Education
He attended Wheeling Central Catholic High School He graduated in 1983.
He attended Wheeling Central Catholic High School He graduated in 1983.
He writes for Profootballtalk.com, which he created and owns. Florio is also a contributor to National Broadcasting Company"s Sunday night NFL studio show Football Night in America and appears in the Sunday Night Football postgame show to break down the NFL’s top stories of the day with Bob Costas. Additionally, he appears with Peter King of Sports Illustrated during halftime of National Broadcasting Company"s coverage of Notre Dame football to discuss timely NFL topics.
Florio was born and raised in Wheeling, West Virginia.
He graduated from Carnegie Mellon with two engineering degrees and went on to graduate from West Virginia University"s law school in 1991. Florio began his sportswriting for a now-defunct site called NFLtalk.com in June 2000.
The site was then bought out by Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.com, where Florio continued to write a rumor and news report. He worked for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.com for 6 months.
On November 1, 2001, Florio created the website and blog Profootballtalk.com, which focuses on the National Football League.
Florio, 36 at the time, began Profootballtalk.com as a sideline to practicing labor law in Clarksburg, West Virginia. On June 14, 2009, it was announced that Profootballtalk.com would become an affiliate of National Broadcasting Company Sports, which would hold exclusive rights to PFT content although Florio would retain ownership in a revenue-sharing deal. After becoming a partner with National Broadcasting Company, Florio began contributing to National Broadcasting Company Sports" television coverage, including Football Night in America.