The Washington Examiner ends sports coverage today and after 35 years covering Washington sports I’m on the bench.

It may not be for long. I’m talking to several groups, but until a deal is signed it’s not a done deal. I’ll still edit Warpath magazine on the Redskins and writing a book on the team called “100 Things Every Redskins fan should know and do before they die” that will be released in 2014.

Throw in my business interests as a Realtor, tour guide, poster company, and video company — SniderandLongStudios.com — and I’ll stay busy. But I’ll be honest — I am a newspaperman first and foremost and nothing replaces that.

My Washington Examiner column can be seen here, but let me add a few thoughts.

People ask me the biggest this or that. Best game, biggest story . . . I’m terrible at that. I live in the moment. I’ll just say it has mostly been a fun ride. Sometimes you lose sight of it during the tight deadlines, long days and low pay, but it’s what I was born to do.

So thanks for reading me in the Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Baltimore Bulletin, Maryland Independent and South Prince George’s Independent over the years. Maybe you’ll see me in another publication soon. If not, Monumental Thoughts lives on.

Postscript: I now write for the Washington Post Express and 106.7 The Fan WJFK.com.