27 Facts About Tony Kornheiser

1. Tony Kornheiser played golf with Obama on a number of other occasions, including in September 2013, June 2014, July 2014, July 2015, April 2016, and May 2016.

2. In 2012, Tony Kornheiser was ranked No 8 in the list of the 100 most important sports talk radio hosts in America compiled by Talkers Magazine.

3. Tony Kornheiser was a finalist for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.

4. Tony Kornheiser responded in an interview by saying: "If he thinks I'm no good, he wouldn't be the first.

5. In March 2010, Tony Kornheiser commented: "The last time I looked, the roads were made for automobiles.

6. Tony Kornheiser called on Slate, owned by the Post's parent company, to fire Rodrick.

7. Tony Kornheiser can name all fifty US states and their capitals in alphabetical order.

8. Tony Kornheiser was a member of the Young Democrats club while in high school.

9. Tony Kornheiser currently resides in the Chevy Chase neighborhood of Washington, DC, as well as Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, with his wife Karril.

10. In June 2016, Tony Kornheiser participated in the roast of political commentator and strategist James Carville.

11. Tony Kornheiser had a cameo appearance as a bar patron in a 2015 episode of The Americans.

12. On May 18, 2009, ESPN announced that Tony Kornheiser would be leaving Monday Night Football due to fear of flying.

13. On January 9, 2007, Tony Kornheiser told Newsday, "If they would like to have me back, my inclination is that I would like to do it again.

14. Tony Kornheiser returned for a second season of Monday Night Football.

15. On September 6, 2016, Tony Kornheiser returned from his summer vacation with the first full episode of the new podcast.

16. On June 2, 2016, Tony Kornheiser announced that his show will be relaunched as a podcast-only show.

17. Tony Kornheiser was back on WTEM locally between November 10, 2004, and April 28, 2006.

18. On May 14, 2008, it was announced that Tony Kornheiser had accepted a buyout from the Post.

19. In 2005, Tony Kornheiser started to write short columns called A Few Choice Words with his photo in the Post's Sports Section.

20. Tony Kornheiser started working for ESPN Radio in 1997 and kept his column at the Post.

21. In 1991, Tony Kornheiser created a string of now-famous Bandwagon columns to describe the Washington Redskins' Super Bowl run that year.

22. Tony Kornheiser began writing columns for the Post's Style Section on November 12, 1989.

23. Tony Kornheiser became a full-time sports columnist at the Post in 1984.

24. In 1980, Tony Kornheiser authored a profile of Nolan Ryan that served as the cover story for the charter issue of Inside Sports.

25. Tony Kornheiser began his career in New York City, where he wrote for Newsday between 1970 and 1976.

26. Tony Kornheiser graduated with a degree in English in 1970.

27. Tony Kornheiser was born and raised in Lynbrook, New York, on Long Island.