Seahawks
Catching up with Brian Bosworth

By José Miguel Romero
Seattle Times staff reporter

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In 1987 he was The Boz, larger than life with the blond-streaked Mohawk/mullet and outspoken approach, and his arrival in Seattle was one of the most anticipated and highly publicized events in the history of Seattle sports.

Today he is a family man, saving his most brash comments for his job as a studio analyst for TBS Sports' college-football broadcasts on Saturday nights.

And that's just fine with Brian Bosworth, whose high-profile arrival in Seattle gave way to an injury-riddled, three-year NFL career (1987-89) with the Seahawks. When he left town, he left for good, trying his hand at acting before settling down with wife Katherine and three children in Malibu, Calif.

"Aside from TBS for college football, I'm just being a dad and hanging out with my family," said Bosworth, 38. "I lead an introverted and boring life here in California."

	HARLEY SOLTES / THE SEATTLE TIMES, 1988 Brian Bosworth insists he never was as wild as the public perception of him.

Bosworth believes the public perception of him as a renegade with a wild lifestyle, largely based on his outward appearance, was incorrect.

"I've always been the same kind of guy away from the field of play," he said. "I've never been one of those crazy guys. It's just that people have an impression that the Boz lives 24-7. Once the game was over, Mr. Hyde was gone and Dr. Jekyll came out."

Bosworth is still a big football fan, though not so much of the pro game. He follows his alma mater, Oklahoma, with a passion, and also has become a USC fan while in California. On the weekends when he travels to the TBS studios in Atlanta, he stops in the Dallas-Fort Worth area to watch his nephews play high-school football.

By Sunday afternoon, he is back with his family and makes sure his kids get to school during the week.

The future is now, he says.

"I don't really think much past tomorrow," Bosworth said. "I've always left it in God's hands. I enjoy the opportunity (on TV) as long as it doesn't interfere with my time with my kids."

Bosworth still entertains the possibility of getting back into the Hollywood scene, but is patient about it and willing to wait for the right situation. He has appeared in 10 films — the first was "Stone Cold" in 1992, largely panned by critics. Acting, he said, was a buffer to help him pass the time while he was away from football rehabilitating arthritic shoulders.

The shoulders forced his retirement. But he still wishes the best for his former team, the Seahawks.

"I always watch to see if they win," Bosworth said. "But players change so frequently. I'm glad to see them finally getting off that losing skid. It would be nice to see them get that recognition."

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