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Outspoken Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen apologized Wednesday for using a derogatory term in referring to Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti, then kept up his criticism of the writer.
Guillen went into a profanity-laced tirade against Mariotti before Tuesday night's game against St. Louis and called him a number of names, including a derogatory term that is often used to describe someone's sexual orientation.
Before Wednesday night's game, Guillen acknowledged that his use of the word might have offended some.
``I shouldn't have mentioned the name that was mentioned, but I'm not going to back off of Jay,'' Guillen said, using another profanity to describe Mariotti.
``The word I used, I should have used something different. A lot of people's feelings were hurt and I didn't mean it that way.''
Guillen said he had spoken to White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf about the incident.
``Jay, I think I made this guy a lot of money and he's famous. If not for Ozzie Guillen, no one would have heard of him,'' Guillen said. ``If I hurt anybody with what I called him, I apologize.''
Mariotti, who appears on the ESPN show ``Around the Horn,'' said his Thursday column will call for Guillen to be suspended.
``I'm a big guy. I have to accept the criticism,'' Mariotti said in a phone interview Wednesday night. ``I'm appalled that he can use these ugly slurs and think it's an acceptable form of retaliation in American life. It's not.''
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Guillen went into a profanity-laced tirade against Mariotti before Tuesday night's game against St. Louis and called him a number of names, including a derogatory term that is often used to describe someone's sexual orientation.
Before Wednesday night's game, Guillen acknowledged that his use of the word might have offended some.
``I shouldn't have mentioned the name that was mentioned, but I'm not going to back off of Jay,'' Guillen said, using another profanity to describe Mariotti.
``The word I used, I should have used something different. A lot of people's feelings were hurt and I didn't mean it that way.''
Guillen said he had spoken to White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf about the incident.
``Jay, I think I made this guy a lot of money and he's famous. If not for Ozzie Guillen, no one would have heard of him,'' Guillen said. ``If I hurt anybody with what I called him, I apologize.''
Mariotti, who appears on the ESPN show ``Around the Horn,'' said his Thursday column will call for Guillen to be suspended.
``I'm a big guy. I have to accept the criticism,'' Mariotti said in a phone interview Wednesday night. ``I'm appalled that he can use these ugly slurs and think it's an acceptable form of retaliation in American life. It's not.''
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