Kornheiser Officially Takes Buyout From The Washington Post

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TK: The Bandwagon and the Blogs
Published 5/14/2008 by Dan Steinberg at D.C. Sports Bog
... We grew up reading the Post - we'd pick it up from the driveway at 6 a.m. every morning and devour the sports section and breakfast at the same time. More than the sports section, we enjoyed Kornheiser's Sunday styles columns, where he'd rant about his kids, culture, the Redskins, and basically anything that struck his fancy. We have more than a handful of them tucked away in a manilla folder in our desk. To us, he'll have no peer when it comes to sports humor. Awful Announcing: The Washington Post's Sports Section in the 90s was unbeatable, and it's sad to see it ...

Big names.
Published 5/15/2008 by Paulsen (noreply@blogger.com) at Sports Media Watch
Tony Kornheiser : After years of being far more well known for his ESPN work than for his writing, the Monday Night Football analyst and Pardon the Interruption co-host has accepted a buyout from the ...

Of Tony, Bill and Tomase: a strange day for sports journalism
Published 5/15/2008 by Josh Nason (noreply@blogger.com) at Small White Ball
... have the feeling that Kornheiser respected the game so much that this move was more painful that you might imagine. I spent the better part of seven years in newsrooms and with a tape recorder/notebook in my hand. There's something about that business that is gratifying, annoying and addictive all at the same time. Now, that era for him has officially ended (blame it on the blogs) and even if he mentally checked out years ago, this can't be easy for him. (Deadspin's take/Awful Announcing's take) Then, I read the next headline: "Simmons: ...