Peter King (sportswriter)

Peter King  is an American sportswriter. He is the author of five books, most notably Inside the Helmet, as well as a TV analyst and reporter. He was named National Sportswriter of the Year for 2010.During the 2008 offseason, he became co-host of The Opening Drive on Sirius NFL Radio. He co-hosted the show on Wednesday mornings with Randy Cross and during the offseason he co-hosted on Monday & Wednesday with Randy Cross and Bob Papa. He stopped co-hosting this fall (2011).He is a user of Twitter.King is a graduate of Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism in Athens, OH. He lives in Boston, with his wife Ann. He has two daughters, Laura, who attended Tufts University and Mary Beth, who attended Colgate University.