Parkins worked at the Kansas City-based
KCSP-AM 610. Alongside
Matt Spiegel, he served as the co-host of the station's
Parkins & Spiegel afternoon drive show. In 2021, with the Score, he would host "What About Chicago", a 24-hour radiothon to raise 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. In 2024, Parkins made appearances on
The Volume's
Colin Cowherd Podcast and
Fox Sports 1 (FS1)'s
First Things First. 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". In July, Parkins hosted two days of Cowherd's
The Herd while the latter was on vacation. In August, after the
Sun-Times reported his imminent departure from 670 The Score, Parkins affirmed he would be leaving the radio station and join FS1. He was shortly thereafter announced as a co-host of
Breakfast Ball, which debuted on the network on August 26. The network cancelled
Breakfast Ball in July 2025, though the following month, Parkins joined
First Things First as a daily contributor for its third hour. Parkins also co-authored the book
Pipeline to the Pros with
Ben Kaplan. The book explored the topic of
NCAA Division III alumni making their way to front office or coaching positions in the
National Basketball Association (NBA). ==References==