After high school, Auville studied communications at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland, about which he is occasionally ridiculed for achieving a 1.5 grade point average (GPA) one semester;[5] he then managed a local Toys Я Us store until making radio his full-time occupation in 1996.
[6] Auville is the most successful poker player among the group with multiple cashes in the annual JPO and a surprise 15th-place finish in the PPC Aruba World Championship.
Bickel attended DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland, where he befriended soon-to-be-Junkie Jason Bishop.
[5] On February 24, 2021, he announced he will be taking a side job as the color commentator for the Marist Red Foxes lacrosse team.
[8] Nicknamed "Lurch" because of his 6'6" height (a reference to The Addams Family butler on the television show), Bishop grew up in Lanham, Maryland and befriended fellow Junkie Eric Bickel while attending DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland, where he played basketball for legendary coach Morgan Wootten.
His record is 0–1, having lost his December 9, 2006 debut fight to Jay Watts by TKO in the first round, just days after the death of Flaim's father-in-law.
[citation needed] On August 24, 2012, he married Jessica "Jess" Boughers,[12] a professional fitness model[13] and former Hooters girl,[14] and a former Arena Football[14] and Washington Redskins cheerleader.
In 1995, the four began their broadcasting career as a hobby with a 30-minute public-access television cable TV show in Bowie, Maryland featuring sports chat and irreverent humor.
[citation needed] The show focused on the interplay of the foursome, featuring guests such as Playboy models, rock notables, and local sports celebrities such as University of Maryland basketball coach Gary Williams.
[citation needed] In 2013, the Junkies returned to television with "Table Manners," a half-hour show on Comcast SportsNet Washington, featuring the four friends interviewing sports personalities over dinner at The Palm restaurant in Tyson's Corners, Virginia.
[citation needed] Since the 2004 season, the Junkies have hosted a two-hour pregame show prior to the kick-off of each Washington Redskins game.
[citation needed] The Junkies host a party for the NFL championship game at a Washington area restaurant or bar.
[citation needed] An annual spring break themed party held at the State Theater in Falls Church, Virginia.
[citation needed] The Junkies had cameos in Season 2, Episode 8 of The Wire, in which their show is visited (though only Flaim is shown) and also in The D-Train, in which the four of them play Pittsburgh sports radio hosts.
Gimelstob was reprimanded by his employer, Tennis Channel, and made a donation to the Women's Sports Foundation as a result of the incident.
During the course of the interview, Bishop asked Ford to confirm the latest press accusations that he had tried to buy the incriminating video that allegedly showed him smoking crack cocaine.
Within hours, major American media outlets, including CNN and NBC, featured news stories about the interview.