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Fields and Questions

Alan Grant

Super Bowl Sunday will offer a quietly interesting dynamic when Larry Fitzgerald Sr., journalist for the Minnesota Spokesman Reporter reports on a gam...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 21, 2009

OFFICE POLITICS

Alan Grant

[Author's Note: Talking politics can be a slippery slope. As a former athlete who just happens to be an outspoken black man, the terrain can be even m...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 17, 2008

NFL POINDEXTER: ART IS EVERYWHERE

Alan Grant

A few minutes into the second quarter in their win over Pittsburgh, the Philadelphia Eagles defense raised the level of their game. On first down, Ste...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 26, 2008

NFL POINDEXTER: TEARS FOR FEARS

Alan Grant

Vince Young speaking to a team therapist? Big, strong, virile NFL players on anti-depressants? Tears? It doesn't surprise me. At different points in m...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 19, 2008

NFL POINDEXTER: THE LINGERING DOUBT

Alan Grant

In 1994, the Cincinnati Bengals special teams coach was a guy named Marv Braden. Like most special teams coaches, he was colorful and naturally high-s...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 12, 2008

NFL POINDEXTER: WHY OFFENSIVE LINEMEN ARE LIKE MARSUPIALS

Alan Grant

...comforting, no? Cozy, even. I recently spoke to Justin Blalock, a young tackle who was the Atlanta Falcons' first round draft pick in 2007, Blalock is an interesting cat—gregarious and affable. For...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 29, 2008

BOWL OF CONFUSION

Alan Grant

Believe it or not, there's only about a month left to cast your vote in the next election. This particular element of the democratic process has bee...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2008

NFL POINDEXTER: YOU WANT THE ROCK?

Alan Grant

...that he was in his twilight years. That role came with time. I recall a game against Atlanta on a Monday night when Rice took exception at being ignored in the offense. After a scoring...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 03, 2008