Ozzie Guillen Apologizes for Homosexual Slur [J. Mark English]

ESPN.com news services - 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...

"I don't have anything against those people. In my country, you call someone something like that and it is not the same as it is in this country."

The problem I have here is that Mariotti has allowed himself to become the story. Sports reporter should not be the story. Sure Guillen made a slur comment towards Mariotti, but why report it? I think there's a bit of self promotion going on here in regards to Mariotti.