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Duane Rankin
Phoenix Suns Insider
Duane Rankin is a Phoenix Suns Insider for The Arizona Republic starting in September 2018. He produces daily content, videos and writes an occasional column. Before joining The Republic, Rankin was a columnist/videographer for the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser where he primarily covered Alabama and Auburn football. Having been in the business for 20-plus years, Rankin has covered several college football national championship games, an NBA Finals (2007) and interviewed LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Nick Saban, Floyd Mayweather and many more athletes.