Peter King

Episode 376 of the Sports Media Podcast features Peter King, the iconic NFL writer who announced his retirement this week after 44 years as a sports writer. In this podcast, we discuss King’s reason for stepping away from column writing; the response he received to his announcement; hearing from Peyton Manning and Tom Brady among others; what happens when you lose interest in the transactional part of the job; how NBC Sports responded to his decision; his desire to teach in the future; facing criticism for access journalism; his relationship with Tom Brady; his role in starting the MMQB and those writers he hired; how he feels about Brett Favre today; whether he’s optimistic about the future of football writing, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.