How ESPN Does Its Best To Destroy Athletes, Writers, and Bleacher Report

Like many Americans, I watch ESPN religiously. I tune in during Bowl Week. I tune in during Championship Week. I even tune in to their little side shows.

But after the events that have circulated through the month of February alone, I have to say that ESPN may have a personal vendetta against a few athletes.

Alex Rodriguez came out and admitted that he used steroids. As a sports fan first, I applauded his actions, in regards to admitting the steroid use.

But for the last few days, ESPN has taken A-Rod's name and dragged it through the mud. From "Around the Horn" to so-called ESPN "experts," everyone has weighed in their thoughts on the situation regarding Rodriguez and his legacy.

As a sports writer, I feel that ESPN is doing their best to insult at least one honest athlete in professional baseball.

Rodriguez used steroids. He admitted it. We should applaud him for saying that he did it, but we shouldn't let him off with just a simple warning.

But unfortunately, A-Rod isn't the only one feeling the pinch of the Worldwide Leader.

Michael Phelps was photographed with a bong in his hands. Now the law enforcement of Columbia, S.C., is looking to arrest Phelps for the photo. They have snagged everyone involved with the incident, but they want the Olympic Gold Medalist instead.

So ESPN continues to drag Phelps through the mud. Despite Phelps apologizing over and over again for the photo, sources at ESPN continue to try to find dirt on the Golden Child of the United States Olympic Team.

And just when we thought that we, the writers of the Bleacher Report, were safe from any insults and trashing, out comes the no-talent assclown known as Jay Mariotti.

For those who don't know, Mariotti is a frequent visitor of Around The Horn, a former columnist for the Chicago Sun Times (before he got canned), and currently a columnist for AOL.com.

Mariotti has said that as an accomplished sports writer, he is entitled to say whatever is necessary to sell an article. He chastised bloggers and people who didn't go to school to learn how to write.

For the record, I am not happy with Mariotti, and have never liked the guy. Professionally, I'm sure that he's a pretty decent writer. Personally, I think that he's a huge piece of trash.

According to him, what we do on a daily basis is nothing more than constant ranting and raving from a bunch of "wannabe half-assed writers."

I didn't think I needed Jay Mariotti's permission to write. And I did go to the University of Colorado for a few years, but I didn't get a degree from Buffalo Country.

I have been writing since I was a teen-ager, and I do this not for glory, but to expand my talents.

So, to ESPN, I will continue to watch The Worldwide Leader in Sports, but bear in mind that we are as talented as all those guys who spend five or 10 years in the classroom.

We have the same skills as those people that you pay to look good on television. Just know that this site is for those who always had something to say but never had an outlet to voice their opinion.

And if people are enjoying what we're writing, isn't that just as good as waiting for you guys to actually talk about sports and less about what an athlete does in the off-season?