Tony Kornheiser

Tony Kornheiser is a radio and television personality and former sports writer. He is the host of Pardon The Interruption along with Michael Wilbon on ESPN.

On February 23, 2010, ESPN suspended him for comments he made about an outfit Hannah Storm wore during an airing of SportsCenter.http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports/columnists/hyde/blog/2010/02/kornheiser_suspended_for_derid.html The comments were made on his radio show.

Here's what Kornheiser said on his radio show about Storm's outfit:

"Hannah Storm in a horrifying, horrifying outfit today. She’s got on red go-go boots and a Catholic-school plaid skirt. Way too short for somebody in her 40s or maybe early 50s by now. She’s got on her typically very, very tight shirt. She looks like she has sausage casing wrapping around her upper body. I know she’s very good, and I’m not supposed to be critical of ESPN people, So I won’t. But Hannah Storm, Come on now! Stop! What are you doing? She’s what I would call a Holden Caulfield fantasy at this point.”http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports/columnists/hyde/blog/2010/02/kornheiser_suspended_for_derid.html

He has since apologized for the comments saying, "I apologize, unequivocally ... I'm a sarcastic, subversive guy ... I'm a troll, look at me. I have no right to insult what anybody looks like or what anybody wears. That, I think, should go without saying."http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports/columnists/hyde/blog/2010/02/kornheiser_suspended_for_derid.html

Kornheiser is a co-host for ESPN's Pardon the Interruption alongside Michael Wilbon. He also previously co-hosted Monday Night Football alongside Mike Tirico and Ron Jaworski and wrote a column for the The Washington Post. Before becoming an on-air personality at ESPN, Kornheiser hosted The Tony Kornheiser Show on ESPN Radio.

Prior to working for ESPN and on radio at WTEM in Washington, he was a columnist for the Washington Post. He served first as a general assignment writer and eventually became columnist during a 24 year tenure with the newspaper. He previously had written for both Newsday and the New York Times during the 1970's. He was a finalist for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.

• 1970: Graduates from Harpur College (now Binghamton University)
• 1979: Joins The Washington Post
• 1984: Becomes full-time sports columnist
• 1992: Begins hosting The Tony Kornheiser Show on radio
• 2001: Begins co-hosting Pardon the Interruption with Michael Wilbon
• 2006: Becomes color analyst on Monday Night Football
• 2008: Leaves The Washington Post
• 2009: Quits Monday Night Football
• 2009: Starts Radio Show on ESPN 980 called "The Tony Kornheiser Show"

• July 13, 1948: Born

• 1970: Graduates from Harpur College (now Binghamton University

• 1979: Joins The Washington Post

• 1984: Becomes full-time sports columnist

• 1992: Begins hosting The Tony Kornheiser Show on radio

• 2001: Begins co-hosting Pardon the Interruption with Michael Wilbon

• 2006: Becomes color analyst on Monday Night Football

• 2009: Quits Monday Night Football