Just like Bruce Springsteen.Yup, PK is just a common man, trying to make a living.
Just like Bruce Springsteen.Yup, PK is just a common man, trying to make a living.
https://twitter.com/...570374220275713RT@smileyksus: Where were you 11 yrs ago today?... Standing in line at overwhelmed NJ Blood Bank, waiting to give blood that wasn't needed.
"Hey, look ... here comes a middle-heavy guy, drinking a triple-shot caramel drink and eating a double-cheeseburger. Let's tell him his blood type isn't needed."waiting to give blood that wasn't needed.
He was probably really pissed that the Starbucks by Ground Zero in the days following 9/11 was only serving drip coffee and bottled water.What an ass. Did he really think that was the kind of answer that guy wanted? He made 9/11 about him. "I gave blood that they didn't even need. What a waste of time."
I wonder if he went down to Ground Zero and scooped up some ash. It would go well with his dirt from the concentration camp.
h. Coffeenerdness: I'm not denigrating the New Jersey Blood Bank or anything, but on this 11th anniversary of September 11th, I'm reminded of my time waiting in line at the overcrowded blood bank. Us would-be donors were tired and weary from the events of that morning, and medical best practice says not to give blood on an empty stomach. "Where are the coffee and donuts?'' I asked the medical technician in front. She said the nearest coffee shop was a little more than two miles away, and there wasn't one in the immediate vicinity of the blood bank. Amazed, I said, "Any other coffee bars nearby?'' None, the woman said, at least to her knowledge.
i. An American inner city blood bank, without a Starbucks. Now I've heard it all.
Oh, I'm sure we'll be treated to his exuberant discovery that "The Rising" exists, and moreover, that 9/11 is its subject matter, in the weeks to come.I'm surprised he didn't quote a lyric from "The Rising".
This. A thousand times, this.Good God man, Dr. Leather is just playing a role here and it's a great role, don't stop the train when it's rolling down the tracks.
I too would like to offer you my sincerest thanks. Your MMQB breakdowns are like a hot cup of coffee on a groggy Monday morning. Don't pay attention to Merkel (Mary-Beth, is that you?) and others who dare question your fine work.Soldier on, god speed, .... and again ..... thanks!
Well, yeah, but that strikes me as insufficient to warrant some of the doozies people have dropped in here over the past month. Are they really that upset that we're 'jealous'? In any case, I'm very worried about them, given how seriously they take this mocking of a mediocre, often incoherent, and always obsequious sports personality (he isn't a reporter anymore, or, arguably, a journalist).Isn't the stock answer: "They're jealous"?
To be halfway serious I don't think PK's army are upset that King or Simmons are getting mocked, it's that they like King and Simmons so they feel that leather (or whomerver) isn't just mocking King, he's mocking them and their tastes.Well, yeah, but that strikes me as insufficient to warrant some of the doozies people have dropped in here over the past month. Are they really that upset that we're 'jealous'? In any case, I'm very worried about them, given how seriously they take this mocking of a mediocre, often incoherent, and always obsequious sports personality (he isn't a reporter anymore, or, arguably, a journalist).
I think people do like King--not as much as they like Simmons but sure, there are 48 year old middle managers who like pumpkin lattes, stories about how air travel sucks, and hearing about how Favre is gritty, Manning is a genius, and TO/Ocho/Randy Moss are selfish lazy punks.Wait, they LIKE KING? I've always understood that being a big reason Simmons' defenders get defensive and even outright angry, but it didn't even occur to me that someone on this site could actually enjoy Peter King. Perhaps I'm inserting my own biases here: I can see why people would like Simmons, and I in fact like a small subset of his work, usually early-'00s or basketball stuff, but I can't ever remember finishing a King MMQB and thinking 'wow, I'm really glad I read that, he had a fascinating account of X, or he really encapsulated Y.' To me, his stuff is as uniformly devoid of content as someone babbling about the Holy Spirit.
Those are Corsi's postsI think sometimes it gets a little grasping at straws in here
"shankapotamused"? Seriously?Goats of the Week:
Stephen Gostkowski, K, New England. After hitting four field goals to keep the Patriots in the game, Gostkowski shankapotamused an easy (for him) 42-yard attempt far left with one second left in the game. Arizona 20, New England 18.
This is a great point. He should go back out there and help that Steeltown D. What's his lazy ass doing on the sideline?Factoid of the Week That May Interest Only Me I
Career interceptions for great current defensive backs: Ed Reed 59, Charles Woodson 55, Champ Bailey 50.
Career interceptions for the Pittsburgh defensive coordinator: Dick LeBeau 62.
Who gives a flying shit? This is worse than King reporting on his fantasy team. Doug Flutie plays in a softball league, sometimes pours dirt, and knows how to use a rake. What a guy!Factoid of the Week That May Interest Only Me II
Now batting first for the Natick Knights of the Boston Men's Senior Baseball League, playing second base, number 22, Doug Flutie.
(And you thought he'd be some other number?)
The shortstop is younger brother Darren Flutie. The third baseman is older brother Bill Flutie.
So last week, Flutie drove home from his NBC college football broadcast duties at NBC in New York on Saturday night to Natick, a three-and-a-half-hour drive up I-95 into the Boston suburbs. He drove past the high school field where the Knights were scheduled to play Cambridge Sunday at 10 a.m. He noticed a steady rain had left big puddles near third base and home plate. Flutie got out of the car, just before 4, took out a cup, and began ladling the puddles away.
Flutie went home, still worried about the field. He drove back to the field around 6:30 a.m., raked the Speedy Dry on the wet areas, then went home for a while to wait for the game.
(Flutie was telling me this story in the NBC Sports Network room where we prepare for our Friday shows, in Stamford, Conn. At that point, Hines Ward, who works with us on the Friday shows and the weekend shows at NBC in New York, piped up in amazement: "The Heisman Trophy winner raking the field! Crazy! I want this to be video-cammed!'')
This is a 30-and-over league. Doug Flutie is 49. I asked him why he stopped by the field at 4, and then went back a couple of hours later with the drying agent, to make sure the 10 a.m. game would be played.
"I enjoy playing,'' he said. "And I don't want the game to be canceled."
Flutie went one-for-four for the Knights. That evening, his 40-and-over team, the Waltham Braves, had a game. Flutie went 0-for-two. But on Wednesday, Flutie pitched the Knights to a 14-1 victory in the third and deciding game in the best-of-three series against Cambridge. "Pitched nine innings,'' he said Friday, "and I feel fine. My arm's great."
Check out the batting race in the 30-and-over league.
Check out the stolen base leaders in the league.
Two games of amateur baseball on a Sunday in September.
"That's me in a nutshell,'' he said. "Not trying to prove anything to anybody. Just out there having fun.
Question: does King just get to this part of the column and randomly pick a celebrity tweet? This one is A) not about the NFL; B) not from an NFL player (past or present); and C) Is not particularly witty, insightful, or even interesting.Tweet of the Week I
"#CBS. Can't Beat Stanford!!"
-- @TigerWoods, after the Cardinal beat USC for the fourth straight season.
Hey, look, it's another stupid football writer who (shocker) is buddies with Peter King!Tweet of the Week II
"Namath says that Tebow can't play QB for the Jets. With 220 career picks, and a 65.5 career QB rating, there were times Joe couldn't either."
-- @JetsWhispers, 16-year-vet Jets beat man Dan Leberfeld, on Joe Namath's view that Tim Tebow should not be groomed as the team's quarterback.
Peter King: Our go-to source for insider information on the New York City Health Department!Tweet of the Week III
"NYC's new sugary drink policy is the single biggest step any gov't has taken to curb obesity. It will help save lives."
-- @MikeBloomberg, the mayor of New York City, after the city's Board of Health passed an ordinance banning the sale of soft drinks containing sugar larger than 16 ounces at restaurants and movie theaters, and by street vendors.
The health department, which voted 8-0 to approve Bloomberg's proposal, estimated that 5,000 city residents die each year from obesity-related causes, and said the explosion of giant soft drinks containing sugar had became a major contributor to children getting fat. One board member, Joel Forman, told the New York Times, "I can't imagine the board not acting on another problem that is killing 5,000 people per year.''
Neither can I.
HAHAHAHAHA.g. "There is no love lost between these teams." Keep hearing that. Stop the cliché madness, announcers
That's it? That's the best he could come up with?I don't know about that. If you're kicked in the head in football, there's a helmet.
"SHAME ON YOU ERIN ANDREWS. Your lack of thorough research and preparedness SHAMES US ALL!"m. Did Erin Andrews really say, at 8:15 Pacific Time on a Saturday night, after Stanford stunned USC at Stanford, that the overjoyed and partying-hard Cardinal students wouldn't be attending classes tomorrow? I should hope not, unless class was held in the chapel
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(Starbucks Counsel begins preparing cease-and-desist letter...)n. Coffeenerdness: I know I'm way too partial to Starbucks Italian Roast, but trust me on this one. Without two huge cups this morning between 3 and 7:30, this column would be 1,000 words shorter and much less brilliant.
Ok, look. I'm not wild about the "Hey, I'm going to use my column as a pulpit from which to give shout-outs to random family members!" thing, but I get why he does it, and honestly, I would probably do it too once in awhile (although the daughter softball thing was a little much). But the reason it makes sense is that the little comments are sports-related, and I guess they have something to do with the "purity of sport" or some such.o. Beernerdness: A trip up to South Windsor, Conn., to see my niece Laila run cross-country for the South Windsor Bobcats (go Laila!) allowed me to try a Hartford beer, which I believe is a first: City Steam Blonde on Blonde Pale Ale. And may I say, wow, that is one bitter beer -- but in a good way. A very good pale ale, brewed about 18 miles from my boyhood home. Good job, City Steam.
s. Bruce at the Meadowlands Wednesday. Tempting. Very tempting.
There is no question in my mind that King did this because (1) Andrews is a woman, and (2) King went to great lengths to obtain the video of her prancing naked in her hotel room and his passive-aggressive obsession is causing him to lash out."SHAME ON YOU ERIN ANDREWS. Your lack of thorough research and preparedness SHAMES US ALL!"
I love that Peter King calls out a colleague (although I'm sure he thinks he's 4 notches higher on the Sports Journalism totem pole than Andrews) for a slip of the tongue. What an asshole. What are the odds King only did this because Andrews is a woman? If Chris Berman had made the same comment, King would never call him out.
I get that you like Springsteen. I get that you hate King. But why isn't he a fan? Pompous, 50 year old white guy from Jersey. Sounds like he meets all the criteria.Peter King: Not a real Springsteen fan.
In fact, he's the worst kind of fan. A fan that just likes to talk about a band when they're "cool" but doesn't really have any interest in the music. God I hate this guy's bullshit.
And apparently he has Italian Roast Starbucks coffee to thank for its continuing 'brilliance.'Dale Arnold is a model MMQB fan. It almost is too perfect.
"shankapotamused"? Seriously?
Peter King ‏@SI_PeterKing
I have managed to get the word "shankappotamas" in Monday Morning QB. Proud of that.
He's been pretty proud of his prose style lately. He also bragged about "idealogical saddlebag" on twitter.And he was so impressed by his own delicate genius:
I heard that, too, and they made a big deal out of how it was 22 pages, which I think means it's printed out for them... Talk about killing trees.No Annoying Travel Report this week. What gives?
BTW, I was driving around this morning and heard Dale Arnold and Gerry Callahan talk about how MMQB was just "delivered" (I think that they meant uploaded to SI, but whatever) and they were guffawing about how long it takes them to read each column.
For SoSHers who were wondering about who loves MMQB? It's people like Dale Arnold and Gerry Callahan.
I want to kiss you.Namath was often in no condition to play QB, but not because he sucked like Tebow but because his knees were utterly destroyed by the time he was 28.
Quoting INT and passer rating numbers about Joe Namath is maybe the worst use of stats anywhere in football. Frankly King should know better as a Northeast guy, the media adored Namath's ability (not just his charisma) and coaches were terrified of him. Bill Walsh called Namath the best pure passer he'd ever seen. Bill fucking Walsh, people.
Yeah! Uh... What a loser!As an extra aside: I assume he's trying to coin a phrase that uses the word "hippopotamus", because I guess Peter King's sense of humor is stuck in the 4th grade and he still has pajamas with jungle animals on them.
Peter King. You poor, poor soul. The fact that you managed to even get to the blood bank that morning is something to shout from the highest mountain tops. I remember how tired and weary I was from watching the local news on TV all morning. Living in New Jersey, the state right next to New York, must have exasperated your fatigue.h. Coffeenerdness: I'm not denigrating the New Jersey Blood Bank or anything, but on this 11th anniversary of September 11th, I'm reminded of my time waiting in line at the overcrowded blood bank. Us would-be donors were tired and weary from the events of that morning, and medical best practice says not to give blood on an empty stomach. "Where are the coffee and donuts?'' I asked the medical technician in front. She said the nearest coffee shop was a little more than two miles away, and there wasn't one in the immediate vicinity of the blood bank. Amazed, I said, "Any other coffee bars nearby?'' None, the woman said, at least to her knowledge.
https://twitter.com/SI_PeterKing/status/248187847314649088The last 2 times I met with Steve, he greeted me with not with a handshake but with a hug. He didn't want to let go.