See Ya Tony K, Don’t Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out

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Published: May 18, 2009

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... and are void of arrogance, today is a day for rejoicing. Tony Kornheiser has stepped down from the Monday Night Football broadcast team, as his fear of flight has overcome his desire to ruin the game calls.

To the Kornheiser backers, I'll get it out of the way up front—the man is a highly accomplished sports journalist.

Between the newspaper columns, radio shows, cable TV shows, and millions of dollars he has made by plastering his mug throughout ESPN programming over the years, Kornheiser is a true success story. Who am I to criticize him, right?

I'm a sports fan, that's who.

A sports fan that prefers to leave the play-by-play to the professionals, the color commentary to the experts that have lived the sports they explain to us, and a fan that has no need for that third analyst spot that Kornheiser filled worse than Dennis Miller did years ago.

Monday Night Football had already taken a hit following the exit of Al Michaels fro...

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