He would room with friends in
Wrigleyville while unemployed after college, with his income coming from poker winnings.[5] He then moved back to Syracuse in 2010 and later, he worked at
KCSP-AM 610.[5]
Sports media career
Parkins is a host on the Chicago sports radio station
670 The Score.[6] Alongside
Matt Spiegel, he serves as the co-host of the station's Parkins & Spiegel afternoon drive show.[4][7][8]
In 2021, with the Score, he would host "What About Chicago", a 24-hour radiothon to awareness for former
Chicago Bears outside linebacker
Sam Acho's Athletes for Justice charity, as well as the nonprofit By the Hand Club for Kids. The radiothon raised over $664,000 for the construction of a permanent, full-service facility for Austin Harvest, an open-air market in the
Austin neighborhood of Chicago.[9]
In 2024, Parkins made appearances on
The Volume's Colin Cowherd Podcast and
Fox Sports 1 (FS1)'s First Things First.[10][11] The
eponymous host of the former referred to Parkins as "the most talented sports talk radio host I think out there right now at his age".[10]
Parkins also co-authored the book Pipeline to the Pros with
Ben Kaplan. The book explored the topic of Division III alumnus make their way to front office or coaching positions in the
National Basketball Association (NBA).[7]