Are Reporters in Chicago Afraid of Mike Ditka?
Say this for Jay Mariotti: He’ll take shots at anybody. I know a lot of sports fans who think Mariotti is too negative, but sometimes negativity is warranted, and on those occasions, you can count on Mariotti to deliver it. One of those times when negativity is warranted is when former Bears coach Mike Ditka runs a charity with a disgraceful record when it comes to, you know, actually doing charitable things — it spends ten times as much money on golf tournaments as it does on donations to the needy. Mariotti’s column about that was, correctly, full of contempt for the Ditka charity. But we’ve yet to hear Ditka sufficiently explain how a self-named trust fund could produce so much money and donate so little. Worse, the same trust fund reportedly invested a staggering $715,000 to stage three charity golf tournaments — with some of that money earmarked as appearance fees for athletes and other celebrities. How in the name of hypocrisy does any human being, particularly any former NFL p
