Exclusive With Pittsburgh Rapper Beedie

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First off, can you let me know what new projects you are working on now?

I’m dropping a new album – I’m calling it Kingpen. It’s based off the Marvel comic villain – it’s a tongue-in-cheek play on it. I’ve spent hundreds of hours on this project – a comic book comes with it. It’s loosely a concept album from the perspective of the villain idea. It’s a mix of me and the Marvel villain.

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Exclusive with Former Steelers Safety Derrick Richardson, 2009

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First off, what have you been up to since your time in Pittsburgh?

After I was finished in Pittsburgh I played for two years in the UFL in Florida. After that I started coaching and working and being a father – things like that.

How did you get started in coaching?

My parents started a track team when I was a young kid. When my kid was playing flag football I and some buddies coached his team. My parents always wanted me to coach their track team but I just wasn’t ready yet. It was a big commitment. But after a while I dipped my toes in the water and tried it and realized how fulfilling it was. I loved it and decided then to continue the legacy. I’ve been doing that now for 12 years.

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Exclusive with I.B.F. Boxing Champion Paul Spadafora

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First off, can you let me know what you’re up to now?

Well, I sold my house in Pittsburgh and I’m in Vegas now. I have a garage gym here and work with a variety of people – kids and adults. I work with fighters – people really interested in boxing.

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Exclusive with Darryl McDaniels (D.M.C.)

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First, what are you up to now – what projects should we be made aware of?

The two most immediate ones are-  first, I have a new cookie company called Darryl Makes Cookies – DMC Cookies. These are the coolest cookies in the universe! I wanted to do cookies because I don’t like doing what everyone else is doing – and I just want to make people smile.

I’ve been sober now 24 years so I can’t do champagne and alcohol. I like cookies – they make people happy and help make the world a better place by making people happy! We have chocolate chip cookies now and in November we’ll have Christmas Holly cookies. We’re finally going to put fruitcakes out of existence! These are the real deal and relevant to everyone. After that we’ll have oatmeal, vegan and gluten-free ones too.

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Exclusive with Former Steelers Running Back Antwon McCray, 2002

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First off, what have you been up to since your time playing football? 

Now, I do work with Homeland Security and the TSA, helping them with budgets. I’ve been doing that for a while now. After I finished playing I taught for a year with my wife in Springfield, Virginia. I played in NFL Europe then after teaching I got into government contract work.

Now, I own my own staffing company, placing nurses here in Pittsburgh.

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Exclusive with Former Steelers Wide Receiver Moses Ford, 1987

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

I got a job doing maintenance work. After football I’ve had issues with bipolar depression – that all really began after football.

Have you gotten support?

People have helped me, yeah. Playing football kept me busy – kept me focused so it didn’t really affect me as much until after I stopped playing. School was the same way – it kept me focused I guess so it didn’t really affect me until after I was done playing.

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Exclusive with Former Steelers Fullback Brendan Joe, 2006

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

I’m a private wealth advisor now with AllianceBernstein. We have $650 billion under management but we act more like a boutique firm. The firm is based in Nashville but I work out of Columbus, Ohio. I don’t target athletes, funny enough, but I do get calls from them as I work through my coaching networks.

We’re the first financial management firm to be recommended by the NFLPA on their website. When agents talk to players about their financial needs they are supposed to refer to the site first – though I don’t think they all do that!

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Exclusive with Former Steelers Safety Erik Totten, 2002

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

Since my playing days I went to work in finance. I spent one-and-a-half years in corporate finance then took an opportunity to work as an asset manager and have been doing that for the past 16 years. I’m in Austin and lead a big part of our business where we create investment solutions for financial advisors.

Was the post-NFL transition difficult?

That goes back a ways, but I’d say it was fairly smooth. I was able to find a job quickly. I was from Seattle and had a lot of interest from companies when I was done, but I wanted to stay close to Seattle at first. I just needed a job to help me get started in the corporate world. I had a lot of friends from college who already had three or four years of experience,  and I was starting fresh. So getting my foot in the door at first was unnerving and challenging. But it all worked out for the best.

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Exclusive with Pittsburgh Boxing Trainer Thomas Yankello

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First off, can you let us know how you got involved in boxing/training?

I’ve been around boxing my whole life. My grandfather was a boxer – a military champion. My dad’s brother – the same thing. Both were military boxing champs. My dad always loved the sport too. Since I was five they’d show me the old boxers on tv – we’d all watch fights together and go to fights. It was infectious for me – I fell in love with it.

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Exclusive with Former Steelers Tight End Tracy Greene, 1995

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

Actually after my time in Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay I moved back to Kansas City and started up a handyman service here. I’ve been doing that for the better part of 15 years. I took two years off after my time in Pittsburgh before moving back here.

I grew up in Louisiana and this was the type of work I always did with my father, so that’s what drove me to get into this line of work.

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