wikipedia:

Kornheiser began his career in New York City, where he wrote for Newsday between 1970 and 1976, The New York Times between 1976 and 1979, and also worked as a teacher. Kornheiser joined The Washington Post in 1979 as a general assignment reporter in Style and Sports.4 He became a full-time sports columnist in 1984. He also wrote columns for the Post’s Style Section between November 12, 1989 and September 30, 2001.

Style? We’re supposed to take that seriously?

Stephen Rodrick wrote for Slate that Tony Kornheiser was allowed by ESPN to argue aimlessly on television and that his Washington Post column was being used to plug side projects rather than gather news from cited sources.19 Kornheiser called on Slate, then owned by The Washington Post, to fire Rodrick.20

After Kornheiser’s first game on Monday Night Football, Paul Farhi wrote in The Washington Post that Kornheiser had emphasized the obvious, played third fiddle, and was reminiscent of Dennis Miller “in a bad way.”21 Kornheiser responded saying that Farhi was a “two-bit weasel slug” and his own newspaper had back-stabbed him during an interview on The Dan Patrick Show on August 15, 2006.

Other criticism has come from Toronto Argonauts play-by-play commentator Mike Hogan, who said, “The thing that really bothers me is that Kornheiser doesn’t seem to know his place. If you’re there for comic relief, that’s one thing. But for God’s sake, leave the football analysis to guys who actually played the game.” Former NFL offensive lineman Mike Schad also criticized Kornheiser, saying that “when people watch a game, they want to learn something. I don’t need a guy who’s sarcastic or trying to be funny. I love listening to Ron Jaworski on Monday Nights. He played the game and has lots of good insight and Kornheiser just gets in his way.”23

Mike Golic, an ESPN colleague of Kornheiser’s, who had expressed skepticism regarding his prospects as an on-air analyst because he was never an athlete,24 said that his performance on MNF was “fine.” Kornheiser’s response was, “I just want to wring Golic’s neck and hang him up over the back of a shower rod like a duck.”

I don’t know why Golic doesn’t just meet him in the mens room (no witnesses) and put a little scare into him. And I don’t know why he is on MNF. He is not funny. Is that stating the obvious?

He is so frickin’ negative in every remark he makes and he has no knowledge of the game. He’s even said he doesn’t really like football. It seems that in ESPN’s thinking, there’s no need to have likable, knowledgeable people on their program because if we want to see football on Monday nights we must come to them. I like Jaws and Mike Trico. Why do they need three people in the booth? My dream is to watch a football game on TV without in-booth analysis and commentary. Have it be just like sitting in the stands with the stadium announcer calling out who did what. If I do decide to keep my TV volume on tonight, I think I’ll make it into a drinking game. Every time he says something negative about the Saints, their players (particularly Reggie), or their history as a franchise, I’ll take a shot. I’ll then be incoherently drunk by the end of the first half.

And, what is with that pathetic comb-over!? He is totally bald up there, but yet he combs over the 5-10 long hairs on the left side of his head over to the right. Why do people do this? Just accept that you have no hair up there! I was blessed with a full head of hair that doesn’t seem to be receding, so I can’t relate and understand this behavior. Can someone explain this to me!?

So concludes this Kornheiser rant. Tune in next time as I go off on Al Michaels. Same bat time, same bat channel.

There were some experimental network broadcasts as you described, no announcers just on the field sounds and the stadium announcer. I thought it was nice, but obviously it did not catch on.

in a celebrity death match with Oprah, I pull for the stupid ugly obnoxious miserable toad instead of the bald guy.

was that he would hang up on any caller who said, “How’s it going” or some other retarded greeting expressed during his radio show. I wish, WISH that the local radio people would do that. The necessity for callers to express some personal detail about themselves or greet the hosts makes the local radio shows impossible to listen to.

Is Fujita going to play tonight? WTF? Why is he always injured????