The Game: Peter King
10-21-2026
This is going to be a very special event! Join us as we celebrate Peter King’s new book on NFL football, The Game. He’ll be in conversation with Dan Shaughnessy of The Boston Globe. Your ticket includes a signed copy of King’s book! This event is held in partnership with our friends at The Silver Unicorn Bookstore.
Legendary sportswriter Peter King – who was on three occasions named the National Sportswriter of the Year – was for decades synonymous with NFL football. For 40 years, from HBO’s “Inside the NFL” to NBC’s “Football Night in America” TV shows, to his “Football Morning in America” column with NBC, and especially his “Monday Morning Quarterback” column with Sports Illustrated, you could not call yourself a true NFL fan unless you were reading Peter King.
While he retired from writing his column and appearing on TV in 2024, he has remained active, including being a member of the Board of Selectors for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. And now he’s written a new book about the game of football (his fifth book, technically), aptly titled The Game. And he has poured those 40 years into this book. Forty years of interviews, anecdotes, and stories. Forty years of limos, planes, and the Madden Cruiser. Forty years of sidelines, locker rooms, and executive suites. From Pete Rozelle to John Madden to Deion Sanders to Reggie White to Peyton Manning, and so, so, so many more, no one is better equipped to pull back the curtain on the NFL than Peter King.
The book has earned enthusiastic praise from a who’s who of sportswriting – Mina Kimes, Dan Patrick, Richard Sherman, Mike Tirico, Seth Wickersham, and Chris “Mad Dog” Russo – as well as NFL legends such as Bill Parcells and Troy Aikman, plus a starred review in Publishers Weekly. This will be one of the best sports books of 2026!
Doors open at 5:30 pm, and you can get dinner and drinks right in the Sawtelle Room before the show starts. Grab a friend and get your tickets today!
Peter King wrote for Sports Illustrated from 1989 to 2018, including the weekly multiple-page column "Monday Morning Quarterback." He is the author of five books, including Inside the Helmet. He has been named National Sportswriter of the Year three times. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Dan Shaughnessy is a sports columnist for The Boston Globe, as well as the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Francona and author of The Curse of the Bambino. When not writing, he can often be found at a Red Sox game at Fenway Park. He has been selected as Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year 14 times and he lives with his family in Boston.
The Silver Unicorn Bookstore: Located in the heart of West Acton Village, The Silver Unicorn is Acton's independent bookstore. We welcome and serve people of all ages by stressing convenience, curation and community. The Silver Unicorn was named the 2025 New England Independent Bookstore of the Year. The shop opens every day at 10 am, and you can shop 24/7 on our website, SilverUnicornBooks.com!
This is going to be a very special event! Join us as we celebrate Peter King’s new book on NFL football, The Game. He’ll be in conversation with Dan Shaughnessy of The Boston Globe. Your ticket includes a signed copy of King’s book! This event is held in partnership with our friends at The Silver Unicorn Bookstore.
Legendary sportswriter Peter King – who was on three occasions named the National Sportswriter of the Year – was for decades synonymous with NFL football. For 40 years, from HBO’s “Inside the NFL” to NBC’s “Football Night in America” TV shows, to his “Football Morning in America” column with NBC, and especially his “Monday Morning Quarterback” column with Sports Illustrated, you could not call yourself a true NFL fan unless you were reading Peter King.
While he retired from writing his column and appearing on TV in 2024, he has remained active, including being a member of the Board of Selectors for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. And now he’s written a new book about the game of football (his fifth book, technically), aptly titled The Game. And he has poured those 40 years into this book. Forty years of interviews, anecdotes, and stories. Forty years of limos, planes, and the Madden Cruiser. Forty years of sidelines, locker rooms, and executive suites. From Pete Rozelle to John Madden to Deion Sanders to Reggie White to Peyton Manning, and so, so, so many more, no one is better equipped to pull back the curtain on the NFL than Peter King.
The book has earned enthusiastic praise from a who’s who of sportswriting – Mina Kimes, Dan Patrick, Richard Sherman, Mike Tirico, Seth Wickersham, and Chris “Mad Dog” Russo – as well as NFL legends such as Bill Parcells and Troy Aikman, plus a starred review in Publishers Weekly. This will be one of the best sports books of 2026!
Doors open at 5:30 pm, and you can get dinner and drinks right in the Sawtelle Room before the show starts. Grab a friend and get your tickets today!
Peter King wrote for Sports Illustrated from 1989 to 2018, including the weekly multiple-page column "Monday Morning Quarterback." He is the author of five books, including Inside the Helmet. He has been named National Sportswriter of the Year three times. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Dan Shaughnessy is a sports columnist for The Boston Globe, as well as the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Francona and author of The Curse of the Bambino. When not writing, he can often be found at a Red Sox game at Fenway Park. He has been selected as Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year 14 times and he lives with his family in Boston.
The Silver Unicorn Bookstore: Located in the heart of West Acton Village, The Silver Unicorn is Acton's independent bookstore. We welcome and serve people of all ages by stressing convenience, curation and community. The Silver Unicorn was named the 2025 New England Independent Bookstore of the Year. The shop opens every day at 10 am, and you can shop 24/7 on our website, SilverUnicornBooks.com!