• Poetry + football: It's not as strange as it sounds

    By Brandon Griggs, CNN
    Poetry and football. Two words you don't often hear in the same sentence. The two seem SO different. After all, football is measured in yards, poetry in meters. There's no crying in baseball. And there's no poetry in football. That's the perception, anyway. The perception is wrong.
  • Krista and Kayla Queen attend the Twins Day Festival in Twinsburg, OH on August 6, 2017.

    Seeing double for science

    By Brandon Griggs, CNN
    It's the world's largest gathering of twins — and one big lab for researchers. Twins Days, an annual festival in Twinsburg, Ohio, draws rubberneckers and scientists, who come every summer to study twins' genetics and behavioral differences.
  • People hold flags and wave at passing vehicles to remember the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks from an overpass on Interstate 35 Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, near Melvern, Kan. Area residents began manning the bridge on the anniversary in 2002 and have done it every since drawing about 300 people throughout the day. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

    What defines patriotism?

    By Brandon Griggs, CNN
    We think we know patriotism when we see it. A veteran in uniform saluting the flag, say, or a line of professional athletes standing at attention during "The Star-Spangled Banner." But when one of those athletes kneels, it gets complicated.

About 

  • Brandon Griggs is a Senior Editor with CNN Digital, overseeing coverage of culture, race, religion and immigration.

    He previously spent five years as CNN Digital's tech editor. During his tenure at CNN he has guided coverage of CES, SXSW, E3 and other events; written about innovations in robotics, artificial intelligence and 3D printing; and interviewed Mike Tyson in a boxing ring.

    Before coming to CNN Brandon spent 13 years as an award-winning reporter, editor, arts critic and columnist at the Salt Lake Tribune in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a 1999-2000 fellow with the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University.