dpberr Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Enjoyed his work with SI, and read his FMIA column weekly. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/peter-king-retires-after-40-years-of-covering-the-nfl https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/02/26/peter-king-nfl-columnist-sports-illustrated-nbc-sports-retiring/ 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Flanders Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Seemed like he always enjoyed his summer trips to SJF. 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 (edited) Great career. He can still write and be a thought provoking columnist.... but everyone has a sell by date. Go while people are still sorry to see you leave. Edited February 26 by GunnerBill 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannc Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 King was starting to lose it, as demonstrated by his loony take that the NY legislature might cancel the Bills’ stadium deal after the McDermott 911 speech story broke. Any time he ventured opinions outside the game of football, he was absolutely embarrassing. 6 1 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBatty is alive Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Always thought King was very "generous" with his take on the Bills, even when they were dog meat for years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 When Josh didn't shake his hand that was the last straw. These young punks have no respect 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corta765 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 End of an era. He was the last of a generation of writers that truly put out superb content that was detailed and always looking for interesting things readers wouldn't normally find. Even if I didn't agree with his article or take, I at least knew there was some true meat behind it. He always seemed to have a soft spot for Buffalo despite being from Patriot land and was a good voice for the team. I will really miss his schedule insight as he usually was ahead of the curve on tidbits coming down the pipe. His best work to me though was his camp wide tour every August as it was a such a great and fun primer for every season. 2 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 (edited) congratulations on a long and wonderful career. one of the few journalists i would week out. and i remember starting with this story in the back of the Sports Illustrated every week. Edited February 26 by boyst 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 He will always be Peter Queen to me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 1 hour ago, dpberr said: Enjoyed his work with SI, and read his FMIA column weekly. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/peter-king-retires-after-40-years-of-covering-the-nfl https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/02/26/peter-king-nfl-columnist-sports-illustrated-nbc-sports-retiring/ 6 minutes ago, Bogie_Klinkhammer said: He will always be Peter Queen to me 7 posts before somebody crapped on him..........I would have taken the under.🙂 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 His column was always a must read for me. A very gifted writer with interesting opinions. I did get the sense that his passion for the game wasn’t as high as it used to be though so I’m glad he’s hanging it up in that sense. I like how he gave some shout outs to some good young writers in his retirement announcement. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan in Cleveland Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 I read that article and I was shocked to read that Don Banks died at age 57. I guess I just did not realize he was gone. His Banks Shots column was a frequent read for me back in the day. I assumed he had retired. I liked King. He was a bit of a Patriot homer but he was fair. He liked Buffalo especially the training camp atmosphere that has somehow transcended owners, coaches, GMs and Presidents of football operations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 30 minutes ago, Bogie_Klinkhammer said: He will always be Peter Queen to me I am sure you thought he should have joined the band, 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardyBoy Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 1 hour ago, corta765 said: End of an era. He was the last of a generation of writers that truly put out superb content that was detailed and always looking for interesting things readers wouldn't normally find. Even if I didn't agree with his article or take, I at least knew there was some true meat behind it. He always seemed to have a soft spot for Buffalo despite being from Patriot land and was a good voice for the team. I will really miss his schedule insight as he usually was ahead of the curve on tidbits coming down the pipe. His best work to me though was his camp wide tour every August as it was a such a great and fun primer for every season. There are still some floating around on places like the athletic and the ringer, but I would agree that that is largely gone in the mid form (the sites I referenced are typically long form)...King wrote some longer stuff, but most of that was medium length stuff combined with other medium length sections to build out a large form like article. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanfan Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 End of an era for me. Peter King was a knowledgeable and great writer and part of a stable of great journalists at Sports Illustrated. Growing up and into my 40’s SI was must read; family knew Thursday night (when SI would generally arrive in the mail) was sacred. No one bothered me till every page was read. King, Zimmerman, Kirkpatrick, Deford, Gary Smith, Leigh Montville, Steve Rushin, Jack McCollum (sp.), Rick Reilly and many more. Unbelievably gifted writers that made SI a must for any sports fan. Now private equity money hogs have made a great magazine into nothing. All to chase a buck. It’s so damned depressing. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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4merper4mer Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 4 hours ago, GunnerBill said: Great career. He can still write and be a thought provoking columnist.... but everyone has a sell by date. Go while people are still sorry to see you leave. His sell by date was August 3rd 1978. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoonerBillsFan Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 One of the best to do it. Congrats on retirement good sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 he's getting out at a good time now that the SI brand went into the toilet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Jones Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 5 hours ago, mannc said: King was starting to lose it, as demonstrated by his loony take that the NY legislature might cancel the Bills’ stadium deal after the McDermott 911 speech story broke. Any time he ventured opinions outside the game of football, he was absolutely embarrassing. Bob Costas is on line 1. LOL 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillyG Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 King was a fantastic writer. Been reading him since I was a kid. Will miss his writing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Returntoglory Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 One of the very best ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanjf Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 good writer, smart guy but impossible to listen to his slow, whiny voice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 2 hours ago, oldmanfan said: End of an era for me. Peter King was a knowledgeable and great writer and part of a stable of great journalists at Sports Illustrated. Growing up and into my 40’s SI was must read; family knew Thursday night (when SI would generally arrive in the mail) was sacred. No one bothered me till every page was read. King, Zimmerman, Kirkpatrick, Deford, Gary Smith, Leigh Montville, Steve Rushin, Jack McCollum (sp.), Rick Reilly and many more. Unbelievably gifted writers that made SI a must for any sports fan. Now private equity money hogs have made a great magazine into nothing. All to chase a buck. It’s so damned depressing. I wonder if that is partly reason for retiring. They may have cut expenses (save them form private equity handlers), travel, etc. 50 minutes ago, stuvian said: he's getting out at a good time now that the SI brand went into the toilet. I wonder how soon before they sell the SI Swimsuit issue to someone else. My wife worked on several of the swimsuits in issues when she was a tailor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 I hope you were on hand to lend your assistance 41 minutes ago, Punching Bag said: I wonder if that is partly reason for retiring. They may have cut expenses (save them form private equity handlers), travel, etc. I wonder how soon before they sell the SI Swimsuit issue to someone else. My wife worked on several of the swimsuits in issues when she was a tailor. Just now, stuvian said: I hope you were on hand to lend your assistance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 6 hours ago, GunnerBill said: Great career. He can still write and be a thought provoking columnist.... but everyone has a sell by date. Go while people are still sorry to see you leave. *cough* Al Michaels 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinky finger Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 6 hours ago, mannc said: King was starting to lose it, as demonstrated by his loony take that the NY legislature might cancel the Bills’ stadium deal after the McDermott 911 speech story broke. Any time he ventured opinions outside the game of football, he was absolutely embarrassing. Starting? I hope this means he'll stop doing his radio segments with Mad Dog. He's a painful listen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannc Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 15 minutes ago, Lost said: *cough* Al Michaels Sadly, Chris Berman may now be in that category too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QCity Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 6 hours ago, corta765 said: End of an era. He was the last of a generation of writers that truly put out superb content that was detailed and always looking for interesting things readers wouldn't normally find. Even if I didn't agree with his article or take, I at least knew there was some true meat behind it. He had access like no other reporter. He would write about intricacies that other reporters wouldn't even think of, and make them interesting. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 23 minutes ago, stuvian said: I hope you were on hand to lend your assistance My job was limited to deliveries - picking up parts in Fairfax factory and returning to factory with components sewn by my wife. The designer is Karla Colletto and my wife worked on swimsuit in 1992 SI issue, first one they were in. Their swimsuits (and these are swimsuits you can actually wear in water) were in most of the SI Swimsuit Issues I have seen. Only handling I did when I got a surplus swimsuit for a MSGT's daughter for a pool party she went to. He recently sent me a message saying his grand daughter wore it again at an event she was part of, Very good quality workmanship. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malazan Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 2 hours ago, stuvian said: he's getting out at a good time now that the SI brand went into the toilet. He has been working for PFT which is owned by NBC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan in Cleveland Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 8 hours ago, Lost said: *cough* Al Michaels 100% agree. He has been awful for a few years now 8 hours ago, mannc said: Sadly, Chris Berman may now be in that category too. Lol..Berman has been a caricature of himself for almost a decade now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikePJ76 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 17 hours ago, corta765 said: End of an era. He was the last of a generation of writers that truly put out superb content that was detailed and always looking for interesting things readers wouldn't normally find. Even if I didn't agree with his article or take, I at least knew there was some true meat behind it. He always seemed to have a soft spot for Buffalo despite being from Patriot land and was a good voice for the team. I will really miss his schedule insight as he usually was ahead of the curve on tidbits coming down the pipe. His best work to me though was his camp wide tour every August as it was a such a great and fun primer for every season. I will miss him. The Old guard of the NFL is completely gone. The game has changed and the people who cover it have changed. Now we have backwards hat youtube guy who watches film and are all draft experts and scheme experts. The Peter King, Rick Gosselin, Will McDonough's etc etc...were writers who along with nfl films told stories and made the NFL more than it ever was. The players and coaches used to be characters in these stories and there was something magic about all of it. Now we have backwards hat youtube film watching draft experts arguing with players whose whole life revolves around dating instagram influencers and all that comes with that. It's all kind of boring to me and everyone in the nfl just seems really uncool....maybe that's not the best way to say it but they just seem like spoiled rich kids or something. anyway. I will miss reading peter king. I will also miss reading the funny stories about peter king. He once was invited to spend draft weekend in Dallas in the war room to write a piece. He kept falling asleep during the meetings and only was awake and talkative when the food arrived. Then he wrote this big piece on Dallas draft! Pretty funny. I remember watching him make appearances on the MSG network way back when he was a beat writer for the Giants. He was the last of his generation essentially. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corta765 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 11 hours ago, QCity said: He had access like no other reporter. He would write about intricacies that other reporters wouldn't even think of, and make them interesting. Yep. He was trusted in a way which it gave readers a look at so many things that you just won't normally learn about. I love how they make the schedule and it was fascinating to see how deep it goes with how much is consider. I also loved that he got to go in draft rooms and see what teams really thought. The Cowboys with Paxton Lynch and then they ended up drafting Dak was a great highlight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T master Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Seems as all the good ones are retiring King, Boomer, Rick Azar 😜 and most all of the really good people that were at ESPN have moved on or passed . Sports in general just isn't what it use to be, it was much better when it was a bit simpler and not so specialized . Not that some of the professional sports are worse off i guess it's more the Prima Donna thing & that some of those athletes think just because that every one needs to have their input on things that they really know very little about . Thank you Mr. King for your contributions to the sports world i hope you enjoy your retirement as much as you enjoyed your work - you earned it !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corta765 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 8 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said: I will miss him. The Old guard of the NFL is completely gone. The game has changed and the people who cover it have changed. Now we have backwards hat youtube guy who watches film and are all draft experts and scheme experts. The Peter King, Rick Gosselin, Will McDonough's etc etc...were writers who along with nfl films told stories and made the NFL more than it ever was. The players and coaches used to be characters in these stories and there was something magic about all of it. Now we have backwards hat youtube film watching draft experts arguing with players whose whole life revolves around dating instagram influencers and all that comes with that. It's all kind of boring to me and everyone in the nfl just seems really uncool....maybe that's not the best way to say it but they just seem like spoiled rich kids or something. anyway. I will miss reading peter king. I will also miss reading the funny stories about peter king. He once was invited to spend draft weekend in Dallas in the war room to write a piece. He kept falling asleep during the meetings and only was awake and talkative when the food arrived. Then he wrote this big piece on Dallas draft! Pretty funny. I remember watching him make appearances on the MSG network way back when he was a beat writer for the Giants. He was the last of his generation essentially. There certainly is some talent as he brought up a few I intentionally read, but he was part of the mystique of the original NFL that wasn't so corporate or perfect and the stories he had were incredible. The Sabol family with NFL films also was like that to me with how they built up the NFL in mystical legend type way with their films and everything. He was the type of voice that his opinion spoke true volumes when he used it whereas today it is about how loud and big you can be rather then if your opinion is accurate. I hope that todays media and coverage can still find ways to bring the history of the game in without having to have hot take or being the loudest voice (COLLINSWORTH/ROMO). 3 hours ago, Ethan in Cleveland said: Lol..Berman has been a caricature of himself for almost a decade now. I love Berman but his time has passed and I wish he would step down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderweb Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 4 hours ago, Ethan in Cleveland said: 100% agree. He has been awful for a few years now Lol..Berman has been a caricature of himself for almost a decade now. Sadly so, but he was fantastic back in the 90's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 15 hours ago, oldmanfan said: End of an era for me. Peter King was a knowledgeable and great writer and part of a stable of great journalists at Sports Illustrated. Growing up and into my 40’s SI was must read; family knew Thursday night (when SI would generally arrive in the mail) was sacred. No one bothered me till every page was read. King, Zimmerman, Kirkpatrick, Deford, Gary Smith, Leigh Montville, Steve Rushin, Jack McCollum (sp.), Rick Reilly and many more. Unbelievably gifted writers that made SI a must for any sports fan. Now private equity money hogs have made a great magazine into nothing. All to chase a buck. It’s so damned depressing. I was a huge fan of zimmerman, guy reminds me of the old world football handicappers, just watching tape and figuring stuff out on their own. i always thought peter king was a cringe fest boomer. reading about his daughter's coffee or cigars or whatever else was torturous. his ultra boomer takes on the wuflu were mind boggling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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