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Hard Knocks open thread: Biermann clan to be featured tonight

061912 FLOWERY BRANCH: Atlanta Falcons defensive end Kroy Biermann shares a laugh with his wife Kim Zolciak at the end of team practice on the first day of mini-camp in Flowery Branch on Tuesday, June 19, 2012. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM 061912 FLOWERY BRANCH: Atlanta Falcons defensive end Kroy Biermann shares a laugh with his wife Kim Zolciak at the end of team practice on the first day of mini-camp in Flowery Branch on Tuesday, June 19, 2012. He never turned into a reality football star. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM
061912 FLOWERY BRANCH: Atlanta Falcons defensive end Kroy Biermann shares a laugh with his wife Kim Zolciak at the end of team practice on the first day of mini-camp in Flowery Branch on Tuesday, June 19, 2012. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM 061912 FLOWERY BRANCH: Atlanta Falcons defensive end Kroy Biermann shares a laugh with his wife Kim Zolciak at the end of team practice on the first day of mini-camp in Flowery Branch on Tuesday, June 19, 2012. He never turned into a reality football star. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM
Aug 5, 2014

FLOWERY BRANCH -- HBO is set to feature the Falcons player who's already a reality star on tonight's debut episode.

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Falcons defensive end Kroy Biermann, who declines to talk to the local media about his reality show with his wife, let the HBO' cameras into their house.

Others to be s

potlighted on tonight’s series premiere of Hard Knocks on HBO at 10 p.m. 

Quarterback Matt Ryan; the fine art of Steven Jackson; self-professed "neat freak" Harry Douglas; Kroy Biermann & Kim Zolciak-Biermann at home; rookies Jake Matthews, Tyler Starr, Jacques Smith and the newcomer they call "Cupcake;" and why Roddy White wants to be Osi Umenyiora.

We'll be commenting live during the show in the open thread below.

TRAINING CAMP SCHEDULE

Date                                                      Practice Times (public availability)

Wednesday, August 6                    Practice 3:30 – 6:05 p.m. (open to the public)

Thursday, August 7                         Pregame Walkthrough (No Media Availability)

Friday, August 8                                Falcons vs. Miami Dolphins

Georgia Dome

7:00 p.m. ET – CW69

Saturday, August 9                          Practice 4:30 – 5:45 p.m. (open to the public)

Sunday, August 10                           Players’ Day Off (No Media Availability)

Monday, August 11                         Practice 3:30 – 5:50 p.m. (open to the public)

Tuesday, August 12                         Practice 10:00 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. (open to the public)

Wednesday, August 13                 Combined Practice w/ Houston Texans (Houston, TX)

Thursday, August 14                       Combined Practice w/ Houston Texans (Houston, TX)

Friday, August 15                             Pregame Walkthrough (No Media Availability)

Saturday, August 16                        Falcons at Houston Texans

NRG Stadium

8:00 p.m. ET – CW69

Sunday, August 17                           Players’ Day Off (No Media Availability)

Monday, August 18                         Practice 10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. (closed to the public)

Break Camp

About the Author

Honored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his "long and distinguished reporting in the field of pro football," D. Orlando Ledbetter, Esq. has covered the NFL 28 seasons. A graduate of Howard University, he's a winner of Georgia Sportswriter of the Year and three Associated Press Sports Editor awards.

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