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"I'm Tony Kornheiser. Do you think they'll put me under [[Magnificent Bastard]]?" }}
The last half-hour of the [[ESPN]] network's afternoon block of "journalists yell about sports" shows (along with ''[[Numbers Never Lie]],'' ''[[Dan
The show follows a set format of segments.
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Reali does this a lot during Odds Makers.
* [[Double Entendre]]: The show usually opens with Wilbon mentioning an interesting news story (usually non-sports related) and asks Kornheiser a relative question about it tying into his personal life ("Have YOU ever..."), usually resulting in Kornheiser giving [[Dirty Old Man|an easy double entendre answer]].
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Fan Nickname]]: "[[Exactly What It Says
* [[Follow the Leader]]: You see those other shows up in the intro? ''All'' of them exist because of the success of ''PTI''. The format has also been used in segments of local and regional sports shows around the U.S.
** And parodies, like [[The Onion]]'s [http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/ Get Out Of My Face.]
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* [[Full Name Ultimatum]]: Whenever Reali appears for the "Odds Maker" segment, he's introduced as "Anthony Joseph [topical nickname] Reali." Sometimes, the topical nickname is long enough to make it an [[Overly Long Name]] gag as well.
** Averted with Kornheiser and the title: He has ''never'' referred to the title in full in the show's history, stemming from the fact he dislikes it.
* [[Fun
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Kornheiser and Wilbon's chemistry and years of running the show have proved them one of ESPN's few examples of this trope. It's hard to think of one of them without the other.
** Listening to Kornheiser's radio show, it sometimes seems likely that Wilbon is Kornheiser's only friend.
* [[Hoist
* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: The show's theme tune is a [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]] of [[Pavement]]'s "Cut Your Hair".
* [[Large Ham]]: Both hosts, as well as most of the guest hosts, LeBatard in particular.
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