Two weeks ago, Sean Salisbury, former NFL quarterback, ESPN analyst, and financial guru, was canned from his most recent gig as a Dallas-area radio host. Salisbury's publicist said the parting was amicable, although Deadspin's A.J. Daulerio heard otherwise. And now, 13 days after Deadspin first posted the story, Salisbury* has e-mailed Daulerio to get a few things off his chest.
UPDATE, 5:30 PM ET: Salisbury continues his assault on the English language, common sense and, oh, right, Deadspin. Also: let me be the first to say that I'm guessing John Clayton is behind all this.
This is salisbury and I just want u to know ur guys lies and carelessness about CBS and espn stories has not only ruined my reputation but has cost me jobs so prepare urself for a lawsuit so big I will own deadspin u will be asked to give up ur sources so since u guys have cost me more than alot of money my only goal in my career is to ruin u like u have me. Sadly I tried to be honest with you and you have continually written lies. So you and a few major media networks arebeing sued. And put this on ur careless website. I kept a journal for 13 years at espn and a tell all book will be released in months to come. Book title: espn exposed. The truth inside the r rated company. So ur lies about a cell phone incident that is a lie and the reason I left CBS radio that u guys lied about. The time has come and I won't stop until the truth is told and deadspin is exposed.[Sic]tastic, indeed. Gretz astutely noted that, "It's an amazing response, considering that it appears to be written by a two-thumbed Czech using an iPhone with only Chinese characters."
Yes, but unhinged diatribes transcend language. Or spell-checks.
As for Salisbury's reputation, I'm pretty sure Deadspin doesn't have anything to worry about.
* This has to be a joke.
