Tony Kornheiser

Tony Kornheiser, the longtime Washington Post sportswriter and columnist, is one of ESPN’s most popular on-air personalities as a co-host of Pardon the Interruption (PTI). Kornheiser and fellow Post sports columnist Michael Wilbon have co-hosted PTI (M-F, 5:30-6 p.m. ET) since the show’s debut on October 17, 2001. Highlighted by the type of contentious but good-natured verbal sparring that the two engaged in for years at the Post, the program has increased ratings and viewership numbers each year since its inception with its unique, fast-paced, wide-ranging and humorous discussion of the day’s most important and interesting sports news and more. From 2006-08, Kornheiser was a booth commentator on ESPN’s Monday Night Football, demonstrating his unique ability to inform and entertain viewers. Only the third non-former player to serve as a commentator on MNF (joining the legendary Howard Cosell and comedian Dennis Miller), Kornheiser helped MNF become the most-watched series in cable television history in its first three years on ESPN. Kornheiser joined ESPN in November 1997 as host of ESPN Radio’s Tony Kornheiser Show, which premiered January 5, 1998 and continued until March 2004. His radio show previously aired exclusively on WTEM-AM in Washington, D.C. beginning in 1992. He also has appeared frequently on ESPN’s Sunday-morning roundtable program, The Sports Reporters. Kornheiser, who started at the Washington Post in 1979, continues to write for the paper’s website today. Kornheiser graduated from Harpur College (now Binghamton University) with a degree in English in 1970. He began his career in journalism right out of college at Newsday before going to the New York Times in 1976. He is married and has two children.