And now, answers to the Peter King crossword puzzle: 
ACROSS
3. Most humane train (ACELA)
5. You should respect it (SUN)
10. Land baron (FAVRE)
12. Johnny Damon lookalike (MARKSANCHEZ)
13. Criminally melted candy (KITKAT)
16. Extraneous urban asset (CAR)
17. The perfect save (VOICEMAIL)
18. Alarming new fashion trend 9UGGS)
19. Disturbing trend on I-95 (TRAFFIC)
DOWN
1. No room at the Inn? (WESTIN)
2. Led NFL in smiles during 2008 season (TONYROMO)
4. Unknowable science (CHEMISTRY)
6. Crime committed by film companies (EXTORTION)
7. Favre? (FAVRE)
8. Chain restaurant with coffee-flavored water (JILLIANS)
9. Ohio home of Toone P. Wiggins (SIDNEY)
11. Two wonderful? (JETER)
14. Moniker for SI scribe Banks (BRASCO)
15. Pre-ferred prefix (SEMI)
16. Car part, defined (CLUTCH)
October 26th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Next, the Peter King Sudoku. All of the numbers are 4.
October 26th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
No space for a “lofty”?
October 26th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Looking for Peter King-opoly. All the hotels serve coffee at 5 a.m.
October 26th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
@Stu
It’s less fun that way!
October 26th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
@Warthog In King-opoly, every time a player passes Go they get a free colonoscopy.
October 26th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
@51dimes – Then what do you get when you go to jail?
October 26th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
@El Nene – you get to sit behind someone on their blackberry at a baseball game.
October 26th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
@KP – Honestly, they’d be doing me a favor.
October 26th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
@StuScottBooyahs
Don’t you think there’d be some letters tossed in there as well? Maybe 4, b., F-, 7:?
October 26th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Ohhhhhhhh… SEMI.
I was trying to figure out how to make “quasi” into four letters.
October 26th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Don’t forget Peter King Chutes and Ladders, where the player becomes embroiled in gridlock traffic by landing on a chute.
October 26th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
@matty ice 9 Uggs is pretty lofty, knowing you have a spare one
October 26th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again- Will Shortz is an agent of Satan.
Now what’s this about crossword puzzles?
October 26th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Melted Kit Kats are not welcomed in the PK version of Candy Land.
October 26th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
PK Scrabble – triple word score for ‘Quasifavrianesque’.
October 26th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Yeah, I suck at crosswords. And I’m fine with that. Can’t believe I couldn’t guess “clutch,” though. That’s kind of a gimme.
October 26th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
It was PK, on the back deck with trees and talk, with the Heineken Light bottle.
October 26th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
I like to wear xxxl chino shorts when I play PK chutes and ladders.
October 26th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Let’s play the PK Jumble:
EEQLSEEWUKR
A: Welkeresque
October 26th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Peter King Monopoly: throw out the car game piece – not necessary.
October 26th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
“I spoke with INSERT PLAYER/OWNER NAME-DROP HERE minutes after the game, Sunday and they said INSERT UNAUTHORIZED QUOTE. I get a feeling that INSERT RELATIVELY RISK-LESS PREDICTION may happen before the end of the season. INSERT DATA-MINED STATISTICAL COMPARISON. I think that it’s easy to see that INSERT QUARTERBACK WHO PLAYED BETTER DAY PRIOR was actually capable of this all along. I think. INSERT FAR-FETCHED FAVRE MENTION…”
October 26th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
I think we all know that Hines Ward ALWAYS leads the league in smirrres.
October 26th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Special Edition Peter King Ouiji Board: where the only letters available are R-A-E-V-F
October 26th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Damn. I got all but 17 across, 6 down and 11 down.