Dr. Z suffers strokes

Damn. He apparently suffered them a week ago, one on Saturday and one on Sunday.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/peter_king/11/30/week13/index.html

 

Terrible news. Terrible. Not just the best of our time, the best of any time.

And as much grief as we give PK here, that is a classy and wonderful and well-deserved tribute.

 

Damn.

 

As someone who has lost two family members to strokes in the last year, having one right after the other is a bad, bad sign...

My prayers to his family... He is one of the best NFL writers ever...

 

A classic, should be Required Reading for anybody pretending to know football, Zimmerman's first book: "A Thinking Man's Guide to Pro Football."

A classic, the man himself. Pure passion at whatever he did: interviews, pork chops, wine, all those colored pens making those dizzying zig-zag lines....

 

I'll be praying for him as well.

Only in my wildest dreams could I pretend to be 1/10th as knowledgeable about football or wine.

 

Dr. Z is one of a kind. greatest storyteller ever. I called him a couple years ago to ask one question about the AFL-NFL merger, and 40 minutes later he was still going strong.

Here's hoping he's back soon, with his stopwatch out to time the national anthem singer ... then grumbling, "Jesus, two minutes, 18 seconds - longest one since Week 3 of 2006."

Get well, Paul

 

Huge fan of Dr. Z, his columns and power rankings are always entertaining and a lesson in football history at the same time. There can’t be anyone alive who has seen as much football as him.

Good job by PK. Get well soon, Dr. Z!

 

Given his longevity, and his national interest and presence, he has to be the preeminent chronicler of the pro game. He was writing his memoirs, let's hope he gets to finish them.

 

Definitely echo the comments that PK did a terrific job with that tribute. Dr. Z's stuff is must read.

 

Terrible news. Hopefully he makes a full recovery.