Former NFL player Spencer Paysinger is drawing on his high school days living between two worlds for his first major Hollywood project.

Paysinger grew up in economically depressed South Los Angeles Cody Parkey Jersey , but he attended Beverly Hills High School, where he captained the football team in the wealthy enclave. The culture shock he experienced is the basis for "All American," debuting Oct. 10 on the CW.

"I definitely had a gang influence with friends and family growing up in South Central, and people might think that Beverly Hills definitely shielded me from some problems. But in actuality, it only opened up a whole new can of worms," Paysinger told a TV critics' meeting on Monday.

"Just dealing with kids with affluence, kids with drug problems and having their parents not be there for weeks on end because they're vacationing or they're doing big business. Just dealing with that contrast was probably the biggest thing that I had to go through."

Paysinger commuted daily to high school as part of a program that brought students from other areas to Beverly Hills, where he had two uncles and an aunt who coached and taught there.

Spencer eventually attended the University of Oregon and won a Super Bowl title with the New York Giants, one of four NFL teams he played for before achieving his goal of retiring from the league no later than age 30.

The series shoots in some of Paysinger's old haunts in South L.A., like a local park and the barbershop he has patronized since he was a kid.

"South Central's been portrayed so many different ways in the media for however long," Paysinger said. "But with this show http://www.washingtonredskinsteamonline.com/d.j.-swearinger-jersey , I definitely want to implant that family aspect of the community."

Producers hired a consulting firm that designs all of the football plays in the show, and consulting producer Paysinger wants to make sure the action is authentic.

"I don't want friends, I don't want family texting, emailing me saying, 'That's not it. They couldn't have converted on that,' " he said.

Paysinger isn't the only one with pro sports ties involved in the show. One of the writers is Jon Alston, who played five years in the NFL, and retired Major League Soccer player Robbie Rogers is a producer.


Sean Doolittle was just trying to snuff the fires of a Twitter fight between his Oakland Athletics and the band Smash Mouth.

Members of the band from the Bay Area called the A’s a joke for trading Coco Crisp in 2016, and a heated argument ensued that the then-Oakland reliever got in the middle of.

”I was trying to calm the situation down by tweeting sentences using titles of their songs,” Doolittle said. ”It didn’t really work. They were at each other’s throats.”

After tweeting : ”Hey hey guys cmon. Why Can’t We Be Friends? last year was rough but I’m A Believer,” Doolittle figured what’s the use in trying. But he picked up support from lead singer Steve Harwell and bass player Paul De Lisle strong enough that Doolittle and his wife developed an online connection with Smash Mouth over the past two years.

”Sean chimed in something positive and supportive Jeff Heath Jersey ,” Harwell said.

Yep, what a concept. Since then, Smash Mouth has had a role in Doolittle and wife Eireann Dolan getting engaged, offered to play at their wedding and this month helped celebrate the Washington Nationals closer’s second All-Star appearance.

”When this happened, Eireann was like, `Maybe every major event that happens in our lives, we need to find a way to celebrate it with Smash Mouth,”’ Doolittle said.

Smash Mouth’s ”All-Star” has been a sports anthem since it became a hit in 1999, but not many athletes can say the band has told them, ”Hey now you’re an All-Star” like Doolittle. Because of a toe injury, Doolittle couldn’t get his game on and go play in the All-Star Game on Tuesday night Dick Butkus Jersey , but he and his wife can count this as another Smash Mouth milestone in their lives.

The last time came shortly after the couple got engaged in February 2017. Someone from Smash Mouth interjected into a Twitter conversation between Dolan and a friend and told Doolittle don’t delay, act now, prodding him about getting a ring and proposing.

Knowing all that glitters is gold, he already had. They were waiting to tell family and friends before announcing it, and suddenly it looked like Smash Mouth was responsible for the engagement.

”That’s exactly what happened,” Doolittle said. ”A few hours later we did tweet out an announcement or something that we had got engaged and a bunch of people caught on and they were like, `Oh my gosh Smash Mouth finally convinced Sean to propose to Eireann.”’

Part of the band’s pitch to Doolittle was an offer to play at the wedding reception. He’s still not sure if it was a joke or not, saying, ”Maybe we should have taken them up on it.”

”We did?” De Lisle said. ”Let’s just set up in front of the bullpen.”

When Doolittle was named to the NL All-Star team, he tweeted at Smash Mouth and, with the help of Dolan Charles Mann Jersey , finally got the band to declare , ”Hey Now You’re An All-Star.” When the song plays over the speakers at Doolittle’s home park, he won’t be the only one singing along, but he and his wife listen knowing Smash Mouth has a special place in their lives.

”It’s one of those kind of beautiful things that can only happen on social media,” Doolittle said. ”I’m glad we got to have some fun with it.”

Harwell and De Lisle had some more fun on Twitter asking when Doolittle will be a free agent and said they want him to sign with the San Francisco Giants – and bring Bryce Harper with him.

”Every pitch he throws is like the last out in the World Series,” De Lisle said. ”I love the way that dude pitches. He’s a total rock star.”

Doolittle is signed through 2021, so for now, Smash Mouth will have to settle for being fans of him and Dolan in Washington.

”We love them and would do anything for them,” Harwell said. ”They are some cool people we consider friends.”

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