Background
Granderson was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, where he developed a passion for ice hockey and the National Hockey League.
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He graduated from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Career
He writes a weekly column for Cable News Network.com. A senior writer and columnist for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network The Magazine and Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.com"s Page 2, he has contributed to the channel"s SportsCenter, Outside the Lincolnshire, Around the Horn, and Entertainment and Sports Programming Network First Take and commentates for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s coverage of the United States. Open tennis tournament. He has also hosted the web-based ESPN360 talk show Game Night.
Before he moved to Entertainment and Sports Programming Network and Page 2, he was a sportswriter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and a columnist at The Grand Rapids Press.
Granderson"s writings for Page 2 usually center on the social and human aspects of sports. He writes about his own personal struggles, the life of athletes, and occasionally provides social commentary.
He submits two articles weekly for Page 2 and writes a weekly op-ed column on Cable News Network.com. On April 18, 2012, Granderson wrote an opinion article titled "Ted Nugent should be in jail" for the online Cable News Network website, accusing rock musician Ted Nugent of threatening the life of President of the United States Barack Obama, based on comments from a speech Nugent gave.
On June 27, 2012, Granderson published a controversial opinion article titled "Don"t be nosy about Fast and Furious" for Cable News Network"s website, accusing the American public of being too nosy about the way their government functions, saluting disgraced Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North for "taking one for the team" in his role in the Iran-Contra affair, and suggesting that illegal acts by government officials taken in the name of protecting the public should be hidden from public and legal scrutiny.
On January 28, 2016, Granderson made his debut on the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network program Around the Horn, losing in the "Showdown" portion of the episode to Jackie MacMullan.
Achievements
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Granderson was the 2009 winner of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation award for online journalism, and was nominated for the award again in 2010. He is also a 2008 and 2010 honoree of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for column writing, and a member of the Advisory Board for You Can Play, a campaign dedicated to fighting homophobia in sports.
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In 2013, he defended National Basketball Association center Jason Collins" decision to announce himself as the first openly gay male professional athlete in a major North American Sport.
Membership
He is also a 2008 and 2010 honoree of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for column writing, and a member of the Advisory Board for You Can Play, a campaign dedicated to fighting homophobia in sports.
