News flash ...

Tony Kornheister -- yes, the ESPN chatmaster, himself -- is sitting in the RAC Arena at UMBC right this very minute. If you catch this afternoon's Binghamton-UMBC game on MASN, you'll probably see him. Five seats in from the aisle, right behind the bench.

This isn't really news. Kornheiser is a regular whenever the Bearcats visit UMBC. He's a Binghamton alum, and this is one of the closest visits of his alma mater to his D.C. base of operations.

What's news is that -- for the first time in memory -- he isn't hiding  under a ballcap pulled down over his mostly shiny dome. And -- you might want to sit down for this -- he's not talking. His mouth is closed. Has been for about five minutes. Ne nods to his friends in conversation,  but says nothing. This may be a first.

I wonder if he has noticed the kids in the UMBC student section, who are armed with placards of Kornheiser's face on tongue depressors, much like the faux faces he will often dons on his ESPN show.

Update -- he opened his mouth.To yawn. Now it's closed again. Alert the Guinness Book of World Records folks.