Pete Williams has written for numerous publications, beginning with a seven-year
stint as full-time staff writer and columnist for USA Today Baseball
Weekly (now Sports Weekly). He’s written for Street & Smith’s
SportsBusiness Journal since its inception in 1998 and
contributes regularly to The Sporting News annuals and The New York Times . His work has appeared in numerous other
publications, including The Washington Post, Men's Health, USA Today, The Dallas
Morning News, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, Minneapolis Star-Tribune,
Best Life, Men’s Health Muscle, Muscular Development, and The
Robb Report.
Here are some prominent pieces
from the last decade:
(click on title to read article)
Cycling Keeps Pace
(Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal - June 23, 2008)
For Youthful Rays, Changes in Stands and in Standings
(The New York Times - May 13, 2008)
Iron Man calls this fight a draw
(Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal - April 28, 2008)
Bona Fide or a Bust? Don't Rush to Judgment?
(The New York Times - April 24, 2008)
Starting His Retirement With a Splash
(The New York Times - April 23, 2008)
Senior Bowl opens NFL scouting season
(The New York Times - January 23, 2008)
Fresh-faced Buccaneers take nothing for granted
(The New York Times - January 3, 2008)
At USF, a well-planned overnight success
(Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal - November 26, 2007)
With rebranding, Rays reach for the sky
(Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal - November 12, 2007)
Swimming, biking, running and flying under radar
(The New York Times - November 10, 2007)
ING finds its niche in sports sponsorship (marathons)
(Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal - October 29, 2007)
Triathlons: In it for the long run
(Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal - October 8, 2007)
Character counts
(Street & Smith's NFL Draft Preview - Spring 2007)
Networks share the stage at NFL draft
(Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal - April 16, 2007)
NFL draft parties keep teams connected
(Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal - April 16, 2007)
Inside the NFL's secret training camp
(Men's Health - September 2006)
Do you still need an agent?
(OverTime - Summer 2006)
Clubs change face of freebies
(Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal - June 26, 2006)
Frequent fliers: How teams handle the rigors of road games
(Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal - March 13, 2006)
Raising the Rays
(Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal - February 27, 2006)
Top of the food chain
(OverTime - Winter 2006)
How media training pays for athletes
(Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal - October 17, 2005)
One athlete's strategy
(Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal - October 17, 2005)
Lakeland takes ranking
in stride
( USA Today – August 25, 2005)
Hall of Famer Schmidt takes a minor step
(USA Today – April 27, 2004)
Franchise rebranding: Out with the old...In with the new
(Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal – February
23, 2004)
Athletes pay to join jet set: Private flights
buy time with family
(USA Today – October 29, 2003)
Training center lures athletic elite
(USA Today - Feburary 19, 2003)
MLB rule strikes out batmakers
(Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness
Journal – February 3, 2003)
Remembering baseball's best: The Ted Williams museum
(Dallas Morning News - August 18, 2002)
Draft preparation: blood, sweat, cash
(Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal - March 11, 2002)
A fitter David Wells set to don Yankee pinstripes
(USA Today Baseball Weekly – February 13, 2002)
Gut Check
(Street & Smith’s Pro – Fall, 2001)
Small-time baseball, big-time success
(Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal – July
9, 2001)
Non-revenue teams rely on football, men's hoops
(Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal - June 4, 2001)
A-Rod ready to make an impact
( USA Today Baseball Weekly - February 21, 2001)
Bucs, Glazers ride rising tide of revenue
(Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal – October
9, 2000)
An All-Star's Big Build-Up (Nomar Garciaparra)
(USA Today Baseball Weekly - March 1, 2000)
Pillar of Strength (Karl Malone)
(Muscular Development - March, 2000)
A dash for NFL's cash: Draft prospects use camps to
get an edge
(The Washington Post - February 20, 2000)
Veeck, as in heroic
(USA Today Baseball Weekly - December 29, 1999)
Volleyball's versatile Gabrielle Reece
(Muscular Development - October, 1999)
The remaking of Jose Canseco
(USA Today Baseball Weekly - February 10, 1999)
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