Watchdog

Tony Kornheiser officially is done (for now) as a full-time newspaper man, having accepted a buyout from the Washington Post.

Here is the news, via his radio show, via DC Sports Bog, via Deadspin.

Tony's wistfulness is understandable, and there is a local connection here, of course, for a kid from Lynbrook who began his professional career at Newsday, inspired by Stan Isaacs, who later founded Newsday's TV Sports column.

But none of this is a surprise. When I spoke to Tony before his "Monday Night Football" debut in 2006, he made it quite clear his work with the Post henceforth would be very limited, and that mostly he was through with newspapers, no matter his nostalgic connection to them.

Paraphrasing, Kornheiser told me he felt he had nothing left to write, at least in that media form.