Broadcasting
Dinkins currently broadcasts the Pittsburgh Power of the Arena Football League on 93.7 The Fan, Pittsburgh's CBS Radio station.
Dinkins married his high school sweetheart Shayla and has three children Kayla, Khalil and Kolin
Dinkins acquired a college degree in criminology and works to educate local youths in desperate situations. In 2003, he spoke with children from MS 45 about gang prevention on behalf of NYPD Youth Services, visited youth incarcerated at the Union County (N.J.) Juvenile Detention Center, and twice visited Giants Academy in Newark to praise the academic effort of the students. In 2004, Dinkins created his own foundation to host the annual Darnell Dinkins Maleness to Manhood football camp, with the goal involving parents to of teaching inner-city Pittsburgh youth leadership, responsibility, integrity and teamwork.
Dinkins has served as a professor for both Football 101 and 201 programs, and attended the annual "Meet the Giants" Ronald McDonald House dinner. He also led walkers on behalf of the Autism Directory Service in Poughkeepsie, New York.
In late 2008, Dinkins, with fellow Browns player Joshua Cribbs, opened a children's indoor inflatable play arena called Bounce City, which is located in Strongsville, Ohio.
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“We spend all day broadcasting on the radio and TV telling people back home what’s happening here. And we learn what’s happening here by spending all day monitoring the radio and TV broadcasts from back home.”
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