I hate to launch into the week on a sore note, after a fantastic weekend that included multiple good dinners, the NFL, and Government Mule in Brooklyn, but the Week One NFL Wrap Up by Peter King is a joke.
In the past sports writers were writers, those who sought information, not human interest and angling their stories to attract readership. The current era of writers, primarily internet writers, hold connecting with the reader in a higher regard than reporting the event, to the detriment of the story and the profession. No one is worse than Peter King. His latest stream-of-consciousness works harder to portray him as a buddy to all NFL coaches/players than a provider of insight. Both Joey Porter/cigar and Sean Payton/Jerome Bettis are pandering bits of tripe I hear in my head uttered in the voice of Eddie Haskell. By focusing on his VIP status with NFL personnel, he strikes out on his players/goats of the week (Charlie Batch over Pennington or Vick?). His "reporting" has sunken to being a 3,000 word puff piece. I find it aggravating/offensive he rips on airline security, on the anniversary of 9/11. The fact any airline employee treats him with respect is hard to believe, if I was an airline attendant and his reservation appeared, I'd have no problem losing it in the shuffle, his suitcases would be stockpiling in Malaysia.
Again, fantastic weekend, made up for the congestion I have been experiencing for days. The summer is over!
2 comments:
I agree with you on King. I stopped reading him about 18 months ago. But I used to love his coffee talk. I too have turned into a huge coffee junkie and when I'm in Ohio and at a Meijer and grandma doesn't know how to make a sugar free, non fat, triple latte, it pisses me off to no end. Its sad about King, because I used to love him on HBO. He can be so knowledgeable about teams when he wants to.
Derek -
What are you, Linda Richman?
Doesn't it seem that Peter King is the sports version of Larry King?
Are we sure they're not related?
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