Alabama NewsCenter — Veteran Alabama sportswriter Rubin Grant honored among 50 ‘sports writing legends’

Scott Martin | June 17, 2022 @ 6:00 pm

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
The Birmingham Times

Rubin Grant vividly remembers the advice he received from his city editor during his news writing internship at Montgomery’s Alabama Journal newspaper in the summer of 1978.

Grant had said he wanted to pursue a career as a sportswriter and his city editor thought he was crazy.

“I asked her why and she said, ‘Because you have a really bright future in news writing,’” he recalled.

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Scott Martin is an operational meteorologist, professional graphic artist, musician, husband, and father. Not only is Scott a member of the National Weather Association, but he is also the Central Alabama Chapter of the NWA president. Scott is also the co-founder of Racecast Weather, which provides forecasts for many racing series across the USA. He also supplies forecasts for the BassMaster Elite Series events including the BassMaster Classic.