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NEW ORLEANS -- Suffice it to say, Minnesota is one loose team here as the NFC Championship Game approaches. We've already hashed through the surprise appearance of General Larry Platt at their morning team meeting. Prior to that, coach Brad Childress...

NEW ORLEANS -- Apparently Brett Favre's rendition of "Pants on the Ground" last Sunday wasn't good enough. Minnesota officials flew in the original American Idol singer, a man by the name of General Larry Platt, to perform the song in a team meeting ...

Larry Platt's Allen Iverson book Only the Strong Survive is nothing new, but it's still good. I just ran across an interesting episode from Iverson's high school days. I love this story because it doesn't lend itself to easy conclusions. It comes aft...

The editor of Philadelphia magazine, Larry Platt, is an accomplished NBA writer. (I'm constantly amazed that his book about Allen Iverson, Only the Strong Survive, isn't discussed more often. It completely changed how I see Allen Iverson.) In an unda...

You may have heard about "the bowling alley incident" for which Allen Iverson was locked up as a young man. (He was eventually pardoned by the governor of Virginia.) It's a long and sad story, and one that is told rather well in Larry Platt's Iverson...

USA Basketball is undecided about Allen Iverson's status. It couldn't be making a bigger mistake.

Or is it a subhead?

Larry Platt has penned a new book that traces Allen Iverson from his days in Newport "Bad" News, Va., to Philly, and he's offering a sneak peek for Page 2.

Larry Platt has penned a new book that traces Allen Iverson from his days in Newport "Bad" News, Va., to Philly, and he's offering a sneak peek for Page 2.