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First – how’s the health of the Eagles – I saw Dallas Goedert was placed on IR – how big of a hit is that?

Well we’re a lot healthier than the Steelers! Then only guy we have out is Dallas Goedert – and he should be back by the end of the season. Earlier on Davonte Smith, A.J. Brown and Jordan Mailata were out but they’re back now and we’re almost at full health.

Grant Calcaterra has done a great job too at tight end. He’s more of a pass-catcher than a blocker though.

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First off, what projects should we be aware of that you’re working on now?

Well, I just finished shooting season one of an Apple series. I signed an NDA so I don’t think I can give away the name of the series or many details yet, but it includes Olivia Munn, Jon Hamm and Amanda Peet. I have a re-occurring character. It’s a great series directed by the same person who directed Banshee.

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First off, what are you doing now – are you still riding?

It’s my eight-year anniversary of the accident that changed my life and left me paralyzed from the chest down.

Now the only exercises I can do are with my arms. I push a wheelchair on the street in my Manchester neighborhood – it’s a flat street so I can do it easier. It’s been excellent exercise for me. I use a safety flag so I’m visible, and do about 3-6 miles a day – at about two miles an hour.

Continue reading “Exclusive with Danny Chew, Ultramarathon Cyclist and Co-Founder and Promoter of the Dirty Dozen”

First off, can you let me know what you’ve been up to since your playing days?

I’m just raising my kids now. I worked for a telecom company – a small one you may have heard of – AT&T! A friend of mine from church talked to me after I retired from the NFL. I was in Ohio and was looking to move to Indiana for a job with Ameritech and the Yellow Pages when he told me he was looking for someone there in Ohio. So I ended up working for them.

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First, tell us about your work as a trainer for offensive linemen? What are you doing exactly?

My Academy is the Willie Anderson Linemen Academy.  I am based in Alabama but we go all over the country training high school, college, and young NFL offensive linemen. My main focus is on working with high school kids and up, developing young guys.

As a trainer and coach. what experiences and coaches from your playing days helped shape the way you approach training now?

We focus mostly on the techniques Paul Alexander and I worked on and developed when we were in Cincinnati together. He was a great technique coach – I was his first round pick and he was still a young coach with the Bengals then.

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First off, can you let me know what you’ve been up to since your playing days?

After football I spent most of my time raising my daughter. My wife had some health issues – so I helped take care of her and homeschooled my daughter. I was a field-trip dad – going with other homeschooled kids. I did that until she was a Senior, then we moved to Arizona where she went to high school her Senior year.

Continue reading “Exclusive with Former Browns/Ravens Defensive Lineman James Jones”

First off, can you let us know what new projects you’re working on?

I have a new book coming out on November 14 called Cracking Up – it’s a companion piece to the one man show I’m taking on the road next year. It’s a reflection on my 25-plus years in Hollywood – the weird stuff that went on behind the scenes. These are reflections over my career – the memories gestated over time and when the hamster wheel stopped – after multiple strikes in 2023 – I figured I should start writing about all those projects – those weird things that happened over my career.

At first I thought it would make for a good show – then I thought it would make for a good book too.

Continue reading “Exclusive with Pittsburgh’s own Emmy Award-Winning Comedian, Writer and Producer Ed Driscoll”