Duane Cross
Who is this guy?
I’m an old school journalist and won’t apologize for being politically incorrect. I’m a good ol’ boy – a Southern-born Bubba.
Chances are I’ve written something that’s pissed you off. Focus on these three words: I don’t care.
Life is hard. It’s harder if you’re stupid. My advice: Be a fruit loop in a world of cheerios.
About Me
My affinity for words dates to the 1970s in Aberdeen, Mississippi, reading the newspaper at the breakfast table. The Daily Journal sports pages took me to exotic locales – New York, Chicago, Los Angeles – and opened my eyes to the world beyond the cotton fields, cornrows, and soybean patches of Northeast Mississippi.
I was born in Tennessee, raised in Mississippi, educated in Alabama, worked in Louisiana and Georgia. (And among other places, I’ve been to Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, and Texas; I’ve got the SEC covered.)
Politics make me laugh; politicians make me want to cry. I have a blue streak running through my red blood. I’m more of a “good government” guy. I have a tight circle of friends; it’s literally a dot. We laugh at inappropriate times and at appropriate things – like political correctness.
I believe faith > religion. And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
We won’t agree on everything. I can respect that. You be you. I will be me.
NEWSPAPERS
• Magee Courier
Sports Editor
• The Columbian-Progress
Sports Writer/Editor
• The Vicksburg Post
Managing Editor
• Banner-Independent
Sports Copy Editor
• The Advocate
Executive Sports Editor
• The Jackson Sun
DIGITAL MEDIA
• CNN/Sports Illustrated
Managing Editor
• Turner Sports
Digital Media Director
• iDisciple
Executive Director, Content
• Cancer Tutor
MARKETING
• doubleDmedia
CEO
• Enlighten Marketing
CCO
• McGahan Publishing House