AN E-MAIL AT CHECK WITH JEFF OR
USE THE HASH TAG CBS L.A. ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
PAT: SOME L.A. RAMS FOOTBALL
STARS.
RICK GARCIA SAT DOWN AT THE
LOCAL LEGEND ABOUT HIS HIDDEN
PAST AND HIS NEWEST TACTICS.
HOW I LOOK?
I LOOK VERY WELL.
FRED DRYER.
THIRTEEN NFL SEASONS FOR THE NEW
YORK GIANTS AND THE LOS ANGELES
RAMS.
TWO PRO BOWLS, WON SUPER BOWL.
THE ONLY NFL PLAYER EVER TO
SCORE TWO SAFETIES IN A GAME.
BUT IT WAS OFF THE FIELD WHERE
HE SCORED HIS THEY JUST HAD,
BECOMING A WORLDWIDE CELEBRITY
ON THE TV SHOW "HUNTER".
AND NOW HE IS BACK.
REPORTER: THIS TIME ON SPORTS
RADIO TALKING ABOUT HIS TWO
LIVES.
HIS LIFE IN HOLLYWOOD AND HIS
LIFE IN THE NFL.
IT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT
TOPIC.
THE ISSUES OF THE BRAIN
INJURIES, SOME ARE SAYING THAT
IT IS DUE TO FOOTBALL HITS.
I HAD SEVEN CONCUSSIONS AND I
WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR FIVE.
I KNOW PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HIT
A LOT LESS TIMES AND HAVE
COGNITIVE ISSUES.
YOU HIT PEOPLE, YOU HIT THEM
HARD.
I HAD HEAD TO HEAD CONTACT
ALMOST EVERY DAY FOR PRACTICE.
AND I KNOW THAT I TOOK SOME
DAMAGE.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A
LOT OF PEOPLE HURTING.
STILL HE LOOKS BACK ON HIS
TIME IN THE NFL.
THE BOY THAT GREW UP ON A
CHICKEN RANCH IN MONDALE THEN
WENT ON TO GREATNESS AT SAN
DIEGO STATE WHERE HE PLAYED
ALONG APOLLO CREED, CARL
WEATHERS.
I HAD A GREAT TIME.
I'M GLAD THAT I PLAYED WHAT I
DID.
AFTER HE HUNG UP HIS CLEATS
IN 1981, ACTING WOULD BECOME HIS
NEWEST PASSION.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I COULD
MAKE A LIVING.
BUT I THOUGHT IF I'D FOLLOWED MY
INTEREST THAT SOMETHING WOULD
HAPPEN.
THAT SOMETHING WAS THIS.
♪ ♪
♪
YOU ALMOST GOT THE ROLE OF
SAM MALONE IN TEARS?
THAT IS TRUE.
DO YOU HATE TED DANSON?
NO, I LOVE TED.
[LAUGHTER]
REPORTER: HE MADE A COUPLE OF
GUEST APPEARANCES WHICH
EVENTUALLY LED TO THIS.
♪ ♪
♪ FOR SEVEN YEARS HE WAS LAPD
DETECTIVE RICHARD HUNTER ON THE
HIT TV SERIES "HUNTER."
TODAY HE STILL RUNS A TV
PRODUCTION COMPANY AND HE MAKES
TIME FOR HIS NEWEST PASSION,
SPORTS RADIO ON THE DIGITAL
RADIO NETWORK CRN.
I LIKE THE IDEA AT THIS STAGE
IN MY LIFE OF BEING ABLE TO AIR
MY OPINIONS AS WELL AS MY
THOUGHT AND NOT HAVE TO SWALLOW
A LOT OF INJUSTICE IN THE
CULTURE.
THAT IS THE L.A. RAMS.
THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.
HE IS THRILLED TO SEE THE RAMS
BACK IN LOS ANGELES AND HE WANTS
EVERYONE TO KNOW INCLUDING THE
TEAM THAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE
GOING TO BE HIGH.
THEY ARE GOING TO SAY REALLY
FANS.
IF THE TEAM IS LOSING WE ARE
GOING TO GO TO THE BEACH OR THE
THEATER AND WE'RE JUST NOT GOING
TO SPEND THE MONEY.
[LAUGHTER]
WHY NOT GO TO THE BEACH IF
THEY'RE BAD?
THAT IS A GOOD THING.
IF YOU ARE NOT PERFORMING ITS
CONSEQUENCE TO THAT.
