Peter King | |
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| Born | (1957-06-10)June 10, 1957 (age 68) |
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| Education | Ohio University |
| Genre | Sports journalism |
| Spouse | Ann |
| Children | 2 |
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Peter Andrew King (born June 10, 1957) is an American sportswriter. He wrote forSports Illustrated from 1989 to 2018, including a weekly multiple-page columnMonday Morning Quarterback. He is the author of five books, one of which isInside the Helmet. He has been namedNational Sportswriter of the Year three times.[1]
Before working atSports Illustrated, King was a writer forThe Cincinnati Enquirer from 1980 to 1985 andNewsday from 1985 to 1989. Since 1992, King has been a member of the Board of Selectors for thePro Football Hall of Fame inCanton, Ohio.[2] In 2006, he joinedFootball Night in America,NBC Sports'Sunday night show about theNFL.[3] In May 2018, King announced that he would be ending his 29-year tenure atSports Illustrated to work for NBC Sports full-time.[4][5] He continued to publish his long-read column, now titledFootball Morning in America and it appears onProFootballTalk.
In February 2024, King announced his retirement. He spoke of looking forward excitedly to what retirement would bring citing his family's history of not choosing to retire from their respective chosen professions. When thinking of career highlights during his broadcasting career he referencedJohn Lynch in his first year as general manager for theSan Francisco 49ers talking to team negotiator Paraag Marathe, saying, "See if we can get one last thing with Chicago (theChicago Bears)." Marathe managed to get Chicago to add a third-round pick sweetening the deal. The Bears traded four picks (the No. 3 overall pick, a third-round pick (67th overall) and a fourth-round pick (111th overall) in the 2017 draft plus a third-round pick in the 2018 draft to the 49ers so they could move up a spot and selectNorth Carolina quarterbackMitchell Trubisky with the No. 2 overall pick.[6]
King joined theHBO showInside the NFL in 2002 as a managing editor and reporter. With the return of NFL programming to NBC for the 2006 season, NBC started a studio show calledFootball Night in America, set between the end of Sunday afternoon games and the primetimeSunday Night Football. He along withBob Costas,Cris Collinsworth,Sterling Sharpe, andJerome Bettis served as special "insider" reporters and analysts for the show, highlighting major topics for the day.
From the 2008 offseason until the fall of 2011, King co-hostedThe Opening Drive onSirius NFL radio withRandy Cross andBob Papa. King has been a regular contributor toChris Russo's Sirius XM show,Mad Dog Unleashed, since 2008. King is also a frequent guest onThe Dan Patrick Show and was often onESPN'sGolic and Wingo(2017 to 2020).
Once a week during football season, he joins the Musers onDallas' KTCK-AM/KTCK-FM for a segment. King is an often-used place holder for important and often vital Ticket audio segments as evidenced by the frequent cue given by Ticket Host Junior Miller of “Mark and play for Peter King”.
In 2005, the governor ofNew Jersey appointed King to a fact-finding task force in an attempt to endsteroid andhuman growth hormone use in high-school athletics.[7] King is the author of five books on football:Inside the Helmet (1993),Football: A History of the Professional Game (1993),Football (1997),Greatest Quarterbacks (1999) andSports Illustrated Monday Morning Quarterback: A fully caffeinated guide to everything you need to know about the NFL (2009).
In 2009, he was awarded theDick McCann Memorial Award for his work in professional football.
King was a member of the 13-person panel that selected the Top 100 Players in Giants history.[8]
King graduated fromEnfield High School inEnfield, Connecticut in 1975. He was a three sports star at Enfield playing soccer, basketball, and baseball.[9][10] He received his degree fromOhio University'sE. W. Scripps School of Journalism inAthens. He lives inBrooklyn, New York with his wife Ann, who is a native of thePittsburgh area.[11][12] They have two daughters.
In 1997, King was inducted into the Enfield Athletic Hall of Fame.[13]
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