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How many NFL players did Peter King talk to last night via his cell?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by poindexter, Sep 8, 2008.

  1. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    How many were mentioned in his column?

    Answer later in the day.
     
  2. bostonbred

    bostonbred Guest

    What's the over/under?
     
  3. ok, so now you're ripping Peter for doing his job well?

    typical
     
  4. GB-Hack

    GB-Hack Active Member

    Yeah, I don't get the point of this thread at all.
     
  5. shotglass

    shotglass Guest

    Blah, blah, blah. Get over it.


    My O/U, poin? 12.
     
  6. 21

    21 Well-Known Member

    Poin's point, I'm guessing, is that many well-connected writers manage to report the stories without habitual gushing about who called them back on the cell.

    I could be wrong.
     
  7. GB-Hack

    GB-Hack Active Member

    Maybe, but I would think people might wonder where he got his quotes from when he's in New York, and he's getting quotes from players across the country.

    Stating that he spoke to them clears up whether these are pool quotes, or quotes he went out looking for himself. I doubt there were many people writing the column he did for SI today about Sunday's injuries making extra regular season games unrealistic.
     
  8. shockey

    shockey Active Member

    i have no problem identifying how a quote was snared for a story. matter of fact, my paper requies it if you weren't at the event.

    "so-and-so said from his home/cell phone/whatever."

    we're taking peter-bashing to an extreme, people, no?
     
  9. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    The following post:

    Becomes this when translated by dooleyfish:

     
  10. GB-Hack

    GB-Hack Active Member

    There are some things to get annoyed about with PK. I don't think this is one.
     
  11. Smasher_Sloan

    Smasher_Sloan Active Member

    Would it be less impressive if they were contacted with a land-line phone?
     
  12. They still have those?
     
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