Education
Stanford University.
Stanford University.
From his home base at Cable News Network Center, Wire anchors daily Bleacher Report segments, covers events and serves as an expert contributor across all platforms. He appears regularly on Cable News Network programs Early Start, New Day and Cable News Network Newsroom, in addition to HLN programs Morning Express with Robin Meade and Weekend Express with Lynn Smith. He also contributes to Cable News Network International"s World Sport program and to Cable News Network Digital on a broad range of crossover sports stories.
Wire"s many field assignments include on-the-ground coverage of the 2015 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup, the College Football Playoff Semi-Finals and National Championship games, and Super Bowl 50.
With his athletic career as a backdrop, Wire wrote an inspirational book, Change Your Mind, which was published in 2012. He then served as a game analyst, studio analyst and online writer for Fox Sports before joining Cable News Network.
Wire graduated from Cedar Cliff High School in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania in 1997 where he set school records in both football and wrestling that have still not been broken.
In 1995, his father, Rick, founded Dynamite Sports, a company that guides student athletes and their families through the recruiting process. His mother, Jane, is a software analyst.
Wire graduated from Stanford University, and was the first player in modern school history to lead the team in rushing one year and tackles in another.
Buffalo Bills
Wire was drafted in the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft (97th overall) by the Buffalo Bills. He started 15 games at strong safety as a rookie. Wire was voted a team captain in 2005 and selected by his teammates as the Bills" Walter Payton Manitoba of the Year.
After suffering a neck injury in 2008 that required surgery to insert a titanium plate and four screws into his neck, Wire was released by the Bills.
Atlanta Falcons
Wire signed with the Atlanta Falcons on July 25, 2008. He played in 47 of 48 games over three seasons with the Falcons before being released on September 2, 2011.
NFL stats
Community Work
Wire has served on the board of directors at Make-A-Wish Georgia and has been a keynote speaker for organizations such as the United States. Military, United Parcel Service, and the United States. Department of Education. life.
Following the signing of Lawyer Milloy in 2003, Wire became a full-time special teams player and was named Buffalo"s Special Teams Player of the Year twice. While with the Falcons, Wire was named a team captain and selected by his teammates as the franchise recipient of the Editor Block Courage Award in 2010.
