Or so Tony Kornheiser of PTI fame described his replacement, Jon Gruden, on ESPN’s Monday Night Fooball. Gruden perfected his tan as head coach of the Tampa Bay Bucanneers for seven years and won one Super Bowl with the franchise before being fired this offseason. The Washington Post quoted from Kornheiser’s statement: “If I could handpick a replacement of a football guy, I would cast a net and drag in Jon Gruden. He is…

>> Six monkeys will be allowed to roam free at the National Zoo this summer, though they’ll have some kind of lo-jack probation radio collar on so they can be called back by zookeepers. [NBC4] >> Tony Kornheiser once had a porn-stache. [FanHouse via D.C. Sports Bog] >> Green line riders still have 35 minutes to get a free ride from Metro as a way of apologizing for this morning. [ABC7] >> Happy Juneteenth!…

After a 295-day hiatus, Tony Kornheiser is back live on the Washington airwaves. This morning, The Tony Kornheiser Show aired on Washington Post Radio (WTWP, 1500 AM and 107.7 FM). Kornheiser was lured away from Sports Talk 980 (his previous employer) and Dan Snyder’s Red Zebra Broadcasting by a generous 3-year contract from WTWP. His return is expected not only to boost WaPo Radio’s sagging ratings, but to bring some life to a moribund D.C….

>> Homophonic talking point alert: Those of you who work in the garment trade will know that the act of overcasting the raw edge of fabric to prevent unraveling is called “serging.” But that’s not what everyone will be talking about tonight. >> Still, the Myrtle Beach Sun-News is saying that tonight’s address “may be most important of [Bush’s] presidency.” Dare you question the Myrtle Beach Sun-News? [Radosh] >> Tony Kornheiser will continue to serve…

Local media personality Tony Kornheiser has worn many hats in his lengthy career, but can best be described as a “media personality” or a “talking head”. His roots in Washington run deep, from his Washington Post column (which, to be fair, has thinned out considerably since its debut in 1979) to his quirky, irreverent radio show on local station WTEM. He is the co-host of the enormously popular ESPN television program, Pardon the Interruption,…

We didn’t think it was possible, but it’s happening: D.C. radio has somehow found a way to become even more bland. That’s because at 11am on Friday, Tony Kornheiser’s daily radio show will be ceasing live broadcasts — at least for a little while. Kornheiser accepted a position in the Monday Night Football booth back in February, and his daily broadcast on Sportstalk 980 is a casualty of his new gig. Kornheiser will still tape…

The blossoming shrub that was the Washington Redskins’ successful 2005 season bore fruit yesterday, as it was announced that the team will play in the inaugural Monday Night Football game of the 2006 season. The synergy is practically PTI-tastic, as it will also be the first MNF game for area sports curmudgeon Tony Kornheiser. And because Monday Night Football moves from ABC to ESPN this year, nobody will be watching the game without buying something….

>> Oh those clever Redskins. First they use the NFL labor talks as an opportunity to buy out disgruntled linebacker LaVar Arrington and then while the area media whips itself into a frenzy over the move, the club quietly announces that, much like the Wizards, ticket prices will be going up, up, up next season. Surprising no one, the ‘Skins attributed the increases to putting the team more in line with other teams in…

Today the Post confirms the rumors that have been swirling over the past week: beginning next season newspaper columnist/television host/radio personality/D.C.-area curmudgeon Tony Kornheiser will be joining the Monday Night Football broadcast. The news comes as part of a slew of changes for the venerable telecast, as the program makes the move from ABC to ESPN. Kornheiser will be parnered with Joe Theismann and Mike Tirico. Neither John Madden nor Al Michaels — the program’s…

Last thing we’ll say about it, until tomorrow when we post the link to all the badass pictures and the NBC4 story on the knife fight that broke out between Tony Kornheiser and Sally Jenkins, both of which wanted the ping-pong table (yeah, did we mention the ping-pong table?). Closest Metro station is U Street/Cardozo, for which you’ll want to use the 10th Street exit. Cue Bar is on the north side of U,…