Never truly good enough to play college or professional sports, Eric Perkins decided to talk about them instead. Perk as he's better known, grew up immersed not only in sports, but also in television.

Perk spent nearly 25 years in the local media spotlight as the sports director for the NBC station KARE-TV in the Twin Cities. He has won several Emmy Awards for his TV work. He's covered Super Bowls, Final Fours, All-Star Games and even five Olympic Games. But he's perhaps best known for his decade-long run with the Perk at Play segment, in which he's taken part in everything from skydiving to a demolition derby, played tennis with John McEnroe and was body slammed by Brock Lesnar.