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This article was originally published in the Colgate Maroon-News on Nov. 29, 2007.

Peter King's last football season was in the fifth grade. From that point forward, he stuck to two-hand touch games with his family on Thanksgiving. King loved football, but as soon as his hometown started making cuts, he was forced to play soccer.

King did not complain; he actually began to like soccer. But it was obvious that he still had a passion for football. 

Today, Mr. King is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and he works on the sets of HBO's Inside the NFL and NBC's Football Night in America. Also, his weekly "Monday Morning Quarterback" column for SI.com is one of the most renowned and respected football columns in America. 

On any given day, Mr. King can be hard to track down. Last Tuesday, he spoke with Cleveland Browns' wide receiver Braylon Edwards and then quickly hopped on a plane to Dallas so that he could interview quarterback Tony Romo and tight end Jason Witten for Dallas's big game against Green Bay tonight.

After that interview, King rushed back to his hotel room so that he could make phone calls and investigate the inside story on the death of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor. King works where the action is. He has no office, apart from a desk in a quiet corner of his Montclair, New Jersey home, but there is never any shortage of work. 

I had a fortunate chance to speak with Mr. King this week. When asked what one of those typical days flying around the country and interviewing stars was like, he responded, "There really is no such thing as a typical day."

In King's life, there really never has been. After graduating from Ohio University, Mr. King had still never written a sports article for a newspaper. 

"After college, I still wanted to be a sports writer, but I just didn't think that's where the opportunity would be," King said. 

King took a job as a journalist and eventually, a job in sports opened up. 

"I have never been actively looking for a job," King said, "I have always thought that the people who want to hire people will find the good people." 

After writing about sports for the Cincinnati Enquirer, King found a job at Newsday and covered the Giants for several years. Finally, in 1989, King was offered a job at Sports Illustrated and his writing has grown in popularity since. 

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