Carlo DeVito Speaks With Dr. Alvin Augustus Jones

A great time discussing the book with Dr. Alvin Augustus Jones http://www.dralvin.com/ on WHFS-AM 1580 CBS Radio-Washington, D.C.

Dr. Alvin Augustus Jones a successful global entrepreneur. He has operated The Paradise Radio Network,-WCBQ-AM 1340, WHNC-AM 890, The Dream Television Network, and has worked for NBC, ABC, UPN, Clear Channel, Public Television, Washington Post, Daily Mail-London, AP and other major media entities. He has been trained by America’s best universities like Harvard, UCLA, Stanford, Cornell and American Universities. This award winning producer and journalist’s speaking engagements take him throughout America, Europe and Africa. He has authored Royalty Without A Future, and WealthShift.

Listen to the Parcells: A Biography interview with the always fascinating Dr. Alvin.

Listen to the interview here....
www.dralvinjones.com/content/02 Carlo DeVito.wma

Here's his website:
http://www.dralvinjones.com/

Thanks Dr. Alvin!

Carlo DeVito to Appear on The Robert Wuhl Show

LIVE Telephone Radio Interview

Author Carlo DeVito will be interviewed at 5:35 PM ET, on the Westwood One Radio Networks on “The Robert Wuhl Show” by Robert Wuhl.

Wuhl was born in Union, New Jersey to a Jewish family, including a father who worked as a produce distributor.[1] After attending Union High School, Wuhl headed to the University of Houston, where he was active in the drama department and the Epsilon-Omicron Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.

After several years of stand-up comedy, Wuhl had roles in movies including Batman with Michael Keaton, Bull Durham with Kevin Costner, Cobb with Tommy Lee Jones, Mistress with Robert DeNiro and Good Morning, Vietnam with Robin Williams. His first role in movies was a starring role in the 1980 comedy The Hollywood Knights along with other fledgling actors Tony Danza, Michelle Pfeiffer and Fran Drescher. He wrote two of the six episodes for the TV series Police Squad! in 1982, and did an audio commentary for its release on DVD in 2006. He also had a small role in the 1983 Film, Flashdance.

Wuhl was in the beginning of the music video to Madonna's 1985 hit "Material Girl."

In 1992, he appeared in The Bodyguard as host of the Oscars. In reality he won two Emmy Awards for co-writing the Academy Awards in 1990 & 1991 with Billy Crystal.

From 1996-2002 he wrote and starred in the HBO series Arli$$ as the title character, an agent for high-profile athletes. From 2000-2001, he was a frequent panelist on the ESPN game show 2 Minute Drill, often quizzing the contestants on sports-related movies. Wuhl was a player in the Game Show Network's Poker Royale series, a competition between pros and comedians. In 2006, he starred on HBO in a one-man-show, Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl, where he taught a history class to show how history is created and propagated in a similar fashion to pop culture. A second chapter entitled Assume the Position 201 with Mr. Wuhl aired on HBO in July 2007. Wuhl is currently developing a stage adaptation of "Assume the Position" at Ars Nova in New York City.

He also hosts a sports, sports business and entertainment daily talk radio show for Westwood One which started January 2011 and is available online at robertwuhlshow.com.

Author Carlo DeVito Appears with Chris Villani on Book Club Show on 1210 WWZN

Author Carlo DeVito will be appearing on Revolution Boston, AM 1210, WWZN-AM, Quincy, MA. He will appear on “Book Club Show” with host Chris Villani.



Very exciting stuff!

Carlo DeVito LIVE on The Aaron Solomon Show

LIVE Telephone Radio Interview at 10:30 AM ET on Station: 102.5 The Game, WPRT-FM

Aaron was a great host. Had a wonderful time!

Carlo DeVito LIVE on The Aaron Solomon Show WPRT (TN)

Author Carlo DeVito will be interviewed on "The Aaron Solomon Show: by Aaron Solomon and produced by Crazy Charlie. The show is aired on 102.5 The Game, WPRT-FM in Tenneesse.

Here's Aaron's facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/TheAaronSolomonShow?sk=wall#!/TheAaronSolomonShow?sk=wall

Here's the website of the station:
http://1025thegame.com/index.php

Very exciting stuff!

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Mentions Parcells: A Biography

Thanks to Bob Matthews in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

•The new biography Parcells, by Carlo DeVito, includes some interesting items on the New York Giants' 20-19 upset victory over the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV.

Wrote DeVito, "It is without a doubt the most incredible game plan ever devised in the history of the Super Bowl.


"Parcells brilliance was that he would use his offense to his advantage. The Giants offense was a slow, churning, smashmouth running game. Parcells concept was to 'shorten' the game."

The Giants were prepared to let Buffalo running back Thurman Thomas roll up yards on the ground and thus limit quick-strike opportunities for Bills quarterback Jim Kelly.

Parcells had nicknamed 38-year-old defensive coordinator Bill Belichick "Doom" because of his constantly sour demeanor: "His glass was usually half-empty."

Super Bowl historian William Bendetson wrote of Parcells the motivator: "He told them (the Giants players) that Thurman Thomas fit himself for a Super Bowl ring four days before the game. Players also witnessed first hand the Bills violating curfew by partying throughout the week."

Parcells told his players when practice week began, "You guys are going to read a lot of things from my mouth this week in the press. Don't believe a word. I'm going to blow so much smoke up Buffalo's skirts all week. Let 'em start believing how good they are."

Parcells asked Lawrence Taylor to start a fight with teammate Jumbo Elliott during practice to fire up the team. He did and it worked. Parcells told Elliott he used the ploy to help get Elliott ready to face Buffalo star pass rusher Bruce Smith.

At halftime, down 12-10, Parcells told his team that "the first drive of the third quarter" was the key to the game. The Giants responded with a 9:29 drive for an Ottis Anderson TD and a 17-12 lead.

After the 20-19 victory, Parcells said, "Power football wins games. It's not always the fanciest way, but it can win games. ... I realized a long time ago that God was playing in some of those games. He was on our side today. We played as well as we could. If we played tomorrow, they would probably win 20-19."

Read the who article at:
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20111118/SPORTS0101/111180343/Soccer-Sam-wanted-Branko-Segota

WKNY Kingston, NY Interviews Carlo DeVito About Parcells

Warren Lawrence will interview Carlo DeVito about his new book Parcells: A Biography on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011 at 7:35 am on WKNY 1490 AM.

To listen in via internet go here to:
http://tunein.com/radio/WKNY-1490-s30321/

Parcells on LaRussa's Retirement

Bill Parcells on Good Friend Tony La Russa: “Baseball has lost one of the great guys to ever manage in the game.”
November 2, 2011 – 9:15 am by Michael Bean
Sports Radio Interviews

The last time we heard from Bill Parcells here on SportsRadioInterviews, he was sharing stories and reminiscing about the late Al Davis, a man who meant a great deal to Parcells both personally and professionally over the course of a nearly half-century long relationship. Now we’re going to check in with the Hall of Fame coach to hear what he has to say about Tony La Russa, another close friend of his who, of course, announced his retirement this week after guiding the St. Louis Cardinals to their 11th World Series win in franchise history.

Parcells joined ESPN 101 in St. Louis to talk about baseball losing a great manager like La Russa to retirement, when he first met La Russa, going to Cardinals spring training for a number of years now since they train where he lives in Jupiter, Florida, whether he was surprised by the timing of La Russa’s decision, if he thinks it’s harder or easier to retire and walk away when on top like La Russa did, and how tough it will be to replace a manager like La Russa in St. Louis despite the Cardinals being such a well run organization.

On baseball losing a great manager like La Russa to retirement:

“Well, I’ll tell you, baseball has lost one of the great guys to ever manage in the game. He was a terrific manager. As I said the other day about him, I was privileged to be on the fringes of the inner sanctum for seven or eight springs there with the Cardinals, and you get to talk to him about strategy, and you hear the interaction with the coaches and him talk about roster composition and things of that nature. So I was really able to get a laymen’s insight into how baseball operations should be run.”

When did he first meet La Russa?

“I think the first time I ever met him was in Yankees Stadium. I was watching a game there, and the A’s were playing the Yankees. And he came across the field and I was in the Yankee dugout obviously when I was coaching the Giants. And he introduced himself, we talked a little bit, and then we hadn’t talked for awhile. And then when St. Louis opened their spring training in Jupiter, Florida, that’s where I reside, and I would go to their practices. Actually I would go every day almost. So not only would I see the spring training games, I would see their practices and coaches and players pretty much on a daily basis. And I have some good friends in the organization — the trainer is a good friend of mine, and some of the coaches on the staff I’ve become friendly with. So it was a great experience for me to be around a guy like Tony who certainly epitomizes what a baseball coach should be.”

Was he surprised that La Russa decided to retire at this point in time:

“You know, having retired a few times myself, I certainly…33 years in that business, or in the business I was in, can be a grind. I mean this is a grind. It’s not just game to game, or inning to inning, it was pitch to pitch. And that’s the way he managed — pitch to pitch. There’s just so much tread on those tires mentally, and after awhile, you begin to know that it’s time. And we all have to get off the train. Either we get off on our own volition or they ask us to get off. He’s earned the right to make his own decisions as to his future and what he wants to do. But I will say this: baseball is losing one of the great contributors to the game.”

Read more at:
http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2011/11/02/bill-parcells-on-good-friend-tony-la-russa-baseball-has-lost-one-of-the-great-guys-to-ever-manage-in-the-game/

Innocuous Urinal Chat with Bill Parcells

My Innocuous Urinal Chat with Bill Parcells
By Andrew Davenport, Yahoo! Contributor NetworkNov 2, 3:12 pm EDT

When you're an aspiring NFL scout, the Senior Bowl—hosted annually in Mobile, AL—is your one-in-a-million shot to make an impression with an NFL personnel executive. Traditionally, it's the one event that is widely attended by entry level scouts and general managers alike; teams want as many eyes in attendance as possible.

What separates the Senior Bowl from other preliminary NFL Draft events (such as the Scouting Combine) is the fact that it is open to the public—onlookers generally a mixture of NFL personnel, fans, and (yours truly) aspiring scouts. Throughout the week of practices, you will generally mix and mingle—or "casually" brush shoulders—with faces that you ordinarily are accustomed to only seeing on TV.

During my attendance of one of the Senior Bowl practices in January 2010, I had an awkward, albeit unforgettable, trip to the men's room that for the first time in my life left me starstruck. Typically the two sides (North and South) practice at separate times, and those in attendance are left with some time to pass between practice sessions. Often this time period is used to eat, exchange opinions, and take care of biological necessities. For me, it happened to be the latter on this day.

I walked into a surprisingly empty men's room and placed my binder full of scouting notes on the sink next to the urinal. I stood tall with my eyes closed as I brainstormed my thoughts on some of the prospects—that's when it happened. The door swung open and an older, disturbingly large, spry man walked into the restroom and placed himself at the adjacent urinal. It was NFL legend Bill Parcells.

"Never take a break, do you?" he said to me as the end of the week approached. "No sir," I replied.

"The Graham kid, where would you take him?" he asked in reference to then University of Miami tight end prospect Jimmy Graham(notes).

The entire week you spend at the Senior Bowl, and all the hours of preparation are for exactly moments like this. You wait for someone with any type of authority or pull within an organization to ask you a question. I knew everything about Jimmy Graham; his height, weight, birthday, 40 time coming out of high school, basketball history, average daily protein intake, and his then rocky relationship with his biological mother.

On this day though, I kept my answer brief.

"No later than 64, offenses are spreading out and teams need a guy like him to play the open seam," I said with profound clarity.

"An answer like that will get you unemployed in this league," he fired back as he moved to the sink to wash his hands.

I was shell shocked. For all the knowledge I had, I could offer no rebuttal. Was my answer too brief? Was he not high on Graham? My opportunity came and passed and I failed my test miserably, so all I could do was force a smile in response. And then came the wisdom.

"You never grade a developmental tight end in the second round. The production ceiling for that position is low; so if it works out, you did your job. If he fails, you're the guy that used a second round pick on a tight end. That grade will never get you promoted," he said as he left the restroom and offered no opportunity for a response.

For him, it was a casual conversation with a young guy that he probably thought very little of. For me, it was a rude, but remarkably enlightening, awakening into the life of an NFL personnel man—a life that I desperately wanted.