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Kissing Suzy Kolber (Free subscription) | yesterday
Before we get to this week’s Peter King evisceration, I’d be remiss not to point out that Paul Zimmerman (Dr. Z) suffered two strokes last week. We’ve had our fun with the old man here on this site. After all, Dr. Z is the kind of old crank who would complain about [...]
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SI.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The best football writer of our time is in my thoughts and prayers.
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Stampede Blue (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last week, we took some shots at our favorite punching bang from SI (Peter King) for his laughable notes on the 2008 MVP race. This week, it seems Peter King has had a bit of a revelation. Maybe he read something here and it sparked a thought in that coffee-stimulated brain of his. Or, maybe someone just dropped a rock on his head just to shake out the cobwebs. Whatever happened, Peter King is finally...
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Pacifist Viking (Free subscription) | yesterday
Peter King tells us today that Paul Zimmerman had two strokes, but is apparently doing fine now. As some of you may know, Dr. Z is one of my sportswriting heroes. I wish him well.
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The Big Lead (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wacky end to the day, and although we’d normally lead with the Patriots blowout loss at home to Pittsburgh, or the Chargers season being OVER after losing at home to 8-4 Atlanta … Peter King just said on the new-and-improved (more tomorrow) NBC Sunday show that “it’s highly unlikely” that Plaxico Burress will ever play [...]
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The FanHouse - NFL (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
by Ryan Wilson Filed under: Buccaneers , Jets , Patriots , Vikings , NFL Fans , NFL Rumors , NFL Free Agency The Matt Cassel bandwagon is taking on passengers, and deservedly so. After a shaky start to the season, Cassel has thrown for 400 yards in back-to-back games, and as Peter King so excitedly explains to us every Sunday night, the lifetime backup stands to make a lot of money this offseason....
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Buc 'Em (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
SI writer Peter King goes inside the gameday locker room and the filmroom with Buccaneer LB Derrick Brooks . In this case, he sat in with Brooks as he analyzed Adrian Peterson prior to the Minny game, broke down Brooks' play during the game, including the key 4th down pass breakup on Peterson where AP was streaking wide open down the field and Ruud was beat. It also shows Brooks' intensity and efficiency...
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The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
By GottaLaff Via Think Progress: [T]he Washington Post reports today that Lieberman was also supporting at least four Republican lawmakers. His Reuniting our Country PAC gave $5,000 to Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR) and another $5,000 to Rep. Peter King (R-NY) in October. He wrote an op-ed in the St. Pioneer Press defending Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN), and publicly endorsed and contributed to the re-election...
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Environmental Republican (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
According to this report that expands on yesterdays warning: "The threat is serious, the threat is significant, and it is plausible," said Congressman Peter King, R-Long Island, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee. Uniformed officers, including this NYPD Counter Terrorism Squad members and Amtrak cops with M-16s, flooded Penn Station Wednesday after the FBI said it had received a
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Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
What an asshole : Lieberman, through his Reuniting Our Country PAC, gave Smith's reelection bid $5,000 on Oct. 10, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. ... The same day he wrote a check to Smith, Lieberman's ROC PAC gave $5,000 to Rep. Peter King, the Long Island Republican. In radio and TV appearances the final days of the campaign, Lieberman also frequently said that...
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Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
Five weeks before Jeff Merkley spoke of the Obama spirit of reconciliation during the Senate Democratic caucus meeting that eventually voted 42-13 to allow Joe Lieberman to keep his Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee gavel, Lieberman donated $5,000 to incumbent Oregon GOP Senator Gordon Smith's reelection
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Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Citing a Peter King price quote of an alleged $21 million buyout tag for an NFL team to hire away Notre Dame’s Charlie Weis, the New York Times’ Pete Thamel muses, “that was last year, so it’s likely gone down slightly. And no one is sure if the buyout is different for firing than hiring.” [...]
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Inoperable Terran (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Worse than Gozer-worshipers: Favre worshipers.
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NFL GridIron Gab (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
What makes an NFL All-Pro tick? SI got inside the clockwork mind of Bucs veteran linebacker Derrick Brooks as he faced his biggest challenge of the 2008 season: stopping Adrian Peterson By Peter King The biggest play of an NFL game can happen at any time—in the fourth quarter (David Tyree’s against-the-helmet catch in last year’s [...]
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SI.com (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
One of the tests of a good young coach is how he handles his first rough patch. Jim Zorn was in the middle of it last week, the Redskins having lost two games in a row, when he told his team, in these exact words: "Keep going in the direction you're going.''
