That sounds kind of dirty, doesn't it?
It used to be that in the Washington Post sports section, there was a little section on page two where Tony Kornheiser would mouth off about whatever. But now that he's in the eye of the sports media storm, that real estate is typically dedicated to none other than Dan Steinberg of the D.C. Sports Bog, which may be the best sports blog in the world. (By the way, Washington D.C. is way ahead of the sports blog curve. Umm... Wizznutzz?)
Steinberg--still not convinced of the power of blogs even as he runs a stellar one--can see the writing on the wall. Transcription (and commentary in brackets) by Steinberg, based on Kornheiser's appearance on Sportstalk 980:
Tony and his friend Andy Pollin are talking about Tony's future. The transcript:
Tony: What will I do? I'd like to, I'd like to do something like I did before, that is very current, very sort of small and, you know, sort of idiosyncratic. But I notice, I notice in the paper now that in the space I used to have, they've given it to the Cheese Boy (laughter). So I don't, you know, I guess there's no room for me in the paper.
Andy: The blogger? [Naked contempt oozing out of the speakers on my computer.]
Tony: Yeah, the Cheese Boy.
Andy: Is that what you call Dan Steinberg?
Tony: Well he went to, he went to, where were the last Olympics? Afghanistan, Norway?
Andy: Yeah, something like that.
Tony: Wherever, Brazil. And he wrote about cheese every day. [Ed. note: I think I actually missed a few days, when I was concentrating on curling.]
Andy: That's right, yeah.
Tony: So I call him the Cheese Boy. And I, you know, I don't know, if that's.... Look, if that's his territory now, you know, God bless him, that's fine with me. [As movers show up at my desk and start packing up my things.] I'm sure that I could find some spot on D7, you know, right behind the tire ads. [As HR starts talking to me about possible compensation packages.] People would find me if they cared. [Plus, my cell phone number is actually owned by The Post. That's gonna be inconvenient.]
Andy: Well I know The Examiner is looking for people, so in case you want to send out a resume.... [Evil cackling. I think. Maybe I imagined that part. Anyhow, I'm toast.]
Originally
from True Hoop
by Henry Abbott
reBlogged
on Jan 3, 2007, 4:52PM