Sports Illustrated Monday Morning Quarterback A Fully Caffeinated Guide to Everything You Need to Know About the NFL

by King, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781603208680
• ISBN10: 1603208682
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-28
• Publisher: Sports Illustrated

Summary

Pro football fans spend Sundays in front of the television or at the stadium, cheering on their favorite teams. What do they do on Monday mornings? Head to SI.com to check out 'œMonday Morning Quarterback,' the must-read Internet column from Sports Illustrated  by senior writer Peter King. An award-winning journalist and 20-year veteran of  Sports Illustrated, King has been delivering his unique blend of NFL news and views in MMQB since 1997. More than 2 million readers a week devour MMQB's wide-ranging menu of analysis, opinion, behind-the-scenes insights, and humorous observations. In this book, King brings forth the same hard-hitting mix of wit and wisdom that has become so popular with his online audience, updating his most memorable Web columns from over the years and adding new takes on everything from officiating to TV to which players belong in the Hall of Fame. King tackles the game's most important issues and its biggest personalities with his distinctively conversational reporting style.

Author Biography

Peter King joined Sports Illustrated as a staff writer in 1989 after spending nearly a decade as an award-winning newspaper journalist. Now a senior writer at the magazine, he is Sports Illustrated's primary NFL expert and is one of the country's premier pro football writers. King is also a key contributor to SI.com, which includes his popular column, "Monday Morning Quarterback."

King has also served as an on-air reporter for ABC's Monday Night Football, NBC's Football Night in America, CNN's NFL Preview, and as managing editor for HBO's award-winning "Inside the NFL'' show. He hosts a show on Sirius NFL Radio.

Following graduation from Ohio University in 1979, where he earned a B.A. in journalism, King covered college athletics and professional football for the Cincinnati Enquirer for five years. Following that stint, he covered pro football for Newsday, in New York, from 1985 to 1989.

King has won two Associated Press Sports Editors awards for excellence in sports journalism.