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The secrets of the rod and reel

By Bomani Jones
Special to Page 2

Thursday, August 3, 2006

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- There I was, seated in the third row for the first weigh-in at the Bassmaster American, when Doug Grassian turned around and asked me a question that seemed to be burning a hole in his mind. "You're not going to poke too much fun at us, are you?" Grassian is a publicist for ESPN Outdoors and BASS Communications, which puts on the American. So it made sense that he had reservations about a writer from a noted outlet of smart-ass sports journalism covering one of the sport's m ...

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