Jay Mariotti (/ˌmæriˈɒti/ MARR-ee-OT-ee; born June 22, 1959) is an American sports journalist and commentator who currently hosts the sports-related podcast Unmuted.

[2][3] After leaving Ohio University, Mariotti earned a job as a feature writer for The Detroit News.

[7] During his tenure there, he also hosted several radio shows including one in the late 1990s that was syndicated through the One on One Sports network and another in 2004 on Chicago's WMVP.

[12] In August 2008, Mariotti left the Chicago Sun-Times, citing his belief that newspapers would soon become obsolete with news coverage primarily coming from websites.

[13] On September 30, 2010, Mariotti pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor battery count connected to an August 21 arrest in Los Angeles for alleged domestic violence involving his girlfriend.

[20] In December 2016, Mariotti started a podcast called Unmuted with his former Around the Horn panelist, Woody Paige.