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Peter King opens up to The Post about 40 years of never-told NFL stories

Legendary NFL columnist Peter King shared exclusive insights from his new book *The Game*, revealing little-known stories from four decades of league history. Among the most striking revelations was the personal background of former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, whose early career in the Defense Department involved studying nuclear threats to the U.S.

This experience left him deeply unsettled during the September 11, 2001 attacks, as he navigated the devastated streets of Manhattan on foot from his office to his Upper East Side home. King also recounted a telling moment from Super Bowl XXI, when Bill Parcells—then coaching the Giants—taunted Charlie Jackson, the NFL’s director of security, about the emotional contrast between his own euphoria after defeating Denver and the perceived disappointment of rival coach Mike Ditka the prior year.

Additionally, King defended Bill Belichick’s coaching philosophy, noting that even critics like George Young underestimated his ability to unite players and defenses, a quality evident in the respect he commanded from figures like Lawrence Taylor.

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