Well connected
Alan Grant, ESPN The MagazineESPN The Magazine's September 7 NFL preview issue looks at the backbones of the Indianapolis Colts -- with Tony Dungy gone, Peyton Manning and Jeff Saturday's relationship will, as always, drive the team into January.
Story | Conversation | August 24, 2009
Why Fitzgerald couldn't be stopped
Alan Grant, ESPN The MagazineThe Steelers did everything right, but in the end they couldn't stop Larry Fitzgerald.
Story | Conversation | February 02, 2009
Stopping Fitzgerald is a matter of timing
Alan Grant, ESPN The MagazineThe best way to stop the NFL's best receiver? Attack his quarterback.
Story | Conversation | January 23, 2009
PLAYING IT OUT
Alan Grant...says the other man. "But keep on rowing." Rick Venturi, the former defensive coordinator for the Indianapolis Colts, told me that story. Five games into the 1991 season, Venturi was named the interim coach...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 24, 2008OFFICE 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, 2008NFL POINDEXTER: ART IS EVERYWHERE
Alan Grant...a simple technique that's most effective when the practitioner possesses frightening speed on his first step. Colts fans know that when he's at his best, Dwight Freeney has no peer on this particular...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 26, 2008NFL POINDEXTER: TEARS FOR FEARS
Alan GrantVince 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, 2008NFL POINDEXTER: THE LINGERING DOUBT
Alan GrantIn 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, 2008NFL POINDEXTER: WHY OFFENSIVE LINEMEN ARE LIKE MARSUPIALS
Alan GrantIt's been a rough couple weeks for the fraternity of NFL offensive linemen. The tears for Gene Upshaw weren't even dry when Frank Cornish, a well-tra...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 29, 2008NFL POINDEXTER
Alan Grant...NFL to call me a nerd was O'Brien Alston. I was a rookie with the Indianapolis Colts at training camp. After the third day of practice, I was seated on the floor outside...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 08, 2008Training camp takes fun away
Alan Grant, Special to Page 2It doesn't get much worse than NFL training camp. Except for your first time, when something very special can occur, says Alan Grant.
Story | Conversation | July 22, 2005Remembering Johnnie Cochran
Alan Grant, Special to Page 2Alan Grant says the late Johnnie Cochran knew how to represent a client and didn't apologize for it.
Story | Conversation | March 30, 2005Legacy
Alan GrantFormer Notre Dame RB Rodney Culver believed anything was possible in training camp. If you had met him, you'd believe too.
Story | Conversation | August 01, 2002Mind over Matter
Alan Grant...upon a month-long road trip through Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Denver. The trip ended in Detroit and...in his shoulder. The following week, against the Colts, Moore replaced him. He carried the rock a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 12, 2008Inner Winner
Alan GrantBrainy Jags QB Byron Leftwich studies all the angles. His most important lesson? Knowing when to cut loose and just play.
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