About Tony Kornheiser

By Jack Chavez

Tony Kornheiser was raised in Lynnbrook, New York. Kornheiser attended Harpur College (present-day Binghamton University) in Binghamton, N.Y., where he graduated with a degree in English in 1970. Following college, Kornheiser worked for Newsday from 1970 to 1976 and The New York Times from 1976-1979.

In 1979, he took a job with The Washington Post as a general assignment reporter in both the sports and style sections. In 1984 he became a full-time sports columnist. From 1989 to 2001, he also wrote Sunday columns for The Post’s Style section.

Kornheiser met Michael Wilbon during his first year at The Post. Together, in 2001, they started the late-afternoon ESPN show “Pardon The Interruption,” a daily rundown of current events in the sports world. In 2009, the show won a Sports Emmy Award for “Daily Outstanding Studio Show.”

“The Tony Kornheiser Radio Show” first went live in 1992 on WTEM in Washington, D.C. ESPN Radio began syndicating the show nationwide in 1998. The show, no a podcast, has been a staple on Washington airwaves.