Hopefully he didn't do what he's charged with.
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Mariotti is one of those "holier than thou" clowns who preach against athletes who get into trouble....like steroids.....wife abuse...drunk driving....
He is ESPN's biggest Tiger Woods critic...
I knew that it was just a matter of time for all of that vitriol to come back and bite him in the ass.
As always...the ones who protest the loudest....are the ones whose closets full of skeletons....
It couldn't have happened to a more deserving punk.
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Jay, no matter how things turn out for you over this, I am still a huge fan and will continue to be such.
P.S. Joe Davis is a slimey douche noodle!!!!
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Hahahhahahahaha Couldn't have happened to a bigger DOUCHE.. Hes always preaching the high and mighty
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Mariotti is one of the most self righteous sports writers out there. Lets see if he is as unforgiving of his own infractions,or the appearence thereof, as he has been of the athletes he covers.
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The word that best describes Jay sounds a lot like douchebag; oh wait, that word IS douchebag!
Karma's a bitch ain't it?
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Beautiful, Mr. Mariotti. A man who makes his money lambasting the dirty deeds (real and imagined) of notable athletes and coaches turns out to be as dirty as anyone. A woman-beater, of all things.
Perfect.
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I've always said Mariotti has the perfect eyebrows for prison and now I will know for sure!
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he's an ass...always looking down on all the athletes he covers...the ones who protest the loudest usually have skeletons in their own damn closets !!
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WWWPT... what would Woody Paige think
Lets see, continue on with my gig on a steady eddy sports show on national tv, or smack a bish? decisions descisions...
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