Peter King Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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.

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