Brian Grant’s autobiographical confessional is worth the read
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Brian Grant’s autobiographical confessional is worth the read

One of Portland’s favorite sons has come out with his autobiography, and it’s a good one.

Brian Grant’s life story, written with author/sports journalist Ric Bucher, was released April 6 and is in bookstores and available on-line wherever books are sold.

Grant, 49, decided to write the book after a discussion with long-time friend and business associate Brian Berger.

“I was telling stories,” Grant says. “And Brian said, ‘Maybe now is the time to write the book.’ I thought back about my life and decided I’m ready to talk about not just my basketball career but other things — my personal life, getting Parkinson’s Disease, growing up in Ohio, becoming a man in the Northwest.”

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A game for the ages in the fog at Reser
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A game for the ages in the fog at Reser

Here is what’s on my mind after Friday’s epic 41-38 Oregon State victory over Oregon in the foggy, eerie solitude of Reser Stadium …

• The Beavers’ come-from-behind win over the ninth-ranked Ducks becomes an instant classic in this, the strangest of all football seasons in the most unsettling year of our lifetime.

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