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...
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