Exclusive with Former Steelers Quarterback Jared Zabransky, 2008

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

I’m raising my two kids here in Texas – a 13 year-old daughter and 12 year-old son. My daughter is the oldest and is amazing – she plays volleyball and is an artist and is doing amazing at school. She gets upset when she gets anything under a 97 and still believes everything her dad says is gold!

My son plays football and basketball and also excels in school. He plays quarterback like his dad – imagine that! He’s an encyclopedia of football knowledge – we play golf together and get to spend a lot of good time together that way.

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Exclusive with Former Oilers/Titans Safety Blaine Bishop

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First, can you let us know what you’ve been up to since your playing days and how you broke into the media space?

I had a radio show while I was playing near the end of my time with the Titans. I talked about the games. I listened to sports talk radio and wondered where they got their information because it was often incorrect. I wanted to give my version – to be a truth-teller – instead of wrong information because they were guessing or just reporting on what they were told.

When I was in Nashville I started working with the NFL Network – I had a plan. I got experience there and ended up honing in on radio, doing the post-game show for the Titans. Now I do the pre and post game shows for the Titans. That led to another show I do as well and have been doing that for 12 years.

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Exclusive with Actor/Fight Director Mark Deklin

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First off – what are you put to now? Any upcoming projects/work?

I have several exciting roles coming up in the video game world. There are about to take off but I can’t talk about them – they have strict NDAs! They like slow releases and big build up. It will be cool when they are all revealed.

How did you get tied into the video game work?

It’s been an interesting journey. My background has been in classical acting – and I’m a certified fight director as well. I moved to New York and established myself as an actor and fight director there. Then I went to L.A. and there was this new technology called C.G.I. It was traditional animation then. They did voice over with older actors with good voices and separate actors for the physical side. I was trained in both so could get a lot of side work that way.

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Exclusive with Former Houston Oilers Head Coach Jerry Glanville

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First, can you talk a bit about some of the influences you had as a coach over your career?

Well, I started off in Detroit in ’74. We had such a great staff of assistant coaches there. We all learned form each other. Raymond Berry was the wide receivers coach – Bill Belichick was an assistant coach. And Jimmy Carr was there – he was a great secondary coach. Rick Forzano was the head coach and we called the coaching staff the Detroit Mafia.

Farzano started the idea that everybody uses today – that special teams would be treated as its own thing with its own coach . We made up that system – we revolutionized how teams handle special teams. We kicked people’s butts on special teams because we were the only ones to use that type of application.

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Exclusive with Former Steelers Wide Receiver Eric Fowler, 2007

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

I was fortunate to be able to use the programs afforded to us by the NFL to go back to school and get my MBA. Afterwards I worked for a non-profit doing consulting in the healthcare industry. I helped hospitals with their buying habits and surgeons with new techniques. I did that for 10-to-12 years.

On the side I also would sell homes and create passive income that way. Buying homes and creating value – you can make positive financial gains. I did that for eight years. I did that in San Antonio and sold homes for the highest price per square foot.

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A Really Tough Year for the Steelers Community. Remembering All Who Passed Away in 2025:

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As we close out 2025, the Steelers organization and surrounding community suffered so many losses of players, coaches, reporters, owners and more. A really tough year for the #Steelers community. Remembering them all here:

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Exclusive with Former Bengals, Ravens Fullback Nick Luchey

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First, can you let me know what you’ve been up to since your time the NFL – and how was the post-NFL transition?

Now I’m just investing in properties with any wife – we are in to real estate investing. Life is good.

The transition was extremely hard. When you play you miss time with your family but nothing can match the comradery you had after you leave the game. You can never have that again. You had it from Little League through the NFL. You can have a lot of friends after the NFL but nothing is like what you had in the locker room. I know they are trying harder now to get former players back together at events to help with that.

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Exclusive with Former Browns Tight End Aaron Shea

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

I’m working for a title company now. I was the Director of Player Development for the Browns then with regime change after regime change we were out. My father in law got me into this now and I’m doing this here in Ohio.

My oldest daughter is playing volleyball on scholarship at North Carolina and my younger daughter is in Florida. My son – we’re just trying to figure out where he’s going to go to high school!

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Exclusive with Author Michael MacCambridge (Chuck Noll: His Life’s Work; More than a Game: The Glorious Present and Uncertain Future of the NFL and more)

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First off – you started off as a music and film writer – why sports, and sports history?

I grew up a sports nerd – I had a Sports Illustrated subscription when I was seven. I dreamed of being the starting quarterback for the Chiefs but by 11 or 12 I knew that wasn’t going to happen.

I was a Journalism major at Creighton. My last two years I had a job on the sports desk at the World Herald which was a very influential newspaper then. I noticed then that a lot of the people that covered sports got bitter and lost their love of sports. I didn’t want to do that. I was a sports junkie but I decided instead to cover movies and music – I didn’t want to cover Chiefs games.

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