Mr. Popularity

Paul Farhi writes up the tug-of-war taking place over Post sports columnist Tony Kornheiser.

All of a sudden, the hottest, most sought-after franchise player in the sports world may be a guy who describes himself as “fat, bald and old.”

Tony Kornheiser, the Washington Post columnist and ESPN yakker, has become the object of a bidding war among media companies, with deals worth millions of dollars — and the lineups of newspapers, TV and radio stations — hanging in the balance.

ESPN, XM radio, Sirius Radio, Bonneville International Corp.,

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