Sportswriters Leave Publications Behind

In addition to his TV work and producing lively, insightful and information-packed features and columns for his day job at SI, King also somehow finds the time every week to write his signature Monday Morning Quarterback blog/column for the magazine's web site.

It's a 3,500-word must-read, all-encompassing review of the previous week's NFL developments, along with his own intriguing observations on some of his other favorite subjects -- the Boston Red Sox, his wacky travel adventures, tales from his daughter's high school softball team and all things latte/coffee -- the good, the bad, the swill.

I don't know where King finds enough hours in the day to get it all done, particularly the website tour de force that appears in my e-mail inbox every Monday morning by 9 a.m. He explained to me how he puts it all together a few weeks ago during a lull at the NFL owners meetings in Philadelphia, but I became exhausted just listening to him.

By the way, I know that King also was a big fan of Will McDonough's work, still another reason that some way, some how, somewhere, our pal, the late pioneering newspaper/television man, is still smiling.

E-Mail of the Week

Thank you for your recent articlew on the cancelation of the Feldman and Maloney show. I listen to WTEM at work every day and was shocked to see that their show was pulled without any explanation or warning. I was left wanting more information about what happened and why a mediocre national show should trump a very good local show. Unfortunately, that never came from the folks at WTEM. My hat is off to you for illuminating this situation. Prior to the switch, I listened all day to the lineup at 980. Now I find I stop listening when the Dan Patrick show comes on. Is there any chance they'll bring the show back to focus on teams and people that local folks care about?

Brian Sinclair

Arlington, Va.

Leonard Shapiro can be reached at Badgerlen@hotmail.com or Badgerlen@aol.com.