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Peter King is retiring
Posted on 2/26/24 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 2/26/24 at 12:33 pm
I hope the NFL survives this blow.
I’ll give the man credit. I’ve never been a fan, but a lot of other talented sportswriters have been forced into early retirement, or had to constantly jump from one fledgling outlet to another to stay employed.
Peter King was employed by SI for 30 years before finishing his career at NBC. He turned a local friendship with Bill Parcells into a 35 year career on the national stage.
His last column is a doozy. Starting with Parcells, his career was built on dropping names, and he doesn’t disappoint on his way out the door. He also manages to cover everything from Ivy League basketball to his opinions on the fentanyl crisis.
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I’ll give the man credit. I’ve never been a fan, but a lot of other talented sportswriters have been forced into early retirement, or had to constantly jump from one fledgling outlet to another to stay employed.
Peter King was employed by SI for 30 years before finishing his career at NBC. He turned a local friendship with Bill Parcells into a 35 year career on the national stage.
His last column is a doozy. Starting with Parcells, his career was built on dropping names, and he doesn’t disappoint on his way out the door. He also manages to cover everything from Ivy League basketball to his opinions on the fentanyl crisis.
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Posted on 2/26/24 at 12:36 pm to Ghost of Colby
Posted on 2/26/24 at 12:37 pm to Ghost of Colby
Good, frick that self righteous douche bag.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 12:40 pm to Ghost of Colby
He’s a prime example of someone who’s own hubris and unwillingness to separate his job from his politics, destroyed my respect and regard for his talents.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 12:40 pm to Ghost of Colby
His columns during Trump's presidency, covid and summer of love were 100% democraticunderground.com stuff.
He had a lot of insite in the early years but the twitter age made him irrelevant. Imo
He had a lot of insite in the early years but the twitter age made him irrelevant. Imo
Posted on 2/26/24 at 12:41 pm to TROLA
We'll need to find another source for how pretentious people like their coffee.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 12:50 pm to TROLA
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I think back to sitting in a New Jersey movie theater around Christmas in 1992. Ann and I were there to see “A Few Good Men” (Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore), and in the middle of the movie, when things were getting heavy in a Marine murder case, Cruise drove up to a newsstand and picked up the Sports Illustrated from Aug. 12, 1991. Eric Dickerson on the cover, as a Colt. My cover. My story. And here Tom Cruise examined it and bought it, and boy, it was all I could do to not yell in the theater, “Hey, that’s my cover!”
Posted on 2/26/24 at 12:51 pm to TC Kidd
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Good, frick that self righteous douche bag.
I haven't read him in 20 years but I echo your sentiment.
I think him and Keith Olbermann should buy a house together in Venezuela...
There they can drink TDS coffee and continue to resist.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 12:52 pm to Ghost of Colby
Guess he got tired of NIL and the transfer portal also.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 12:56 pm to Ghost of Colby
I say this as a non-Trump supporter, frick that guy. His smarminess and self-righteousness make him emminentally hateable.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 12:58 pm to Ghost of Colby
I’m sure he’ll get replaced with some other person that’s more woke than him.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 1:01 pm to BZ504
He always sucked. I used to read SI for Dr Z and every once and a while would read him too and remember why I didn't read him.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 1:05 pm to Ghost of Colby
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I think back to sitting in a New Jersey movie theater around Christmas in 1992. Ann and I were there to see “A Few Good Men” (Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore), and in the middle of the movie, when things were getting heavy in a Marine murder case, Cruise drove up to a newsstand and picked up the Sports Illustrated from Aug. 12, 1991. Eric Dickerson on the cover, as a Colt. My cover. My story. And here Tom Cruise examined it and bought it, and boy, it was all I could do to not yell in the theater, “Hey, that’s my cover!”
Ghost, I know you quoted this part to shite on King, but I’d feel the exact same way and would probably be an insufferable prick for a few weeks after, pointing it out to an ever dwindling group of friends that tolerated me.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 1:07 pm to Oilfieldbiology
F him
Dude is like Olberman. He's so far left its off the radar
Dude is like Olberman. He's so far left its off the radar
Posted on 2/26/24 at 1:30 pm to Ghost of Colby
He is a lock along with Bob Costas to be an MSNBC or CNN contributor.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 1:38 pm to Ghost of Colby
What a legendary career. The man delivered lofty nugget after lofty nugget.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 1:44 pm to Ghost of Colby
Never read him.
But frick him.
But frick him.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 1:56 pm to dallastiger55
He did insert a Kaepernick presence in his farewell article.
At least he never wavered from being garbage.
At least he never wavered from being garbage.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 1:57 pm to dallastiger55
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Dude is like Olberman.
Nowhere close.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 1:59 pm to BZ504
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I’m sure he’ll get replaced with some other person that’s more woke than him.
Ryan Clark would've fit but guess he went back to espn.
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