Tony Kornheiser

Wife/Spouse Name: Karril Kornheiser (m.1973-present) Kids/Children Name: Michael Kornheiser, Elizabeth Kornheiser. Profession: Columnist, former sportswriter and American TV sports talk show host. Net Worth: $20 million. Last Updated: May 2022. Tony is a well-known American television sports talk show, columnist and former sportswriter. He has been widely known for his...

Both Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are included in the field for this month's PGA Championship. Obviously, they both bring plenty of buzz to the course with them. While Woods is unquestionably the bigger name, ESPN's Tony Kornheiser thinks there's more potential intrigue surrounding Mickelson appearing at Southern Hills. He...

If you watched or read any coverage of the WM Phoenix Open over the weekend, you may have noticed the new name — it used to be the Waste Management Phoenix Open. WM rebranded itself “to reflect the company’s focus on continuous innovation and sustainable solutions for the company and its customers,” according to a release on the tournament website. “WM’s slogan is also changing from Think Green to For Tomorrow to convey the brand promise of ‘always...

On Wednesday night, Los Angeles Lakers head coach Frank Vogel made headlines when he decided to bench point guard Russell Westbrook. Vogel made the decision after Westbrook struggled on the defensive side of the ball. Late in the game against the Indiana Pacers, Westbrook made an error that saw him riding the pine for the rest of the game.

ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser had some harsh criticism for the Los Angeles Lakers after they benched Russell Westbrook in the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s loss to the Indiana Pacers. “You can’t bring Russell Westbrook to your team, and then bench him in crunch time,” Kornheiser said. “You can’t do...

Tony Kornheiser of ESPN’s PTI believes Baker Mayfield needs a fresh start. It’s been a highly disappointing season for Mayfield. There’s no way around it. He’s posted career lows in passing yards (3,010) and touchdowns (17), couldn’t stay healthy and failed to lead the Browns to the playoffs.

Days after a disappointing performance as the starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, Baker Mayfield‘s potential future plans are hitting the airwaves. What we do know for fact is that Mayfield will get the necessary shoulder surgery this week to allow him time to recover by the late spring OTAs.

The College Football Playoff rankings are almost always met with a fair amount of criticism, no matter what the committee does. But on Wednesday, the latest poll drew out the ire of ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser. The Pardon The Interruption host voiced his displeasure with one particular decision the committee made...

Jimbo Fisher made a declarative statement this week about his desire to stay at Texas A&M, and not go to LSU, and pointed to the Aggies strong recruiting class. Fisher said he’s be the “dumbest human being on God’s earth to recruit all these guys to A&M so I can go across over here (to LSU) and go play against them.”

The Pardon the Interruption 20th anniversary celebration rolled on this week, and to cap off the hit ESPN show’s actual anniversary, hosts Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon received a congratulatory message from former President Barack Obama. As Kornheiser explained, this was a surprise largely organized by ESPN’s Pablo Torre, at which point Obama popped up on screen, much to the delight of the two hosts.

Tony Kornheiser joined Inside Access with Jason La Canfora and Ken Weinman and went around the world of sports. Kornheiser gave his thoughts on Lamar Jackson’s popularity, the WFT investigation, Ben Simmons and more.

This week, Mike Wilbon went on an epic rant against Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin during a segment on ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption.”. Wilbon called Kiffin a “clown” and an “embarrassment,” which are strong words to say about someone you’ve never met. On Thursday’s episode of “The Paul Finebaum Show,”...

Everybody's talking about Ben Simmons right now. The former first-overall pick has reached out to the Philadelphia 76ers to let them know that he doesn't intend to play for the team anymore:. "In a looming standoff that could have lasting implications for the NBA, Philadelphia 76ers All-Star forward Ben Simmons...

Kornheiser says a Simmons-Beal trade 'benefits both teams' originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington. Training camps across the NBA begin in just about a week and the biggest news entering the season is the ongoing saga between the Philadelphia 76ers and Ben Simmons. Simmons has reportedly requested a trade and...

The guys from ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption” had a lot to say about the 2 late calls made in the Alabama-Florida and Auburn-Penn State games. The question for Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser, the c0-hosts of the show, was which call was the worst?. Wilbon thought the Auburn call was...

Joel Embiid called out the media on Wednesday after reports suggested that the Philadelphia 76ers were left to choose between Embiid and Ben Simmons as the two reportedly have been engaged in an escalating rift. The 76ers All-Star center refuted the report, saying he loves playing with Simmons and that...

Pardon the Interruption host Tony Kornheiser said attending a Kiss concert immediately convinced him to quit his job as a music critic. "I was a rock critic at Newsday, [and] I went to the Calderone Music Theater in Hempstead one night to see Kiss," the longtime ESPN host explained on a new episode of The Tony Kornheiser Show. "I'd not heard of Kiss, not heard of them at all. I watched this band go onstage in that makeup, four pretty big guys, and bang out a sound that was deafening." (According to Setlist.fm, Kiss played the Calderone Concert Hall on Aug. 23, 1975.)