Tony Kornheiser

Saying goodbye to Tony Kornheiser

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008

Quoth The Kornheiser : Who Is Leon Powe?

Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008

Of Leon Powe’s 21 points-in-14-minutes against the Lakers Sunday night, ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser exclaimed, “who heard of him, other than Edgar Allan Poe?” If indeed, Kornheiser was saving that line all day, he might be interested to know that Powe scored 20 or more points in a game four times during the regular season, and the [...]

Tony Kornheiser Questions His Own Commitment To Monday Night Football [Media Meltdowns]

Deadspin (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008

Tony Kornheiser, the PTI maestro and everyman reporting genius, offered some extremely candid criticism of himself as a member of the Monday Night Football Crew. "I'm not all that good at it. I'm...

An Interview with Tony Kornheiser

The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008

The day news of Tony Kornheiser’s retirement broke, we decided that we’d make a run at interviewing our favorite sportswriter of all-time. After much groveling to an ESPN acquaintance, we answered the phone one day earlier this month and the voice on the other end said, “This is Kornheiser.” We scurried to mute Melrose Place [...]

Kornheiser: "I didn't want to hold WP hostage at any level"

Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008

The Big Lead "I loved every single day working there," Tony Kornheiser says of the Washington Post. "I'd gladly work there for the rest of my time. But I haven't been doing all that much for print journalism in a couple years, and they could use the slot. I didn't want to hold the paper hostage at any level. I think I'm part of the Washington Post family, however amorphous that family...

Kornheiser on Style, The Post, Chad (and Me)

D.C. Sports Bog (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008

Tony Kornheiser mentioned on his radio show the other day that he had just done an interview with The Big Lead, which nearly caused me to choke on my apple. What's next, an interview with DCRTV? Anyhow, while the Blog Show crew is busy with post-mortems from our Erin Andrews interview (highlight: Erin Andrews walking through the lobby of the Grand Hyatt in exercise clothes, past unsuspecting...

Endangered Species

CJR Daily (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008

“All I ever wanted to be was a newspaper writer.” Those were the self-eulogizing words of Tony Kornheiser upon accepting a buyout from his newspaper home of nearly three decades, The Washington Post, in mid-May. Truthfully, the bon vivant known to fans as “Mr. Tony” had long since surrendered his perch as the top sports columnist in the nation’s...

Cintra does Beretta

bookofjoe (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008

That would be the inimitable Cintra Wilson (above), New York Times "Critical Shopper" columnist extraordinaire, who last week produced one of the funniest, most mordantly original pieces I've ever read in the Grey Lady. Wilson is Tony Kornheiser in stilettos...

Your Morning Video Wake Up Call [Awful Announcing Presents]

Deadspin (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008

newVideoPlayer("/Deadspin_June25.flv", 506, 423,""); Good morning, sunshines. Today's video recap features College World Series innuendo, Tony Kornheiser discussing his sexual exploits in the...

The Nats' Version of 9-20

D.C. Sports Bog (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008

Glory days of badness: Rex Chapman, P.J. Brown. (1995 AP Photo) This is about the Nats. Promise. But first, during one glorious stretch during the late-80s and early-90s, the Bullets/Wizards began their season 9-20 four times in seven years. Like the proto-blogger that he was, Tony Kornheiser then dumped several gallons of "9-20" into his gooey bag of jokes and broke it out, year after...

Link: In Australia, Monday Night Football Is Sacrilege

Dave's Football Blog (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008

Somewhere, Tony Kornheiser is nodding his head in agreement with this column.

Livechat with Norman Chad

The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008

... the jump. Q: Got any good Mike Lupica stories? CHAD: Actually, I had dinner once with Lupica and Kornheiser, in the early 1990s. Lupica was responsible for about 80 percent of the conversation and Kornheiser was good for the other 20 percent. I got in about 25 words all night (and that included my dinner order and asking Mike once to pass the salt). Q: Why does everyone find you so...

Manuel must find time to rest Utley now and then

Beerleaguer (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008

MVP hopeful Chase Utley is hitless in his last 20 at bats, the longest drought of his career. In my educated opinion as a former Little League second baseman, I’d say Utz was out of gas. Yesterday on ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption, Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon finished the show by asking "What's up with Chase Utley?" Neither had the answer as time expired, but one second was all...

D.C. Sports Media Approval Ratings: Andy Pollin

D.C. Sports Bog (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008

Andy Polley! Sorry. Instinct. Indeed, even if SportsTalk 980's Andy Pollin never again serves as the lovably named radio sidekick to Tony Kornheiser, "Andy Polley" will never go away. Pollin/Polley remains the inspiration behind Andy Polley's Happy Fun Time Message Board Extravaganza! and it's hard to hear his given name without playing that "Andy Polley!" clip in your head. Anyhow, Pollin...

Who Are the Highest-Paid Sports Journalists?

The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008

... culled from articles and talks with nearly a dozen industry insiders. Well-known writers such as Tony Kornheiser and Dan LeBatard no longer write for mainstream media outlets, and thus were omitted from the list. Please direct all angry emails to thebiglead@gmail.com. (more…)