Pardon the Interruption (abbreviated PTI) is a sport

Sport

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s television show

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 that airs weekdays on various ESPN

ESPN

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 TV channels, TSN

The Sports Network

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, ESPN America, XM

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, and Sirius

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 satellite radio

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 services, and as a downloadable podcast

Podcast

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. It is hosted by Tony Kornheiser

Tony Kornheiser

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 and Michael Wilbon

Michael Wilbon

Michael Ray Wilbon is a former sportswriter and columnist for the Washington Post and current ESPN commentator. He serves as an analyst for ESPN and co-hosts Pardon the Interruption on ESPN with former Post writer Tony Kornheiser, and has been doing so since 2001.-Career:Wilbon began working for...

, who discuss, and frequently argue over, the top stories of the day in "sports... and other stuff" (as Kornheiser put it in the show's original promo). They had previously done this off-air in The Washington Post

The Washington Post

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newsroom.