Michael Wilbon Leaving WaPo

I miss the glory days of Kornheiser's angst and humor counterbalancing Wilbon's sober and strong opinions in the Post. I thought their best print work was when they both had regular Post columns. They're both TV stars now, so I'm surprised that Wilbon stayed as long as he did, but I'll miss his columns. Didn't agree with all of them, but Wilbon always made you think about where you stand on a given topic.

Agreed. Wilbon is great and it's sad to lose him. Thank god for PTI. All the best Mike... :headbange

I remember sitting at the kitchen table with my Cheerios when I was in grade school and reading Wilbon in the WaPo print edition. That sports page back in the day really went a long way to getting me into sports in my childhood.

Cheers, Wilbon. I didn't always agree with your opinions, but you were almost always a good read.

He'a a talent the Post is going to miss. Wilbon will be fine in whatever he decide's to do.

Wilbon is so great on PTI .. that show remains on my DVR .. Tony and Mike are great together ... that's gotta be one of my fav sports shows

Very sad to see Wilbon leave the Post but I only wish him well in all his future endeavors.


The Washington Post sports section used to have more depth of excellent writers than just about any other sports section in the country. [The Boston Globe and LA Times were comparable in terms of depth but not really too many other papers.] But the depth is no longer there.


When/if Thomas Boswell and/or Sally Jenkins "take their talents" elsewhere, the Post will not be any better than a couple dozen other sports sections in the US.

Wilbon is great because he's completely honest... i respect him more than any other columnist, personality, etc... whatever you want to call him. PTI is a daily DVR ritual for me...

Honestly I respect Wilbon and wish him the best of luck at ESPN, but my everlasting memory (albeit limited memory, as I'm relatively young and have only read his articles for the past 5-6 years) of his time at the Post will be the article he wrote after Sean Taylor's death, which I highly disliked. I felt like he wrote that article based off assumptions, and it was just taking the easy way out and writing a cheap piece of journalism.

He's always been a plus-minus writer with me, occasionally I read something by him that I like, and occasionally I read something that he wrote that just stinks of cheap journalism. In the end I wish him the best at ESPN, but I won't be too upset that he's not at the Post anymore. I'd be a hell of a lot more upset if someone like Dan Steinberg left the Post, I love reading the Sports Bog because it gives me a better connection with the local DC athletes from my favorite sports teams.

Honestly I respect Wilbon and wish him the best of luck at ESPN, but my everlasting memory (albeit limited memory, as I'm relatively young and have only read his articles for the past 5-6 years) of his time at the Post will be the article he wrote after Sean Taylor's death, which I highly disliked. I felt like he wrote that article based off assumptions, and it was just taking the easy way out and writing a cheap piece of journalism.

He's always been a plus-minus writer with me, occasionally I read something by him that I like, and occasionally I read something that he wrote that just stinks of cheap journalism. In the end I wish him the best at ESPN, but I won't be too upset that he's not at the Post anymore. I'd be a hell of a lot more upset if someone like Dan Steinberg left the Post, I love reading the Sports Bog because it gives me a better connection with the local DC athletes from my favorite sports teams.

right there with you, ever since the article and comments following taylors death i didn't really care for him anymore either.

Never had a chance to read his columns but enjoy him on PTI. Just hope he doesn't leave PTI anytime soon and get replaced by......Mr. BAMM!!

Michael Wilbon - For Michael Wilbon, a fond farewell to The Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/06/AR2010120606607.html)