Broadcasting Career
Walker currently covers sports during radio broadcasts in the Washington Metro Area and co-hosts Inside The Locker Room with former Redskin Brian Mitchell and broadcaster Scott Jackson on ESPN 980. The show is produced by Aaron leistner. Previously he had been a co-host on The John Thompson Show and The Locker room with Doc Walker and Kevin Sheehan. He hosts a weekly television show called "Doc Walker's ProView," which airs Sunday mornings on ESPN 980 and Tuesday evenings at 11pm on MASN. He also appears in D.C. Lottery and BMW of Sterling commercials. Up until the 2010 college football season, he was also the main color analyst for ACC football games for Raycom Sports with Steve Martin.
Walker is the sideline reporter for Washington Redskins radio broadcasts. In 2004, Walker initially caused a bit of a stir, but later received accolades from listeners of "The John Thompson Show" when he predicted that the Washington Redskins record would not be very good that year, the first of legendary coach Joe Gibbs return. On the January 8th, 2004, episode of the John Thompson Show, Walker said, "Redskin Park has become a glorified country club. You have a coach (Steve Spurrier) more concerned about his golf game than winning, and his players are just as marshmallow soft. You think these knuckleheads have any clue what kind of commitment and buy-in it takes to play for Joe Gibbs? They'll be competitive and play with more heart, but aren't winning many games this year. I'm sorry, but they don't have a clue how to play smash-mouth, Joe Gibbs style, no nonsense, NFC East football... Gibbs needs one season... to clean up the disaster he inherited (from former coach Steve Spurrier), get rid of the knuckleheads that aren't down with the program, right the ship, and assemble his group of core Redskins, and that will take one year. They will be in the playoffs in '05, mark my words." His hypothesis proved correct, as he accurately guaranteed they would be in the playoffs the following year, 2005. He was a color commentator for college football broadcasts on Westwood One and was a sideline reporter for the NFL on Westwood One and was an occasional color commentator for the NFL on Westwood One.
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| Name | Walker, Rick |
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| Short description | American football player |
| Date of birth | May 28, 1955 |
| Place of birth | Cherry Point, North Carolina |
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