"Over the Ball" is a weekly 350-450-word column by sports author Alan Ross highlighting 2008 NFL action. Ross's articles on pro football history have appeared in The Sporting News Special Collectors Editions, the Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, and San Diego Chargers media and fan publications, and NFL.com. For the past 12 years he has been a featured writer for Lindy's Pro Football annual.
Ross has authored 29 books on sports related topics. His latest, Away from the Ball: The NFL's Off-the-Field Heroes, was released in September 2008.
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*This column will return with the start of the season*