PETER KING

Biography

Peter King is the author of Sports Illustrated's "Inside the NFL" column and an analyst and reporter on CNN's NFL PREVIEW, Sundays at 11 a.m. (ET). He came to SI as a staff writer in 1989 after spending nearly a decade as an award-winning newspaper journ alist. Now a senior writer at SI, he is the magazine's primary NFL expert and is one of the country's premier pro football writers. He also will be a key contributor on the NFL beat to CNN/SI, the 24-hour sports news network from CNN and Sports Illustrate d.

Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and raised in Enfield, Connecticut, King earned a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from Ohio University in 1979. Following graduation, he covered college athletics and professional football for the Cincinnati Enq uirer from 1980 to 1985, and pro football for Newsday from 1985 to 1989. Among the many awards King has are four Associated Press Sports Editors awards for excellence in sports journalism.

He has also written five books, the most recent of which are: "Inside the Helmet: A Player's-Eye View of Pro Football", which discusses the inner lives and jobs of some of the NFL's biggest names, and "Football: A History of the Professional Game", which profiles the teams, players and events of the NFL's first 75 years. He appears frequently as a commentator on radio and TV talk shows across the nation and has served as a half-time analyst for ABC's Monday Night Football.

King lives in suburban New Jersey with his wife and two daughters.