Jeff Duncan

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Jeff Duncan is the most decorated and widely read sports journalist in the state of Louisiana. As a columnist for The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, he is recognized as the leading authority on the New Orleans Saints and is the author of three books on the team: “Payton and Brees;” “From Bags to Riches;” and “Tales from the Saints Sideline.” Duncan was a member of the Times-Picayune team that won two Pulitzer Prizes for the paper’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina. He has won four Columnist of the Year awards and four Story of the Year awards from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. Before his stint in New Orleans, he worked as a sports journalist at various newspapers, including USA Today, The (Louisville, Ky.) Courier- Journal and The St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times. His work has also been featured in the New York Times and The Best American Sports Writing anthologies. He is also one of 49 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee and a Saints analyst on WVUE-TV in New Orleans.