For those who can't get enough sports talk at home or office, two popular morning-radio shows help fill the void: The Sports Junkies on 106.7 The Fan, and The Tony Kornheiser Show on ESPN 980-AM. Both are on-air boys' clubs where the guys can opine, whine, and crack jokes about sports, pop culture, life, and each other. The Junks, as they're known, started in broadcasting with a cable-access show in Bowie. Tony Kornheiser, a former sports columnist for the Washington Post, once was a commentator on Monday Night Football and appears on ESPN's Pardon the Interruption with good friend Michael Wilbon. Here's a guide.
| The Sports Junkies | The Tony Kornheiser Show | |
|---|---|---|
| YEARS ON THE AIR | 15 | 19 |
| WHO THEY ARE | J.P. Flaim, Jason Bishop, John Auville, and Eric Bickel  Photograph courtesy of CBS Radio. |
Kornheiser and an assortment of sidekicks Photograph by Richard Greenhouse/ESPN. |
| ORIGINALLY FROM | Prince George's County | Long Island |
| HOURS ON AIR | 5 to 10 am | 10 to noon |
| OPENING LINE | "What's up, everybody?" | "All righty then . . ." |
| STUDIO LOCATION | Lanham | Rockville |
| WHO'S THE BOSS? | CBS Radio | Dan Snyder |
| ON-AIR JARGON | "Bro"; "donk" as a verb and noun | "Old guy"; computers are "Google machines" |
| ON-AIR MUSIC | Metal and rock | Oldies from the '60s and '70s |
| ON-AIR OBSESSIONS | Girls, sex, cocktails | Traffic, parking garages, modern technology |
| PREFERRED SPORTS | Football | Basketball and baseball |
| SPORTS HEROES | Michael Jordan, Eddie Murray | Willie Mays |
| WOMEN REGULARS | None | Torie Clarke, Jeanne McManus, Liz Clarke |
| COOL BUDDIES | Chris Cooley, former Maryland governor Bob Ehrlich | James Carville, Arch Campbell, Michael Wilbon |
| CLOSING LINE | "We're outta here." | "If you're out on your bike tonight, wear white." |
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