Tim Green (born December 16, 1963) is a former NFL player who served as co-presenter of Comedy Central BattleBots from Season 3.0 until 5.0 alongside Bil Dwyer. He replaced Sean Salisbury, who left after Season 2.0.
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Tim Green playing for the Atlanta Falcons.
After four years playing college football while attending Syracuse University, Tim Green rose to prominence as a first round pick by the Atlanta Falcons in the 1986 NFL Draft. He remained with the Falcons until 1993, enjoying an eight-year playing career followed by commentary work for Fox Sports' coverage of NFL games. Syracuse Orange, Green's college team, subsequently retired the number 72.
His 2007 publication Football Genius became a New York Times best-seller. Green continued to write fiction books about American football in the years that followed. He has also delved into writing about baseball, alongside American author and former MLB player Derek Jeter.
Tim Green at a 2015 book signing.
Tim Green in December 2018.
In November 2018, Tim Green announced that he had been diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, otherwise known as ALS or motor neurone disease, having first been informed by a doctor in 2016.[1] He featured on 60 Minutes soon after to discuss the news.[2]
As of May 2022, Green has to use his eyes to form sentences on a screen in order to communicate, as nerves and muscles in his body began to shut down. The device speaks these sentences in his own voice, comprised of recordings from past audiobook narration work. The most recent of his book publications, Final Season, tackles the struggles of ALS and was released in October 2021.[3] It became another New York Times #1 best-seller that year.