From Bags to Riches: How the New Orleans Saints and the People of Their Hometown Rose from the Depths Together
JEFF DUNCAN is a sports columnist forThe Times-Picayuneof New Orleans and has covered the Saints for the newspaper since 2000.He has worked as a reporter throughout the South, including stops atThe (Louisville) Courier-Journal, USA Today, Florida Today, The (Monroe, La.) News-StarandThe St. Petersburg Times. Several of his stories have won national and regional awards. Besides covering sports, he served briefly as a news reporter forThe Times-Picayunein the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.Reared in Louisville, Ky., Duncan received a bachelor s degree in journalism from the University of Louisville in 1986. A resident of uptown New Orleans, he is the author of two books,Tales from the Saints SidelineandFrom Bags to Riches.