Comments on: First Significant Offseason Personnel Development for HockeyWashington

By: Online Stock Trading

Online Stock Trading — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:55:32 +0000

There is obviously a lot to know about this. There are some good points here.

By: OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki)

OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki) — Mon, 19 May 2008 02:20:41 +0000

Wendell, it’s hard to link to a Post article where Kornheiser belittles the Capitals . . . because for the most part he never wrote about the Capitals at all. By either ignoring the sport or occasionally casually bad-mouthing the lockout he made it seem to the casual sports fan that hockey was irrelevant at best, or a joke at worst. Mind you, the lockout was a major blunder, no doubt. But when that’s the main storyline a prominent name like Kornheiser emphasizes long after the lockout ended, it further harms the sport.
Have you watched PTI or listened to Kornheiser’s radio show? The rare times he mentioned hockey was to dismiss it or ridicule it. Sure, he had the occasional offhand remark about hockey being a great live sport, though he never backed it up by actually attending games or talking about it at any length. Now some might say “Well, that’s radio/TV, he’s just catering to his audience.” But then his attitude was either manufactured for his shows to pander to his audience, or it’s how he really feels. Whichever the case, it’s something Capitals fans won’t miss.
As for your need to be Nancy Drew to find hockey on TV, that is a terrific example of the “typical factless spouting … or intentional misinformation” you mention. If you live in Washington DC and cannot find your local sports channel (FYI: Comcast SportsNet) or Versus, then you’re just not trying.
Kornheiser abandoned the Capitals and hockey a long time ago. The feeling is mutual.

By: Wendell

Wendell — Mon, 19 May 2008 01:41:10 +0000

I am not sure anyone on this board has actually read Tony Kornheiser, or Michael Wilbon. Tony has said in print and on TV that “Hockey is the best in arena experience of any sport”. Look it up. Either this is typical factless spouting which gives blogs a bad name or intentional misinformation on your part. Tony’s criticisms has always been of how the owners and to some extent the players ruined hockey with the lock-out. You have to be Nancy Drew to find Hockey on TV. I have not read anything negative Wilbon(who played Hockey growing up), has said about Hockey. In fact I think he goes out of his way to say positive things about Hockey. I read the Washington Post fairly regularly so feel free to post any links which back up your claims.

By: seb

seb — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:29:11 +0000

I’ll pitch in some bucks to get Wilbon out of the Post. I regularly look forward to skipping his columns.

By: pucksandbooks

pucksandbooks — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:01:12 +0000

That was funny, JR.
(For what it’s worth, I agree.)

By: JR

JR — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:58:06 +0000

Per the comment policy, please never, ever lump in soccer with hockey in any discussion.

By: b.orr4

b.orr4 — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:12:01 +0000

If a tree falls in the forest and noone hears it, did it really make a noise? That kind of sums up Kornheiser leaving the Post. I enjoyed him once, but he so debased his talent and his profession that I long ago stopped listening, reading and watching. I’d call him an entertainer, but that would be unkind to all the true entertainers who work hard at their profession. As for his departure being a great day for hockey, I disagree. Any hockey fan worth their salt knows that anything coming from TK on hockey carries the same weight as Brittany Spears discussing quantum physics.

By: Jimmy Jazz

Jimmy Jazz — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:58:20 +0000

Kornhole is one of the most pretentious has-beens in the media–all media, not just ESPN/WaPo.
He will be known as a true master of bombast and logical fallacies. Let’s hope Wilbon is next.

By: OrderedChaos

OrderedChaos — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:53:13 +0000

With Leather chimes in:
TK LEAVES JOB HE REALLY LEFT YEARS AGO
“Coming as a shock to the hundred of fans of his radio show, Tony Kornheiser took a brief break from discussing American Idol.”
http://www.withleather.com/post.phtml?pk=5760

By: CapitalGuy

CapitalGuy — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:50:59 +0000

French’s does not make enough mustard to cover this hot dog. This Long Island boy used to brag about his rank ignorance of and indifference to the Islanders. Why should he have cared a whit about the Caps? Worst of all, Tony the K popularized a kind of smirky, smart aleck, epigram spew that now is common among sports buffs and message board fans. In trying to act like the coolest, smartest guys in the room, they show just the opposite. Bon voyage to the purgatory he so richly deserves.