Sports Illustrated’s Peter King is prolific. One look at his archive available at SI.com[1] will show as much. But I go to King because he seems to understand the game better than any other non-player journalist that I read. He’s also the only thing that makes “Football Night in America” tolerable, not that I recommend anyone watch that show. It’s unfortunate that he’s with Sports Illustrated – a publication I generally find to be inferior to ESPN.com’s pieces and even ESPN The Magazine.
I think King’s greatest strength is his experience; he’s been covering football for SI for over 20 years and keeps on trucking. It’s all he does and he’s great at it. I know I can’t really point to anything tangible, but I recommend you read some of his articles; his one about the draft written in March is surprisingly accurate.[2] The writing blends the insider information of John Clayton with the analysis of someone like Tom Jackson, which makes him better than the both of them.
